I’ve been having so much fun this past week, and I have been so busy that it hasn’t really hit me until I started to write this post how much I am going to miss this… my Skidmore family, my friends, my host family, taking the S-tog, getting the stink eye when I cross the street when I’m not supposed to, hearing Danish and getting excited when I actually understand a word, smelling delicious sausage stands on the streets, dancing until 4am, getting asked, “What do you think about Danish people?,” and much, much more.
Honestly though, it is the people I have met on this crazy journey that have made it the most amazing, fantastic, life-changing experience I’ve had so far in my life. They have been there for the best of times and the worst of times, and I love them for it :)
That’s why I am spending every last second possible with my friends and my host family. Yesterday, I woke up and had a nice breakfast with my host mom, then I met up with my friend Ryan so we could go to Bellevue beach, which is just a 20 minute train ride north of Copenhagen.
I know I say this a lot, but it was gorgeous outside… really though, it was the best weather I have experienced the entire four months I have been here! There was hardly a cloud in the sky and it was about 70 degrees. Later, Gabi joined us and a few other friends, Dan, Dave, and Erin.
We just had a blast talking and goofing around for about 4 hours. One of the highlights of the day was that just to our left was the nudist section of the beach, which also happened to be where the nearest bathrooms were…
Yup, that’s me and Gabi. Yup, that man is naked. When a girl has gotta go, a girl has gotta go!
I didn’t realize it until later, but I ended up getting sunburned. My back is red, really red. Oops. After the beach, Gabi and I went out to dinner at a place called Riz Raz. It was a vegetarian buffet with Mediterranean food! Yum! Then we finally went to the ballet! It was at the old theater in the city, and the show was called Gamle Scene. We were so confused when after 20 minutes, the lights turned on and everyone got up. I mean we thought intermission is usually toward the middle of the show… but there ended up being 3 acts. It was funny, romantic, and beautiful. I was just so tired by the end!
Today was also a great day, of course! I had breakfast with my host mom and my host brother, Kasper, again. Then I met Gabi in the city around 11am to study for our final exams. Unfortunately I didn’t get much studying done, but I did work on a job application for the summer. I wasn’t completely procrastinating or anything…
Then something funny/kinda bad happened. Gabi and I were just sitting there typing on our computers when some man rushes in yelling something in Danish. He grabbed a fire extinguisher and rushed back outside onto the street, then we realized that there was smoke coming from the hot dog stand nearby!!!
I took the picture after they had basically extinguished everything, so it doesn’t look like there was much damage. However, you can sort of see where the fire was because there is smoke right by the yellow flower. Luckily they put it out quickly!
After studying for awhile, we met up with some friends at a different beach because it is closer to some of our other friends who couldn’t come yesterday. It was a little chillier today, so no bikini wearing and no sunburn!
It was just Gabi, Tim, and me for awhile. Our other friends are slow sometimes.
I’m pretty sure Tim was telling us a story. Then Mark, Pat, and Jackson came. We just goofed around again like normal, then I went to the city with Mark and Pat for about an hour before heading home for dinner with my host family. My host parents leave for Paris on Friday, so my last dinner with them is tomorrow night. So weird/sad/I don’t even know.
Tonight I am just studying because I have fun plans all day tomorrow! I’m going to the hospital with my host dad, then my last family dinner, then out with my friends! I love my life.
Hej Hej!
Emily
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