Farvel, ØKF (5)

Christiania booth donated to the museum

Of course, today started off by being a typical American tourist. I met up with Danielle in the city, and we went to the National Museet (Denmark's National Museum)...or at least, we went to the Danish history exhibit within the museum. It was a really cool exhibit, chronicling Danish history from 1600 to the present. We ate lunch outside at Gammel Torv, and then wandered around Christiania for a while. We wanted to go up on the spiral church tower for the view of Copenhagen, but the clouds decided to put a damper on those plans. So, HOPEFULLY we'll get one more (hopefully many more!) nice day in our last FIVE (!?!?!?!) days here, and get a chance to go up there.

after the last game (picture credit: Leslie)

Then, tonight was the last game of the season (for the Americans at least) with ØKF. It was a strange and sad goodbye. We won, which was great, although it wasn't one of our better games of the season. But a win is a win, so of course, we got to do the chant in the locker room afterwards- I could finally join in! After the game, a bunch of us went back to Henriette and Heidi's apartment to have pizza, drink some cider/beers, and just hang out. It was really fun, and we laughed a lot. Christian and Jonas taught the Americans how to open a glass beer bottle using another bottle- those crafty Danes! So, there is one thing I can say I learned in Denmark, if all else fails.

It's strange to do everything for the last time. When Leslie and I went from Christianshavn to Kløvermarken, we came to that realization- it was our last time taking the bus to avoid the 20 minute walk, it was our last time being in the locker room, it was our last game with ØKF, it was our last long walk back to the Metro (since we NEVER make the bus back- some things never change), it was our last metro ride from Christianshavn, and it was our last train ride home from soccer together. I don't know how I feel about all of that. I definitely want to come back to visit, and there is an open invitation to play a game with the team, but who knows when that will happen. I don't actually know when I'll be back, I don't know when/if I'll ever see many of the wonderful people I have met again. That is weird to me. And I don't like it. So, for all you Danes (and Americans), if you're ever in the Tri-State/New York/Connecticut/Pennsylvania/Boston area, look me up- I'm not too far :) I know it will be good to be home though. I'm excited to see my friends, to have some of those good old American staple foods, etc, etc. But right now, it's just hard to think about leaving- I don't like all these Danish "lasts".

I'll add some pictures tomorrow. Maybe. [Update: clearly, I added pictures. Stole the ØKF one from Leslie, thanks girl!]