It seems that winter has followed me to Copenhagen...and I am not very happy about that. When I arrived here there was barely any snow on the ground and green grass everywhere, I didn't think such a thing existed this far north. I've been told Denmark is having what is called an ice winter. Since last Wednesday there has been three snow storms, factor in the strong winds of the sea shore and you almost have blizzards that are worse than the ones in Wisconsin. The amazing thing is that there are still people biking everywhere! These Danes don't mess around when it comes to their biking. I'm too much of a chicken to even attempt biking in this mess so hopefully the snow will start melting soon...at least before the 15th because that is when my metro pass expires and I really don't want to buy a new one.
Tomorrow my friend from California is having her 21st birthday party so we have a big night planned. In Denmark, I have heard it is traditional to have a lot of Danish flags present on your birthday, and since she's actually half Danish maybe she'll teach us a thing or two. She tried teaching me the happy birthday song in Danish the other day but of course that was a lost cause. I am going to attempt to make her a gluten free cake for her birthday, which will prove to be challenging seeing as how I still struggle buying normal food (the other day I bought what I believed to be a fruit smoothie (it came in a milk carton) and it turned out to be yogurt...I got a few strange looks from my Danish roommates when I started pouring my "smoothie" into a glass).
I have my first university related meeting today and then my first day of class starts tomorrow! I am extremely anxious (in a good way) to get into the swing of things again. As much as I know that I will never have this kind of free time again in my life, I almost miss my busy Madison schedule. I wouldn't have to find things to do to occupy my time because it was decided for me. This is definitely going to be a challenge.
Much love
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