Here are some random pics that I've taken over the last few days!

They had an "elephant parade" like they did in Atlanta with the cows so these are pictures of the shop they had where you could buy miniature ones. They took all of the elephants down Thursday though :(

Aboriginal Elephant!

Poster of all the elephants....

Typical super-Danish sidewalk crammed with bikes

Some friends and I walked to the graveyard on Wednesday where Hans Christian Anderson is buried as well as some other notable Danes. They seem to do graveyards differently there. Some parts were rows and rows like our traditional graveyards, but in other parts people seemed to buy a little plot of land and instead of only having a grave marker they turned their plot into little gardens! I think it's such a good idea.!And it was clear that people took care of them regularly, too. 

Here is Hans Christian Anderson....

And me! This was the tree-lined walkway that went through the whole place.  It really seemed like more of a park than a graveyard...not creepy at all! I might come back here to practice riding my bike if I end up getting one today!

Thursday I ventured to Ikea with a girl to get brightly colored things for our rooms!  As y'all saw earlier they were a little bit grey and boring. I figure if I'm going to be here for 4 months I should love the space I'm in and make it as home-like as possible. So we got meatballs and they were delicious! 

I have a feeling there are a lot of these awkward solo shots in my future....

I started classes today and they all seem pretty interesting. I learned the way that Danish ( and apparently most European people?) take tests! Usually their whole grade for a class is based on one final oral exam. The teacher puts a few or a bunch of different questions on a table that the student may or may not have seen before and they are all face-side down. Then for the exam the student picks their own question and then has to answer it. I think that's so cool! The idea behind it is that the teacher shouldn't be able to decide your fate for the class--the student should. Definitely an interesting perspective and that is what my class is going to be like at the University of Copenhagen where I'm taking my philosophy class. 

Yesterday (Friday) was a pretty good day. I just had two more of my classes --Urban History of Copenhagen and Developmental Disorders-- and wandered around in the city with a girl I met. This trip has been a lot of wandering so far and just getting myself lost. I can't wait to be able to do it with a bike! Except it's been raining on and off here since I woke up (which was way too early). Hopefully the rain stops so I can wander some more! 

I miss everyone at home so much and please everyone be safe this weekend with the hurricane!