Sunday, May 23, 2010

Life after Denmark

Reverse culture shock does exist:
1. I have been reading the date backwards, unless the day of the week is larger then 12, then I get really confused before I realize what happened.
2. Despite the fact that it is almost summertime, I am more pale then I have ever been in my life, which means, according to Mom that wearing white makes me look terrible.
3. I attempted to play tennis. That attempt failed
4. Driving is exciting again, until I had to drive home from Elon in the dark and pouring rain
5. Despite the fact that I really need to diet and exercise after spending an exerciseless semester abroad, I can't help to indulge in all the foods I have not been able to eat for the past 4 months
6. I keep trying to find the bikes
7. It has been a week, and aside from looking forward to my 21st birthday, I am really only looking forward to a Keops reunion, whenever that will be

In other news I am a published scientist :)

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Winding Down

The bittersweet news is that I only have 5 days left in Copenhagen, and while finals and the cold weather are certainly pushing me to be happy about my departure on Sunday the fact is that I am going to be terribly upset on Sunday. All I can say is thank goodness my friend Jennifer was here this weekend to force me out of my studying hole and see the last few things in Copenhagen that I had yet to make time for. She was an amazing guest and we had a great time wandering around Copenhagen in the dreary weather and going to Tivoli. Unfortunately after she left it was time to buckle down and get studying for my 3 finals this week. As per usual I got one of the worst finals schedules ever, and I will be studying until Friday, but I thought I would take a break and decompress a little. In doing so I created some lists, of things I will miss about Copenhagen, things I probably will not miss about Copenhagen and things I am excited to come home to.



So thats all I can think of for now, I am sure I will be able to think of more as the night progresses.

Monday, May 3, 2010

Bornholm Bike Trip :)

A weekend full of biking makes you realize 2 things. First, The Tour de France now looks impossible (not that i actually thought I could do it before, but you get the point) and second, I never would have imagined how much someone's butt can hurt after biking. These 2 things aside I had an amazing time in Bornholm over the weekend. Bornholm is an island about a 6 hour boat ride away from Copenhagen, that is often called the Hawaii of Denmark. After boarding an overnight ferry at 11pm Thursday night we arrived on the island at 6am, exhausted for sure. Me and my friends grabbed a bite to eat, grabbed a nap, and then grabbed a bike for a loooooong day. The weather was not on our side in the least, in fact, there were 15mph winds blowing at us the entire time and it poured down rain when I had a flat tire. These things might make it sound like I did not have a good time, but in fact the exact opposite is true. I had an amazing day, despite how utterly tiring it was.


We had a fun picnic outside of a school, had some amazing home made ice cream, and traveled back to the mid 1800s in a little store. And also slept like rocks that night. Which was good because we were off on our travels again! We visited a blown glass workshop and then stopped at the cliffs and relaxed in the sun for a while


All in all it was an awesome weekend, with awesome people. I think my abs got just as good of a work out as my legs did I was laughing so hard. But you will not be seeing me biking around France any time soon!