Basically my last days in Copenhagen are completely open for me to do whatever my little heart desires, so except for one exam I have this Friday, I am going to be celebrating and spending time with my friends as much as possible :)
Starting with our Cinco de Mayo celebration on Thursday… I ended up meeting some of my friends in the city later at night. It is finally nice enough out to actually be outside, so we drank outside a little bit before deciding to go to Kulor bar. It was mine and Gabi’s first time at Kulor Bar on a Thursday night, and we decided we are never going back unless it’s Friday or Saturday. It was insane. That’s the only way to explain it.
Anyway, I had to be at class at 10:05am on Friday and give a presentation in my Muslim class about an interview my group did with two Muslim girls from Turkey. It went really well, and I also handed in my last paper of the semester! After my class, I was so tired, and it was so nice out, so I decided to go to the King’s Gardens to nap for a little bit. It was weird because the last time I was there it was January and freezing cold! The Danes told us once it got warm, there would be people all over the park. It was hard to imagine it then, but they were right. There were people picnicking, napping, chatting, playing games.
Then I went home for a little bit, and I saw the weirdest thing ever. I was just sitting on the s-tog when some guy comes in and sits in a chair across the aisle from me. I didn’t think anything of it until I heard a bird start squawking and flapping its wings… this guy seriously was carrying this little white bird on his shoulder around with him everywhere! He kept talking to it, and he rolled up a piece of newspaper so the bird could sit there with it in its mouth. Then the bird flew across the aisle into the seat that was facing me directly, so he tried to coax it back.. but it’s a bird, not a dog, so obviously it wasn’t going to come to him. So I got to sit next to this crazy guy for ten minutes until he got up and was standing in the middle section of the train where you go to exit and started swinging on the handrails. He also had bird poop all down his back. Seriously, it was the craziest thing I have ever seen on that train.
After that crazy experience, I met Gabi and Mark for a picnic in the King’s Gardens for dinner! It was super fun. We had tapas and wine :)
It was gorgeous out, and when we left the park at 8:30, it was still light out too!
Then of course we went to happy hour, and the rest of the night is history…
On Saturday I went to the city for a little bit during the day, and it is so weird hearing languages besides Danish and seeing all of the tourists around. It was so crowded, and the best/funniest thing is seeing the segway tours. It’s just weird because Copenhagen does not seem like a tourist city when it is cold out, which makes sense obviously. Then at night I went out to two random bars in the city with Gabi, Mark, Pat, and two guys from the boys’ soccer team. It was fun, but like I said, super random.
Today it is absolutely gorgeous out, again, so I met Gabi in the city around 1:30pm, and we had a picnic in a park by our school. Then we got some ice cream and walked around the city.
It’s so funny reminiscing about the first few days of studying abroad when Gabi and I would walk around and explore the city. We went to a lot of the same places today, and they just do not look the same. The city is so lively and lovely now!
Gabi and I have lots of plans for the upcoming week! I am really excited!
Hej Hej!
Emily
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