First week recap

So Monday we had our first day of class. My first class is Managing Across cultures and is very interesting. Our Professor is from George Washington University and he is a really cool teacher. he is very good about explaining concepts and ideas. The first day of that class was Syllabus so we all introduced ourselves which happened to be 12 U of O students in this one class.

The next class is a little more dry it is Corporate Finance. The teacher is from Florida then became a founding professor at a business school in China. He is a very nice guy the content of the class is a little dry but we have many more danish students in that class than we do in the first class. So that is the break down of my classes

Tuesday both Jeff and I are free from class so we met up with a few girls from Norway and had a picnic and played this game called Cubb. It was a lawn game like bocce but much more difficult. So we played this game for about 3 hours all got very sun burnt. After making another delicious meal of tacos that night we left to a dorm party that was going on. It was a great time for the students to just hang out and mingle but we had to use the windows as the exits and entrances which became difficult after a while. We made do. It was interesting to see how people grouped up usually by their country but certain countries tended to mix together more. So far we have a crew of Americans, Australians, Germans, Italians, French and Norwegian.

Wednesday was class all over again and nothing to crazy happened last night. The guys set up two table of water pong and we just hung out and played for a while before exploring downtown for a while. Our dorm seems to have about 20 of us that are very social and want to hang out with people and the other 50 just hang out in their rooms for the most part.

Today, woke up to an email saying that we were being warned for being too loud. Apparently music at 4 o clock pm disturbs the neighbors. We were conscious last night to keep the music down and we left around 10:30 to go downtown so we were confused today why they locked the common room up. So tomorrow we are going to speak to housing about the issue.

Meeting people

So last night was our first mixer of everyone studying abroad. We had a buffet dinner and then a party at the business school. To make you all proud Jesse and I the two oregon boys were making a name for ourselves shuffling to party rock anthem. Which was a good time. So here is some photos of us heading out and the business school which is absolutely beautiful buildings and campus.

1st two nights

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so got to copenhagen after 12 hours of travel and no sleep which turned to 15 hours after the delay.  this day started on june 22 and was an absolute blast.  After arriving I took my 48 lb back pack and i checked in to the hostel I went exploring the city which is full of marvelous architecture and people.  Soon my friend Dom joined me (seen in the pic below) and we were able to get dinner and drink on the dock as the music played.
 that night dom and I wandered the streets.  After finally getting tired we called a cab adn returned home. agreeing to  see you one last time. sincerely,
Chris

Picture are a sight of copenhagen. Dom and I. Followed by the crew friends from all over the world including australia, london, milan and long island. So already day one great success in meeting new wonderful people

Eh?

In canada right now.  It is cloudy fogy and over cast but spirits are high even though I cant see the sun.  Wearing my oregon gear and sweatshirt with duck color letters.  Getting some funny looks form some other travelers from other countries but so far pretty uneventful.  Watched almost all of The League thank roomie I owe you for that. The show is hilarious if you can find it and watch it.  Guy show but still hilarious to watch. Luckily I have a friend in my hostel already and we will be meeting up to explore a summer solstice festival in copenhagen.   I will take photos but my camera cord is buried right now in my checked bag so you will have to wait till friday when I unpack my 48 pound backpack.  Which has been wonderfully organized and kept safe by my wonderful well traveled mother.  Lots of plastic bags.
 Minor scare at LAX they handed me someone else's ticket which was a little scary to say the least.  But otherwise so far doing well.  no disasters yet I am sure there will be a few minor ones but oh well life moves on just trying to keep up
  Spoke too soon 4 hour delay not leaving till 945 pm... so looks like i will be here for a while  ( mechanical error).  Care to skype?

last day in the states

my bag is for the most part packed but cant seem to fit everything in it.  I have a big old camping back pack to travel with and plans are falling in to place.  trip to amsterdamn trip to scotland and possible paris one weekend. I am healthy and ready to go.  Just a few last things on the list to do before I leave.
a final load of laundry
 book my scotland flight
finish all my packing
deposit checks
pick up some otc medication just in case
skype a few friends and family goodbye for a few months
and go.

Wow weird to think it is here.  24 hours and I fly solo to europe  Wow

3 days

So 3 days left till I board the plane.   Found out today that both spencer and I have been having heart burn so maybe or goodbye drinking with friends hurt us a little.  but I am super stoked just got a liner for my sleeping bag, and a towel and books on denmark and prague for jeff and I. Spending today with family tomorrow night Vitek comes so we can go to the happiest place on earth monday:) so excited.. anyway got a new camera for the trip so high def videos and pictures.  The memory card holds 2000+ photos so expect a lot.

Preperation

So getting ready to study abroad.  I leave wednesday saying goodbyes to graduates and friends has been difficult but the excitement of this journey with Jeff, Riley and Patrick is too much to handle.  Not going to lie though one thing they dont tell you about study abroad is there are a lot of hoops to jump through.  I have probably had to register to 6different websites in order to get everything signed up and ready to go.  Frustrating to say the least.  But here is the first post of the blog I am going to try and update the blog daily with videos, photo, and writing about the day so stay tuned.