Hej!
It?s crazy to think that I?ve been abroad for a month now. Copenhagen (and Europe in general) is so different from America. From the weather, the architecture, the food, the language, and even what people wear is different. The biggest difference is probably the transportation. I don?t know any students that have cars. Everyone here takes the metro, bikes, or walks. The metro is incredibly efficient and convenient, but it cost around $1.50 every time you take it and that adds up really quickly. I bought a bike and bike to class and it?s not so bad. I was scared at first because I haven?t ridden since I was about five years old but I picked up on it pretty quickly.
December and February have definitely been very chilly and very gray. When I left Texas to head to Cope, it was 80 degrees, so I?ve had to adapt to the frigid 30 degree weather here. It actually started snowing a couple days ago! It was really cool because I?ve never seen snow fall and it was absolutely incredible.
The people here are so friendly and so genuine. The main language spoken is Danish, but if you go up to anyone and ask for help, people are more than happy to speak English. It?s really interesting walking out into the streets of Copenhagen because everyone here is tall, blonde, blue eyed, and beautiful. I swear everyone here could be a model.
The classes are quite different than back home. They run to be around three hours long which is a little brutal, but they are usually only once a week. My classes have been very interactive. The teachers will call on students (usually at random) to answer their questions or to participate in a discussion. The good thing about classes only being once a week is that it makes traveling super easy. I have been in Copenhagen for 4 weeks and have already traveled to Budapest and Belgium! It?s incredibly cheap to fly around Europe and I feel that it?s completely to take advantage of our time here in Europe to go out and explore.
I?ve said it before and I?ll say it again.. I can?t believe I?ve already been here for a month when I can so vividly remember just arriving yesterday. I?m excited to see what this next month has in store for me.
Farvel!
