Back to school

Last week went by so fast it made me realize how quickly the rest of my time here will pass as well, especially if I sleep until noon everyday. My first day of class was a real eye opener. My social psychology course has 8 other people in it with a teacher that, instead of lecturing us for 3 hours, discusses the topics with us and asks us for our opinion. It is more like a 3 hour discussion session than a lecture and I think I am going to take a lot away from that. The amazing thing is the informal manner of teaching. He is very catered to our needs instead of the other way around. My one day of class has also been a real eye opener into the social welfare outlook on life. It makes me wonder why anyone would choose anything different.

Politics aside, last week was the welcome week for international students. A university organization set up what was called the insomnia tour, where every night (from last Monday to last night) a different club in the city hosted an event. I didn't make it to all of the nights but it was a great time getting to see different clubs in different parts of the city, even though I lost my voice somewhere along the way. One of the nights there was a party at one of the student apartment buildings and they set up a flip cup tournament. Now this normally wouldn't be a big deal except Europeans don't play drinking games, and most of the teams were made up of people who had never played before. Needless to say my team of two Americans, a Canadian, Spaniard, and a German took the tournament by storm, winning the flip cup super bowl and a bottle of the worst liquor you have ever imagined (called Fiske Fjæs, which apparently translates to fish face).

After many hours spent planning, I have my next trip planned. I will be meeting up with my friend Paula in London for a 5 night stay, and hopefully seeing my friend Grace while I'm there, and then continuing on to Dublin, to meet up with some of her friends for three nights. I still can't get over how cheap it is to get around here! My flight from Copenhagen to London was $24 with my most expensive flight being $60 form Dublin to Copenhagen. While we are in London we are looking into trying couch surfing (Google it). It's going to be a great trip!

That's all for now.

Much love