Canada Day

Today is Canada Day. Of course a very important day for me as a future Canadian and luckily there were more Canadians around to celebrate it. We did this by walking around together in the old part of Copenhagen, it was fun and I had a great time...but to keep things simple I should start where I left the last time...

On sunday afternoon the ISUP had organized a city race of Copenhagen. We had to visit important sites at the historic center, answer questions and take pictures of important sites. This way I didn't only get to know more about the city and the sites here, but I also met more people studying with me and got to know them a bit better. We visited Amalienborg, the marble church, the parliament, another church and in the end we climbed the "round tower", an observatory in the center of the city. It does not have real stairs, but a spiral ramp so the king could ride to the top on his horse and didn't have to walk all the way up. I understand why he did that, but walking the ramp was quite tiring. Still the view rewarded it. And our efforts in the race were also rewarded...we won it and got a free drink afterwards. After the race I put on my German flag and went to the "Biergarten" to watch the final match of the European Football Championship. Of course we all know the result, so after the match I put my flag back into my handbag and forgot about the whole thing. I went home soon after because I thought I had class the next morning.

When I reached CBS I found out I didn't have class because for some reason the professor was not there, so instead I got a library card and made an appointment at the hairdresser and did some groceries...also very important stuff. After that I headed home, watched Ally McBeal and slept the rest of the day. I wanted to go swimming, but the pool close to my house was closed for holidays. Today I had class, I have a Danish professor with a funny accent. And for me as a Behavioural Scientist the economic perspective I am taught here really has an added value. So I managed to listen for three hours without doing other stuff and even studied the book afterwards. I also went to the hairdresser, as that was really necessary to be able to keep up with all the fancy Copenhagians :). I spent the afternoon at the park, which is actually a graveyard, sunbathing and reading. Summer has finally arrived in Denmark. The park/graveyard is a really cool place, in the middle of the city it's a quiet green spot, peaceful and the scattered tombstones give it a really special atmosphere. It sounds a bit odd to spend so much time in a graveyard, but people also go running there and the graves are not all around, there also is a newer part where you're not supposed to be if you're not mourning. I'll put pictures of it. As the weather stays nice I will for sure go there again.

Tonight I had my Canada day celebration and now it's time to sleep again. It's incredible how much I have slept since I've been here, but it was about time I guess. Tomorrow again I don't have class, because the lectures of Macroeconomics and Microeconomics are the same during the first week and I don't have to listen to the same stuff twice. I will go the the National Museum instead. To learn more about the Danish...