Things I'm Learning in Koebenhavn

1.) To sit in silence most everywhere I am. Unless I'm with other Americans. Or in a bar.
-The Danes are quiet and reserved people. They don't particularly like when Sam and I whisper on the train.

2.) Bus numbers are important. That is all.

3.) Open faced sandwiches are right up there with broccoli on my scale of my favorite food. (For those of you who don't know, broccoli is in the negatives on my scale.)

4.) To divide every price on a menu by 5 in less than a few minutes. (I know 5 is not a hard number to divide by but when you are in a hurry it gets a little stressful people.)

5.) Where to pick up my free danish. This should actually be #1.

6.) Where the chatty bar tender is who sells beer for only 30kr which happens to be not too far from the school so its easy enough for me to find.

7.) How to track down wifi in the city most places. (I'm not getting emails in Danish for signing up for random internet thingys.)

8.) Wearing tights under my jeans is somewhat uncomfortable and makes it difficult to keep my jeans from sliding down but it keeps me warm and that is my main concern right now.

9.) No matter what country I'm in, I'm short. But here...I'm really short.

10.) To walk down the street making eye contact with no one. Which because of #9, this isn't too difficult for me considering I'm not eye level with most Danes.

11.) Dressing in all black is the way to go. Colors seem to just make me stand out and people speak English to you. Which I love English, believe me, but when people automatically assume you speak English here in foreignland, you are not fitting in.

12.) I'm terrible with names. I've met a million people since Saturday in the airport and I can only remember a handful of names. I need to start doing those brain exercises. I shall look for an app.

13.) Hot dog stands are going to be my saving grace.

14.) To not put my lunch in the very front mesh part of my backpack. It will get stolen by an interesting looking man on the train. (I can practically see my mother shaking her head saying " I told you you aren't street smart.") However, he could have stolen all of my lunch and he only chose to take the sandwich and left the banana and the orange. I am appreciative good sir.

15.) Danish people love American politics. In fact, a Danish person should just run for the U.S. presidency because I'm almost positive they know more than any American.

That's all for now. I'm off to track down where my class is. Wish me luck.

Wish you were here.