First Few Days

The first couple of days in Copenhagen have been a whirlwind of activity! It seems like I've barely had the time to settle down and get things in order. On the first day of class, all DIS students went on a tour throughout the city to familiarize ourselves with its landmarks and general layout. Some major highlights included the King's Gardens (a large public park in the northwest of downtown where Danes and students go to socialize on afternoons), the palace of the Queen of Denmark (where we witnessed the changing of the royal guard), and the house of the Danish Parliament. Afterward I went to my first Positive Psych class, which was interesting enough; the prof introduced the basic theory behind the school of positive psych and engaged the class in a few group activities. Afterward, I picked up some materials from DIS and returned to my Kollegium with Jill and a few others. Later in the evening, a number of the Kollegium residents and I went down to the local Netto (the cheapest grocery store chain in Copenhagen) to pick up a few necessities for our rooms. Afterward, we all went to a local restaurant for a solid meal - though we felt a bit guilty for ordering the most American-sounding items on the menu. When we returned, we hung in our common room for a while and ended up meeting a transfer student from Berlin, and together we joked and discussed EU politics and the European economic system before heading in for the night.

 My Kollegium

The next day, I ended up taking the wrong bus into downtown Copenhagen and was kicked off at an unfamiliar stop - but thankfully my trusty map and quick wits got me to class only a minute late. The professor was understanding though, since several other students arrived about half an hour later than I did. During our lunch break I met a few guys from my class, one of whom was from Cincinnati too! Even though he went to Lakota East and we didn't seem to have any friends in common, we immediately became pretty friendly. The class discussion afterward was actually pretty engaging, and after getting out of class I went on a walk around the downtown area with several other classmates. We found another awesome public garden and visited Rosenborg castle, near the King's Gardens. I also got my first taste of a Danish hotdog, which was wrapped in bacon and topped with spicy mustard and pickles - and it was EXCELLENT. I took a glorious nap after returning to the Kollegium, then got some reading done, grabbed a quick dinner, and later went out with a group of people from Hoffmans Minde (our Kollegium). We hung around in downtown Copenhagen for a while, though eventually Kyle and I decided to head back to the Kollegium around 1 while the rest hung out with a few other DIS-ers downtown.