One Week In

Hello everyone!

I have officially begun to settle into my new home, Copenhagen! After a long travel day and little sleep I felt slightly delirious landing in Copenhagen. But, I was so excited to finally be here. After lugging all of our suitcases through the streets, my group made it to our housing. I am living in a central location close to DIS. I was the first of my roommates to arrive and was shocked by how big our room is. I spent the next couple hours unpacking and awaiting the arrivals of my three roommates.

The next morning, Sunday, I woke up and went to Next Door Cafe to get a latte with my roommates before heading to our housing information tour. The cafe was so cozy and smelled amazing. The food and drinks all looked good. At our housing tour we met our Community Advisor (CA), Amanda, who is similar to an RA. She and Henrik (our handyman) went over some specifics of the new home and explained how to do laundry. This was quite shocking to us Americans as one load of laundry takes roughly two and a half hours to wash. 

Monday morning we walked to the Royal Danish Academy of Music for the opening ceremony. The ceremony was accompanied by music and laughs. Afterwards we walked through Østerparken. The park was gorgeous and so close to our apartment. I will definitely be returning. We went to Torvehallerne which is a glass market full of different food, coffee, and drink stands. There were beautiful flowers and fresh produce outside. We sat outside and ate breakfast before walking around the area. 

The next day we went to Nyhavn, the famous street with colorful buildings lining the side of the little canal. It was a beautiful day so we decided to take a boat ride to see the area and some of the beautiful Danish architecture. When we got on the boat it was clear skies and sunshine. This ended about 10 minutes in to our hour long ride when a downpour emerged from nowhere. Our boat had no cover and within minutes we were all soaked. None of us thought it was necessary to bring a rain jacket or umbrella and we quickly learned that it was. We then had to make the trek back to our apartment looking like we just showered with clothes on and getting looks from everyone that saw us.

Over the next few days I’ve continued to settle in and get ready for our first day of class on Thursday. I’m looking forward to getting into a routine and starting class. Until then, hej hej!