***This post was written on Saturday morning but not posted until now - sorry for the delay!***
This is the end. My time in Copenhagen is over, and it's extremely bittersweet. I'm currently on a plane to Prague, and it feels so strange that I won't be heading "home to Copenhagen" afterwards. 6 weeks has flown by, and I had a fabulous time. Saying goodbye to my floormates last night was so hard!
This past week has also flown by. After coming home from Berlin, we had a pretty chill weekend of watching movies and doing homework. I had two papers due this week and a final exam yesterday, so unfortunately a lot of my last week was spent writing and studying. On Tuesday night, our Danish RA made us all a classic Danish dinner and we had a "floor night," so that was fun and relaxing. The meal consisted of Danish meatballs, apple/carrot/lemon salad, pickled cucumbers, and Danish potato salad. It was delicious! After, we watched a Danish movie (with English subtitles of course), and had the classic Danish dessert of strawberries and cream - also so yummy. It was a great way to spend time as a floor before we all left.
On Wednesday, instead of a lecture during class, we walked around the neighborhood Norrebro and talked about the diversity. (Not really sure how it connected to Cross-Cultural Psychology, but it was a nice break from the classroom). Then at night, our class met again to go to a refugee counseling center, which was very interesting. When I got back on Wednesday night, our floor's WiFi was out (and stayed out for the rest of the week, so sad), so I took that as a sign to go to bed early. Thursday was the 4th of July - this is the first year I wasn't home for the 4th! It was sad, especially since no one celebrates it in Denmark (obviously). So to make up for it, our floor had a big dinner and fun night together, which made it much better. On Friday after my final, I went to New Harbor one last time with some floormates and finally got smorrebrod, the Danish open-faced sandwiches. I tried marinated herring and liverpate - the herring was good but a little too "fishy" for me, but the liverpate was great. It was the same kind my Danish visiting family made for me, so I made my floormates try some. The rest of the night consisted of packing and hanging out one last time as a floor, and it was a great, relaxing way to end my 6 weeks in Copenhagen.
Now, Maggie, Sarah, and I are headed to Prague for three days. It's the first leg of our two weeks of travel, so I'm very excited for what's in store for us! Look out for posts after each leg of our trip.
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