19.01.2010. Scavenger hunt!
Hej friends and family! I had such a wonderful day today exploring the city. Today was the scavenger hunt around the city of Copenhagen, and gosh they meant “literally all over the city”. The hunt lasted about three hours and I had my back pack to carry (bummer):( . I am totally an American tourist with my North Face back pack, stopping at every corner to take a picture.
Anyways, throughout the scavenger hunt I visited many famous locations which make Denmark such a wonderful country. I can even recall all of them but here are some places that stuck out. The new Opera house is a beautiful building that was recently built in 2003! It is modern looking and it sits on the canal looking straight at the Queen’s Castle. I was told that we (DIS students) get a discount to see Ballets, Operas, and Plays! Yay. I also visited the Royal Family Castle which is amazing. They even had guards in tall hats, long coats, you know with the straight face; walking around. Of course, I had to be immature and went up and waved—no such luck. No wave back! I learned after that the Queen wasn’t traveling and actually was having lunch in the castle so security was fairly high. One thing I thought was very interesting is they have the Denmark flag on top of the castle when she is inside and they take it down when she is out or traveling. Can you imagine if she ran her own errands putting the flag up and back down again!?
I also had the opportunity to walk along the famous “Stroget” street. This street is the longest shopping street in all of Scandinavia and let me tell you---no lie, its long. I was jumping up and down at the sight of Gucci, Chanel, H &M, Body Shop (yay Mommy!), European favorites, Tommy Hilfiger, Lacoste, and so much more! I actually may have mentioned to my group that we should just shop and stop the scavenger hunt, little did I know, the hunt was “serious” to many people :) Woops!
After the scavenger hunt I was faced with reality when we had to pick up our text books! Totally forgot I am here for school. Bummer---homework already. I am starting to get closer to my host family which has been great. In fact, I helped my host sibling out with her English homework yesterday and finally got to communicate back and forth with her. I also got my butt kicked in Wii bowling; Danes must be good because I got killed. Mother, you will be so proud, I had fish last night for dinner (for all of you who may not know, I absolutely CAN’T STAND FISH). I didn’t want to be rude and I definitely did not ask what kind of fish it was (for I was scared I would suddenly be ill); therefore I loaded it with butter and said “its chicken, its chicken”. Needless to say, it wasn’t half bad. It turns out that the fish is a special type only found in Denmark (go figure!).
The next couple of days I have class so nothing will be of interest to you. However, this weekend I signed up to go and visit a famous castle called Kronborg Castle (or Hamlets Castle). This castle was immortalized by Shakespeare. It should be very interesting and I can’t wait. There is also a welcome party that DIS is throwing for all the students here! I am meeting more and more students and Danes. Although I got on the wrong train this morning, I feel like I am grasping the city life more and more everyday (For family: I just found out that one of Darin’s frat brothers is here. I can’t wait to meet him and a friend is supposed to introduce me tomorrow!)
Can’t wait to tell you more. Miss you all. Love you!
Hej friends and family! I had such a wonderful day today exploring the city. Today was the scavenger hunt around the city of Copenhagen, and gosh they meant “literally all over the city”. The hunt lasted about three hours and I had my back pack to carry (bummer):( . I am totally an American tourist with my North Face back pack, stopping at every corner to take a picture.
Anyways, throughout the scavenger hunt I visited many famous locations which make Denmark such a wonderful country. I can even recall all of them but here are some places that stuck out. The new Opera house is a beautiful building that was recently built in 2003! It is modern looking and it sits on the canal looking straight at the Queen’s Castle. I was told that we (DIS students) get a discount to see Ballets, Operas, and Plays! Yay. I also visited the Royal Family Castle which is amazing. They even had guards in tall hats, long coats, you know with the straight face; walking around. Of course, I had to be immature and went up and waved—no such luck. No wave back! I learned after that the Queen wasn’t traveling and actually was having lunch in the castle so security was fairly high. One thing I thought was very interesting is they have the Denmark flag on top of the castle when she is inside and they take it down when she is out or traveling. Can you imagine if she ran her own errands putting the flag up and back down again!?
I also had the opportunity to walk along the famous “Stroget” street. This street is the longest shopping street in all of Scandinavia and let me tell you---no lie, its long. I was jumping up and down at the sight of Gucci, Chanel, H &M, Body Shop (yay Mommy!), European favorites, Tommy Hilfiger, Lacoste, and so much more! I actually may have mentioned to my group that we should just shop and stop the scavenger hunt, little did I know, the hunt was “serious” to many people :) Woops!
After the scavenger hunt I was faced with reality when we had to pick up our text books! Totally forgot I am here for school. Bummer---homework already. I am starting to get closer to my host family which has been great. In fact, I helped my host sibling out with her English homework yesterday and finally got to communicate back and forth with her. I also got my butt kicked in Wii bowling; Danes must be good because I got killed. Mother, you will be so proud, I had fish last night for dinner (for all of you who may not know, I absolutely CAN’T STAND FISH). I didn’t want to be rude and I definitely did not ask what kind of fish it was (for I was scared I would suddenly be ill); therefore I loaded it with butter and said “its chicken, its chicken”. Needless to say, it wasn’t half bad. It turns out that the fish is a special type only found in Denmark (go figure!).
The next couple of days I have class so nothing will be of interest to you. However, this weekend I signed up to go and visit a famous castle called Kronborg Castle (or Hamlets Castle). This castle was immortalized by Shakespeare. It should be very interesting and I can’t wait. There is also a welcome party that DIS is throwing for all the students here! I am meeting more and more students and Danes. Although I got on the wrong train this morning, I feel like I am grasping the city life more and more everyday (For family: I just found out that one of Darin’s frat brothers is here. I can’t wait to meet him and a friend is supposed to introduce me tomorrow!)
Can’t wait to tell you more. Miss you all. Love you!
Chels
Wow! Copenhagen looks beautiful! I can't wait to come and shop Stroget with you! Woo hoo! Love that you are meeting W&L boys! Darin will be excited! Love you, Mom
ReplyDeleteWonderful description of your first weekend! I'm glad you said more about the Klausens, as you are right, people want to know about them. Love you. Talk soon. XOXOXOXO Mom
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