Apparently no one wants to take the blame for all these tasty wienerbrød (Danish pastries) I’ve been eating lately. See, in the U.S. and elsewhere we refer to them simply as Danishes. But did you know that here, wienerbrød translates as Vienna bread? I can’t say I blame them for not wanting ownership of the name, I’ve been pretty guilty from all those empty calories it seems like I’ve been eating for breakfast, lunch AND occasionally dinner. No more! I’m beginning to discover all the other food options Denmark has to offer.
So once again I apologize for the lack of any significant updates recently (and I know I know, I’m slacking on the pictures, check my twitter, I’ve posted a few there). But things have been busy!
So far I’m having an absolute blast. I’ve made some really great friends already, seen some really great parts of Copenhagen already and even made several Danish friends. Wednesday we had a “scavenger hunt” in the city with our groups from our “Survival Danish” classes during orientation. It was so fun. Among other things, we missed our stop on the water taxi, got lost in the new part of the city around the royal palace, wandered into a building in the Copenhagen Stock Exchange to find a bathroom and strolled along the harbor at Nyhavn. And I have pictures! I just haven’t had time to put them online yet (and at the moment I’m on a DIS computer in the library). However, I think I should have time tomorrow for sure, so they’ll be up then–with commentary! I also joined the “food club” on my hall in my Kollegium, so now I’ll be eating a meal with my hallmates every night and I’ll even cook for them all one night in a few weeks. It’s a really great, social, and cheap system that should be a lot of fun and make for some really good food!
My first day of classes is today. My first class was great–the professor seems really cool, really knows his stuff, and of course all my classes are subjects I’m actually interested in this time, so that’s nice. This morning was Current Trends in News Media, this afternoon I have Political Rhetoric and International Marketing and Branding. Should be fun! Of course I’ll keep you updated on those as well.
It’s looking like a busy weekend. There is a party this evening and Saturday night at my Kollegium–Egmont–and then there is a DIS organized party on Friday night, after our canal tour! On top of that, I’ve got class tomorrow, a trip to Elsinore (the site of Hamlet) on Saturday, and a tour of the “Other Copenhagen” (sort of a local’s view of the city) on Sunday afternoon. Busy busy!
Another interesting thing from yesterday: went to get my Danish CPR card (sort of like their version of social security, except it means free health care since theirs is all socialized) and once I turned in the forms and everything, the lady helping me handed me an invitation to go to Copenhagen City Hall later in September to meet the mayor and hear the President of Hilton Hotels in Copenhagen speak about adjusting to life in Copenhagen as a foreigner. It should be really neat! I’m not sure how many people got this invitation, but I get the feeling it may be sort of a random thing, as I haven’t heard of anyone else receiving one yet… either way, I’m excited!
That’s all for now. Again, I’ll do my best to get some nice pictures up here for you tomorrow and perhaps I’ll do a video update sometime this weekend as well. Hej Hej! (Bye!)
