It's 9pm here and I've been awake for about 26 hours. The flight went by quickly, even though I couldn't fall asleep. The plane was delayed two hours but luckily there were about 15 of us (2 of which were guys) on the same flight together. We all found each other as we got to baggage claim and shared big van taxis to the orientation site.
There were students everywhere. Literally hundreds of them, all looking very tired with a lot of luggage. We found our way to the registration desk and a DIS person ran up to me and asked me if I was Andy. Apparently they somehow missed the fact that I was on the delayed plane and were looking for me all over. My roommates were there when I arrived. After introductions I asked them if they have been waiting long. "No, we're really hungover so we only just got here." We took the metro to go back. It's really nice and brand new, a lot like the 4,5,6 in NYC. It's only one stop from their place to the university or a 15 minute walk.
They are very cool people, easygoing and laid back. After showing me the apartment they took me around the area of Copenhagen in which they live, Fredericksberg, and got some pizza for dinner. Why pizza? "We were going to cook you traditional Danish meatballs, but we're too hungover." Apparently pizza is the only food that is reasonably priced in Copenhagen, it costs about the same as in Seattle, so I'm probably going to be eating a lot of it.
As you can tell, I have wireless! On the way over I talked to some people who live in host family houses 1hr+ away and don't have internet there. I'm very lucky to be in this location with these great people. I am extremely tired and I'm going to go to sleep soon; tomorrow morning we have a welcome speech at the Royal Library. I'll add pictures in a few days and keep updating!
1 comments:
hungover (jorge) and constant pizza-eating (enriqo). are you sure these arten't the same roomates?
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