My House (or rather, my host family's house)

Here are some more pictures of the house I live in, because my mom would like to be able to picture where I'm living :)

The kitchen

The skinny fridge

The freezer

The half-bath on the main floor

The dining/living room (kitchen to the left and back)

The entry way (half-bath on the left, dining room behind me)

The stairs to the second floor (across from the half-bath)

The full-bath upstairs

View of the three bedrooms upstairs from the bathroom (stairs to the main floor to the right)

So that's my house!

Last night at volleyball, I experienced another episode of the Danish lack of political correctness. A couple times, the coach said something like, "You'd only need water right now if you're fat," and "don't run after the ball like a retard," only he used 'fat' and 'retard' more than once. It was pretty offensive, and I DID drink water when he implied we were all fat, lol. They were jokes, I'm pretty sure, but they just aren't tasteful in the American sense.

Volleyball is kind of intense, like in between club volleyball at Macalester and varsity volleyball. It was fun, though. My arm is sore.

The bad thing about volleyball on Monday is that it's from 8pm to 10pm, so I get home around 11:30pm and then I'm in bed arount 12:30am and I need to wake up by 6:30am. 

So that's what happened this morning, I had fewer than 6 hours of sleep and I barely made it through my morning classes. Then I stayed at DIS and did some homework and internet surfing for 4 hours til my 3:30pm class. By 3:00pm I decided I needed some coffee. So, I went to my new favorite coffee place, mostly because it has the most reasonable prices in the city.

It's called Please.

Students get 10% off, and the first coffee I got was 5kr so like $0.90 and that was a regular latte. Today I went big, and I got a large mocha, which totaled 27kr so about $4.84 which is pretty similar to American coffee shops. From 10-12, coffee is 15kr so $2.69 which is pretty reasonable. 

Anyway, it helped me stay awake during the second emergency medicine lecture. 

On the train ride home, it started raining but it stopped before my stop and there was a rainbow! 

But then it started downpouring as I was about halfway home.

I got my residence letter and residence permit/card at DIS, so now I need to register with the Albertslund Kommune to get my CPR number (like a social security number, so I can get medical care and stuff). 

Things I miss/ed in Minnesota:

1. the state fair
2. the renaissance festival
3. the apple orchard
4. pumpkin/apple treats
5. baking treats
6. the weather and the colors!

But I love being here while I am because January and February are apparently the worst months in Denmark. And I also love being in Europe! Some exciting travels coming up:

1. Amsterdam, Netherlands - 28 September through 2 October
2. Budapest, Hungary and Vienna, Austria - 20 through 25 October
3. Barcelona, Spain - 14 through 17 November

And possibly:

1. Prague, Czech Republic - the weekend after Budapest and Vienna
2. Malmo, Sweden - a day trip one weekend

And of course, tons more to do in Copenhagen and the greater Copenhagen area. There are still many things I'd like to do, such as see more castles, tour a canal by boat, visit Christiania and climb some towers.

We shall see.