Today is a big day. I have officially been living in Copenhagen for ONE MONTH and MAN it has gone by fast. I can't even believe it. I definitely want to post about what I have learned in my first month, but I will leave that for next time.
As for the past couple days, here are a few highlights:
Sunday a group of us from Keops decided to celebrate Valentine's day with lunch at a local place called RizRaz. It was so nice to go out to eat and the best part was FREE REFILLS ON DIET COKE!!!!
Monday I decided to officially assimilate a little more into Danish culture and joined the Fitness World Gym 2 minutes from my kollegium. Working out is something that I have always really enjoyed and it is a chance for me to get away and have some Kelli time. The first time you go into a gym is always a little intimidating. You don't know where the machines are. You aren't sure what weight to do yet. In this case, you don't know that water fountains don't exist here. Despite my nerves, I walked around and figured out what machines they have and which ones they don't. It is a little more difficult to figure out everything here since all the machines are in Danish, but I think I will get the hang of it once I get into my routine. Another shocking thing was the locker rooms. Call me sheltered, but I have honestly never been in a locker room where all the women walk around in the nude and shower in front of everyone else. I was not expecting this either, so was a little culture shocked when I walked into the locker room.
TuesdayI had my Copenhagen History class and International Advertising. I got my first test back in History and was happy to see that I got an A! The test was on a Scavenger Hunt assignment where we had to go all over the city and learn different landmarks. Basically, I can now tell you most all of the landmarks, where they are on a map and what century they were built in. Cool, right? After class I came home and caught up on my Bachelor episodes. Team Tenley!! :) I headed to the gym to have a, fortunately, smoother second round. Then last night we had a CMM Social at one of the local theaters. We watched a movie and then were treated to drinks and snacks by DIS! When I got back to Keops some people were heading to Bar 7 downtown. I was already dressed to go out, so I decided to tag along. Since Facebook had told the world about Bar 7 drink specials that night, it was PACKED. We decided to head over to a smaller pub called Heidi's. I played some foosball (sp?) with some Albanian guys and then all of us were hit on by old Danish men...woof.
Wednesday (Today) a couple of us didn't have a study tour so we decided to get out of our rooms and go exploring! We hopped on a random train feeling liberated to just go wherever. We ended up in Frederiksberg were we grabbed a delicious lunch. I had an amazing cheeseburger and fries (MAN, I miss American food SO much). We then wandered to find Frederiksberg Have (gardens) and the castle. It was so beautiful and there were little kids sledding down the awesome hills. Once we could no longer feel our toes, we decided to head back into DIS part of town, grab the Wednesday special cinnamon buns from St. Peder's Bakery and take a lounge at The Living Room.
The Living Room is this great little cafe that definitely has the Danish hygge (look back to a previous post for the description). They have living room furniture and candles everywhere. I would LOVE to have a place like this at Elon. It is times like these were I really miss all of you back home!! I wish I could bring each and every one of you to this place. Yall would love it :)
Tonight is consisting of laundry, dinner, catching up on reading and doing some research for BERLIN this weekend. Cant wait.
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