Godmorgen!!

Hey everyone, it is currently 7am in the morning and I am I guess a bit jet lagged..ish but not that much or maybe just eager to start my first full day here in Copenhagen! Yesterday was a bit hectic but everything seems to be working out quite nicely. My travel plans were a bit confusing, and many of you got panicked phone calls from the St. Louis airport when my flight from St. Louis to Dulles was delayed 2 hours making it impossible to miss my connecting flight to Copenhagen. So instead they rerouted us through Chicago and Paris which actually worked out quite nicely, except they lost one of my bags which at first they told me went to D.C then informed me that it actually made it all the way to Paris and just didn’t make the last flight, oh well. Somehow on that flight I got upgraded to ‘economy extra’ which isn’t first class but was quite nice. On my one and a half hour flight I got a salmon, couscous, a piece of cheese, a warm roll and a piece of dark chocolate. Wonderful first Scandinavian meal; I think chocolate is a good enough exchange for a piece of luggage? Maybe? Whatever.

Anyway I checked in, had an intro session, then made my way to Danish International Kollegium (DIK) where I’m going to be living this semester. A kolegium is housing that is a mixture of Danish and international students who each have their own single rooms but often share a kitchen and common area. I was really worried about my particular killegium because I had read some blogs online that made it sound old and cold, but in fact I think its kind of neat. My room is huge! Well..at least to Brandeis standards…I have my own bathroom and closet plus my room is a nice size and contains a window, desk and chair. We have a really neat blue kitchen that is fun and we each have our own cabinet and mini fridge which is pretty sweet. I already have settled in, hung my pictures up and unpacked the stuff that made it with me here. Today we’re going to be doing some getting to know the city activities which should be helpful. I’m excited to explore!

Talk to you soon! -Sasha

Welcome!

Hey Everyone!

For those of you who don't know I'm going to be spending this semester in Copenhagen, Denmark studying Multi-Cultrual Education and Child Development at the Danish Institute for Study Abroad. It should be exciting, like really exciting, right now I'm just to nervous to admit that to myself. Throughout the semester I plan to do a lot of traveling and visiting friends who are also spending the semester (or year) in Europe. I can't wait to see them as well as meet new people though my program and travels.

Right now I'm attempting to do last minute packing and the such and am very excited for my friend Jenny to come back from Israel right in time to spend the night and watch me pack. Tomorrow morning I leave and have an hour (so short!) layover in DC before I head abroad. Sunday night I will be in my new home DIK, the Danish International Kollegium where I will be spending the rest of the semester. Kinda of scary, very exciting, I'll let you know what it's like when I get there! Thanks for reading! -Sasha