Time Flies When You're Having Fun

With my first week in Copenhagen behind me, I can definitely say it's been a good one. The weather didn't always cooperate, but that didn't stop us from exploring the city and seeing what Denmark has to offer. My floor mates and I have officially booked our trip to Berlin for next weekend, so that's something to look forward to over the next few days of classes. Speaking of which, I had my first exam  yesterday (and yes, I did well on it). It was 2 patient cases with several questions for each case. In preparing for the test, the class and I all agree that "chest pain" is a very vague symptom, and tricky to diagnose.

Group photo in Nyhavn

About 2 weeks ago, when I was packing for my trip, I was expecting the temperature to be somewhat cool most of the time. Copenhagen's weather is very similar to that of my home university, it can have all four seasons in the same day.

Nyhavn ("New Harbor")

When it rains here, it doesn't rain for too long, which is a good thing. And the sun goes down around 10pm, and rises around 4:30am. It's a weird feeling when you wake up, thinking it's 9am, but in reality it's only 5am.

Last night, a few friends and I went to this thing called Distorion, which is a 4 day music festival that takes place in a different location every night. Distortion is a yearly celebration of Copenhagen night-life, but the free portion goes on from about 4pm-11pm, and it's still somewhat light outside. We plan on going again tonight, because its the final day for it, and because most Danes don't go out until the weekends. 

Today, believe it or not, we went to the beach! Crazy right?! We just hopped on the metro to Amager Beach, which is on the east side of Copenhagen fairly close to the airport.

Amagar Beach and Park

Many have us have been on the hunt for a Danish Danish. Actually, Danes call them weinerbrod, and they taste ten times better than back home. It has 4 different "fillings" on it, and they are delicious!

Every day for class, we have to make a 30 minute commute by train to get to the hospital in Roskilde. Our class is from 3:30pm-5:30pm on weekdays, which means we have to leave our dorm building around 2:15pm to walk to the train station. On the plus side, we get to sleep in a little bit! And we have more time to do stuff outside of class!

Kobenhavn Central Station

We have to walk to Norreport Station, which then stops in Central Station, and then continues on to Roskilde.

A few things I have noticed while in Copenhagen:
Danes are very stylish, all Danes are skinny or athletic, the street signs are on the buildings, EVERYONE rides a bike EVERYWHERE (you don't see very many cars in the city center), and all Danes enjoy sunny days (because they dont happen very often). If you accidentally walk into the bike lane along the street, many Danes on bikes will start aggressively clicking their bike bells at you (we know from experience lol). Also, we have learned that grocery stores don't have "sackers" that bag your groceries for you. You have to do it yourself, and you have to bring your own grocery bags. Otherwise, you purchase a bag from the store OR you carry your groceries in your arms and look like an idiot on the trek back to your dorm (also known from experience).


Time flies when you're having fun; I know this firsthand. My first week as a DIS student has surely been a memorable and interesting one to say the least.
I can't wait to see what the next five have in store.