After our lovely sushi dinner we all sat down to watch X Factor (Denmark's "American Idol") which had a James Bond theme which was fun! After X Factor I met up with friends and we went back into Copenhagen! It was a fun night, we unintentionally settled in a gay bar which was actually a lot of fun, but it was pretty hilarious when halfway through the evening some guy came up to our table and said, "you do know this is a gay bar, right?" (He seemed slightly concerned with our presence there...)
Saturday was a very low key day, we had fish balls for lunch (they are honestly really delicious, they just sound gross because there is no English word for them so that is just what my family and I came up with) which were, as usual, amazing! Then I skyped for a while, went to the gym, and even got a little homework done! My host family went to a friend's house for dinner so I only had a sandwich but then my friend came over so we could make more Spring Break Plans (new plan, Copenhagen - Paris - Barcelona - Madrid - Valencia - Florence - Venice) and then we went to my friend's (the other Katy) 21st birthday party! That was kind of fun, but Smith (her college) is on Spring Break now so she actually had a ton of friends (including her girl friend) here so we only stayed with them for a little while (we didn't want to stay out too too late). So, we wished her well, got shwarma (probably my new favorite food, I'm considering making it a food group) for the commute home, and were in bed pretty early!
Sunday I woke up around 11, got dressed, and started getting ready for the big FCK (Football Club - København) soccer game (all DIS students that are taking a Danish Language class went to the game for a field study)! My friends came over to meet my family (we had a nice Danish lunch) and then we painted our faces (wrote FCK on our cheeks with my eyeliner) and then headed to the city to meet more friends and head to the game!
The game was obviously amazing, the Danes were crazy (FCK was playing their all-time rival, Brøndby) so there was some pretty serious chants, heckling, and oddly enough fire (yes, fire. Brøndby set off rockets, and then they got in lots o trouble). Unfortunately DIS put us in the nosebleed section above the FCK cheering section so we couldn't see our crazy fans, and because it was just a mass of Americans, it was very tame (some people just don't know how to get into the spirit of the game!)
After the game I had the pleasure of helping my very drunk friend home (I took one for the team) and finally made it back to my house and pretty much crashed!
Today (Monday) I got up and met my friend in Copenhagen so we could book more hostels for spring break. Of course this is extremely stressful and painful because apparently EVERYONE ON EARTH will be in Italy and Spain at the same time! But, lo and behold, I think we have finally worked out all of the details, the hostels are booked and Wednesday we are going to Copenhagen Train Station to reserve train seats for our international trains!
After the great hostel headache, I met my "Danish Buddy" (Danish college student, DIS pairs us up so we can meet more Danes our age) for coffee. Her name is Marie-Louise and she is studying Biology at U of Copenhagen (and applying for Vet school next year). She is super nice and has so many great stories (she took 2 years off school to travel to New Zealand, Galapagos Islands, Chile, Ecuador, and Argentina). We talked for quite a while but eventually I had to get home so I could eat and do homework :-(
When I got home I made and ate dinner with the family and then started my paper that is due Thursday (the significance of the Memorial for the Murdered Jews in Europe which we saw in Berlin).
Food Log:
Breakfast: granola bar (I was in a rush this morning)
Lunch: Bagel Sandwich, mmm
Dinner: spaghetti with mussels (again)
I'm beginning to think your "spaghetti with mussels" is the equivalent of Colleens "hot dogs"....when you get home, you will be SICK of spaghetti with mussels! Don't worry, I won't serve that to you (much)!
ReplyDeletehaha ya, it is good and all but maybe served a little too often...though tomorrow I'm making Parmesan chicken!!!
ReplyDeleteThat's a good one! I like it better with roasted garlic potatoes than mashed, though!
ReplyDeletespaghetti with mussles sounds awesome- way better than hotdogs and fried eggs!!!!
ReplyDeletealso, aren't foreign soccer games the best?!?!
the second one that i went to, we got tear gassed. not so much fun at the time, but how many people do you know that have been tear gassed at a sporting event?