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hours since I've been in Copenhagen. It's been a lot of fun so far. But as I was in the shower (a great place to do some thinking, in my opinion) was was planning what to say in this post, and was working with something along the lines of "it has been a great and exciting week, but now that I'm just going to have class every day, the excitement will probably go down." Then I realized that is not true at all. Aside from the fact that my classes seem like they will be interesting (I consider interesting and exciting different) there is still lots of excitement in the future. I have one week of normal classes, then the next week is my first (short) study tour! That weekend does not have anything particularly interesting going on yet, but the following weekend I am going on a bike trip around a 100% off the grid/renewable island. Beyond that is more excitement in the form of adventure and study tours, nicely spaced out every few weeks. So I am pretty sure that while I may (and hope to) settle into a routine, it will never get boring.
And now an update as to what I've been doing. My second day of classes on Friday went as well as the first, and I am very excited for Sustainable by Design and Danish Language and Culture, my Tuesday and Friday classes. It may seem strange, but the danish class may be the one that is most like what I am used to, what with two of my classes apparently half engineering, another heavily design based, and my core course including a trip to Greenland. I certainly am looking forward to all the new ways I may have to use my mind to get the most out of these classes! After class on Friday I did not hang around, but came right back home, knowing I was going to go back into the city for the Little Mermaid statue's 100th birthday party. I caught the tail end of a russian group's performance of the Little Mermaid, which i could not understand, but did recognized some Disney tunes. Then came a sort of strange, but enjoyable interpretive dance routine, followed finally by fireworks! I had a nice time at that event, and learned that the "firework" setting on my camera does work pretty well. Following fireworks I headed (with a group of DIS people I met there, some "old" friends, some just met) to a DRC in Amager. DRCs are basically like a dorm of only DIS students, but with Danish RAs. It seemed pretty nice, and I think I would have enjoyed living in a DRC, but it would have been a different experience. I hung out with my new friends for a while, then when they went out to party I headed home, partially because going out isn't really my thing, partially because it was already 00:30, but mostly because the bus was uncomfortably crowded, and since I wasn't that excited about what the rest of the night had to offer, I just wanted to get off.
Saturday I had a lazy morning, and in the afternoon headed back into Copenhagen to go to the pride parade. I met up with Allison on the train in, and we met up with some DIS people she had met the night before once we were at the parade. In terms of scale, it of course did not compare to NYC pride which I went to this summer, but there was lots of good energy, and the "afterparty" in the City Hall Square (renamed pride square for the occasion) was fun. I came home for dinner and hung out with my host family, and it was generally a quiet and pleasant evening. I also skyped with my family back home which was nice. Tamsin is just about to head off to China where I'm sure she's going to have lots of fun!
Today has been lazy as well. I did some laundry this morning and read a few chapters in my book. In the afternoon I went on a run with my host brother Mikkel. It was a very pleasant run, but after not doing anything this summer, it felt more like 6 miles than 6 km, so maybe I should start running more often. This evening if I finish my homework soon, I think I will bike into the nearby city of Roskilde to explore a bit, and maybe get some ice cream. If I can get in touch with any of my friends who also live in the area I might do it with them, otherwise I'll probably just strike out on my own.
I think I'll probably do a separate post to include a bunch of pictures, but maybe not now, because I'm feeling lazy and I don't want to search for my camera cord at this time.
Sorry if that's a disappointing end to this post, but at least you know you have something exciting to look forward to soon!
That's all for now!