Well, today (August 18th) marks the official start date of my study abroad Fall 2013 with DIS. I moved into the Green House Living and Learning Community around 10:30am and got an hour introduction talk about what our packets included and how the rest of the day will go - pretty much unpacking, relaxing, and meeting all the new housemates before a 6pm tour of the surrounding area and a dinner get together. I have 2 roommates. Makayla is from Boston but goes to school at Tulane, and Zisiga is from Kenya (!!) but goes to school at Mount Holyoke. They both seem really nice and I'm excited to get to know them better. I also share a kitchen and living room with 4 other girls and an SRA (so 8 of us total.) I live on the ground floor but the whole house includes 26 people (but only 2 guys.) Most of the house seems to be in the Sustainability in Europe Program (surprise surprise) but there are other people in different programs like Architecture, Sociology, Medicine, etc. The house is 300 years old and is absolutely gorgeous, probably the nicest apartment I will ever get to live in right in the center of a city like Copenhagen. However, because it's so old there are many preservation rules and regulations. We will go over more of this tomorrow night with our floor meeting, where we will also make a cleaning shift list. This next week is jam packed with activities before classes start on Thursday.
Monday:
- Opening Ceremony
- Student Affairs Session
- Book Pick-Up
- House Meeting
Tuesday:
- Amazing Race around Copenhagen
Wednesday:
- Academic Program Session
- Housing Session
- Sports Session (optional but definite for me)
- Activities and Immersion Fair
- Green House get together
More updates to come!
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| My side of the triple room (we all share that desk) |
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| Kitchen |
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| Living Room |
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| View of our enclosed courtyard from the living room |
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