Copenhagen – Day 25

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This is going to be another image post, not a whole lot to write. Yesterday was a beautiful day here, so we went down to Nyhavn (the new harbour area – basically most pictures you see of Copenhagen) and sat by the water and had a drink. Then we went over to Christiania which is […]

Copenhagen – Day 22

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So, I don’t feel like writing much, therefore this post is just pictures of the beautiful park behind our residence. I did get my cat love on (and instantaneously started sneezing, stupid allergies). Last night we went to Kings Garden (aka Rosenberg garden) to watch the Italy vs Portugal game, which was really cool, they […]

Copenhagen – Finally ! Days 15 – 19

New Harbour, Copenhagen

We have finally arrived and settled in to residence in Copenhagen. Time to put down the tourist hat for a bit and put the study hat back on (Ya, I know… first world problems…)

Our first actually day here we had orientation and got our room assignments. The residence we are in, Porcelaeshaven is pretty nice, we each have our own rooms, I have my own bathroom (woo-hoo) and Chirag has a room big enough for his ego 🙂 (J/K) . But each room has a little kitchenette which is awesome (food saaavinngs !) Things are kind of expensive here but not everything, for example diary products, like a carton of milk that is usually around 2.50 – 3 in Canada is about 1.40 here.

Okay, talking about milk prices probably not too exciting. Anyhoo, on Saturday we had a welcome  BBQ (yummy food!), watched a witch burning (if you are curious…click here ) and busted a move on the dance floor at the school bar.

We have met some great people already and I’m looking forward to getting to know everyone better and having some good times. Part of me wishes I didn’t wait until the very last semester of my MBA degree to do an international exchange but I guess its better late than never !

So, the real reason we are here (or supposed to be) is for classes, and the two courses I have are Psychology of Decision Making and Authentic Leadership. I know, they sound like fluff courses but I am actually genuinely interested in them. So far I really like my prof for the Authentic Leadership, she strikes me as one of those people that really inspires you to think and develop into a better person. Reminds me very much of my buddy Scott McCurdie, my first mentor and one of the most amazing people I know !

So a couple of things about Copenhagen I have learned so far

1. Everyone rides bikes here, and when I say everyone, it literally is everyone ! There are more bikes here than people apparently, and after seeing the bike racks, I believe it ! I wish Toronto could be more like Copenhagen that way… oh ya, we have Ford.. so nevermind!
2. It rains a lot here apparently… boooo… I thought I left that behind in Scotland ! So far we have had a couple nice days and a couple rainy and a couple that were a mix of both
3. The people are really nice ! At least so far from what I can tell anyway ! And there is a disproportionate amount of tall blonde people, not that I am complaining ! They are good looking and I’m perfectly okay being the odd man (errr woman) out !

Charles is coming to Copenhagen tonight for some birthday celebrations, some of you may see some shenanigans online, but we will try to keep it a minimum !