Little Tastes of Home

1. Friends
        No, not making friends, although I suppose that I have done that as well. I'm talking about the TV show "Friends"- if you know me, you most likely know how much I love that show, and you might even know how I own all 10 seasons on DVD (thank you, Black Friday online sales and my birthday). Well, Friends is one of the those American creations that has crossed the Atlantic to good old Denmark! Pernilla (my host sister) was over for dinner on Thursday night, I believe, and we hung out for a few hours, which was awesome. Of course, we bonded over our shared love for Friends, which is shown in English with Danish subtitles.

2. Guacamole
        I definitely love guacamole as well- it was one of the last things I made for myself before leaving for Copenhagen, and I had it literally every single day during the family vacation to Mexico. The same night as Friends, we had a dinner of fajita style chicken, and yes, guacamole (with some other toppings as well) on bagels, which was all delicious!

3. Classes
        Yes, classes have officially started. I had introduction to my practicum for my core class "Children in a Multicultural Context" on Thursday (sidenote: a core class is basically my main class at DIS- we will go on a short trip to western Denmark and a long trip to London together. a practicum is for this class, and I will be going to a school to interact [play] with and observe children, but more about that later), and I had my first full day of classes on Friday. In addition to the two above mentioned courses, I am also taking "Developmental Disorders", "Environmental History of Europe", and "Danish Language and Culture". Hopefully I'll be able to share some more Danish phrases with you soon!
         But yes, although they felt slightly larger than some Bucknell classes, the rooms didn't look exactly the same, and you call your professor by his/her first name, it definitely felt familiar to be sitting at a desk in a classroom again. So far, I really like all of my courses- all that's left to do is purchase notebooks! (I took notes in the DIS orientation program, haha).

4. Pizza
         Last night for dinner, we got take-out pizza from a local restaurant. Granted, it did taste slightly different, meaning that it was better than American pizza, but definitely a familiar meal. It had thin crust that was soft and not too crispy, and I had "kebab" (kind of like roasted beef or sausage maybe, really good!) and salad on mine, no dressing of course. It was delicious; can't wait to eat the leftovers in the fridge!

5. Bucknell
        There are 14 people from Bucknell here, I believe, which is a lot. And, there are 5 people from Bucknell in my core class, which is about 25 people- 20% Bucknell students! I can't say I was particularly thrilled about those numbers at first, I was looking forward to something different, but I'm meeting many new people as well, so it's okay. And it is nice to see familiar faces every now and then. I'm actually getting ready right now to meet up with Danielle in Copenhagen for a couple hours.

So, that's it for now. Hej hej!