finals week

smørrebrød with Danish class

I would take this finals week, every semester, for the rest of my school life as long as I live.  Little stress, Lots of enjoyment.  Doing well, of course, is important.  Well, doing my best is anyways.  A cool way I've grown: LESS ANXIETY REGARDING SCHOOL.  wooooo :)  Doesn't mean I don't want to do well or don't want to learn, because I do (for both!).   But, it's not the standard by which I'll measure success or self worth, or any of that stuff that I used to do quite a bit.  woo-weee.  Anyways.  I love København.  I love springtime here.  It is well worth that winter to experience THIS.  I'll be back to Denmark one day, I don't doubt it, but seriously, I don't think you could pay me to come in the winter...spring or summer for me please.  Plus, I love the sunshine waking me up at the lovely hour of 5-530am :) who doesn't?  Anywho, here's the quick synopsis of my finals week.  not bad, not bad.  and I promise, there are about 400 pictures to document this stuff, so M&D, you'll see soon enough! (BTW- up to 1400 CPH pictures alone!- total semester? about 6000 ... bet you can't wait for all those slide shows :) )

pretty bike

Finals Week, Spring 2011

Day 1: 

 hand in three papers.  

-preterm birth developmental effects

-journal of personal achievement, Danish

-Christiania, Danish

hey Rach

green man means WALK

-bike into København with Bo

-get cartilage pierced :) [acts 2:37]

-sit on Gammel Torv with Rachel

-walk around with Charlotte, Danish professor, for 45 minutes talking about life

-watch Mifune, a Danish dogma film

-eat my favorite pastry

-dinner on the patio with Bo and Christina as the sun sets

WOOOO :)

Day 2: 

fly to Dusseldorf.

hang out with Ashley all day!

eat sandwiches in a park

food shop

cook chicken and pasta

watch a movie

sit on a roof and journal at dusk

talk, laugh, pray

<3

Day 3:  

Dusseldorf Marathon.

cheer for Ashley

run lots of km with Ashley

meet a Danish family

cheer for runners

watch lots of people drink beer after running 43km (the thought enough makes one sick)

cook salmon and pasta and mozzarella chicken

more roof praying

great talks

sleep

Danish flag from the family I met, a daisy I picked, and the verses Ashley chose :)

Day 4: 

 fly to København, study for 3 exams.

Kongens Nytorv

leave hostel at 4am

arrive at DIS at 745am

"study" for 3 hours.

sit at Gammel Torv for lunch with Rachel

play with Amalie

dinner and sleeeep

Day 5: 

biomedical ethics exam.

exam from 12-14.

walk around Strøget.

sit on Gammel Torv.

eat brownie gelato with pink fluff on it.

sit in King's Garden for 3 hours with Rachel.

walking with Anne

last Bible study, so hyggelit :)

  

Gammel Torv!

Day 6: 

health beyond borders exam.

path to the beach

walk to the beachhhhh

meet Rachel and Nshunge at Nørreport at 11

Amager Strand (BEACH) for 3 hours

chocolate lagkage for Nshunge's birthday

"studying" and photoshoots

exam from 15-17.

dinner with family on patio.

beach and windmills :)

Rachel Me Nshunge :)

Day 7:  

human health and disease exam

Nyhavn :)

Nshunge and pizza

bike into København successfully by my self!

sit on Gammel Torv

have a cool conversation with a homeless man about medicine

exam 12-14

souvenir shop for friends and family

prosciutto and mushroom pizza on nyhavn with Nshunge and Rachel

trampoline with Amalie and Laura

family dinner on the patio.

Nyhavn

Me and Rachel

Nshunge and I

Nyhavn

like I said, I am going to miss this.  A LOT.

 

how all the postcards are sent home :)

also, this was in the Danish National Museum, and it is funny :)