Surviving Week 2

Hello again from Copenhagen!

I have survived my first 2 weeks of Copenhagen! Horay! There was a little while where I thought I wasn't going to make it . I am very proud of myself for getting this far. The first two weeks are supposed to be the hardest, so I am very excited that they are over. They certainly lived up to the difficulty level everyone told me about!!
Last Sunday I went to Frederiksborg Castle, the royal palace of King Christian IV. It was soooo beautiful. The inside was incredibly ornate and beautiful. It is full of antiques and paintings, it has almost all of the family seals in it from the entire royal family and nobility. This castle really reminded me of a real castle. It was grand and ornate and everything you expect from something 400 years old.
This week was my first full week of classes as well. They are going to be incredibly difficult I am thinking, even more so than Smith. I am doing a practicum with children for one of my classes and I got to meet my children on Thursday. They are amazing!! It was probably one of the most fun days I have had so far in Copenhagen. My children are between 5-9 and speak little to no english as well. They do however know how to insult me and tell me that I am an idiot while pointing and laughing. They think they are funny, which is actually pretty true. Otherwise though, it is pretty easy to communicate with them. We are playing the whole time, so I join in games I know or can catch onto quickly. It is amazing how much can be spoken through physical contact and pointing.
I went to see the famous statue of the little mermaid this week as well! She is beautiful, albeit anticlimactic. The Danes are very proud of their statue, but it turns out that she is incredibly small and not very mermaid-like. It was really cool to actually she it though after we had heard so much about her.
This week coming up is going to go by incredibly fast. Tomorrow I officially get to move into my new residence. I will finally be able to unpack and get settled. I am so excited for this I can't even describe it. I am also really nervous because I have finally gotten settled here and now I have to meet a whole new group of people all over again while also relearning bus routes. Unpacking will make it all worthwhile though. Wednesday I am planning on going to Sweden for the day with some friends into Malmo, which is the closest city to Copenhagen. They are connected by a bridge and you can take the train over there, it only takes about a half hour. We plan on just walking around and claiming victory in our first international travels. Then this weekend we are off to Western Denmark on a short Study tour with our program. We leave on Thursday and arrive back on Saturday. That basically leaves me with Sunday to do all of my homework. Let's hope I do it all in time!!!

I love you all and hope that you are doing well. I miss you terribly!! Leave lots of nice comments