I Made It!

I finally made it to Aarhus. I've been here for about 4 days now. I arrived in Copenhagen the morning of Tuesday the 20th. I spent the night there in a hostel which wasn't bad. I shared a room with 7 guys so you can imagine what the bathroom was like. But it was okay for a night. Copenhagen wasn't eventful. I was so tired all I did was walk around for about 2 hours and eat dinner. I took a train from the airport to the train station (picture at right); they have luggage lockers so I was able to leave my big suitcase there overnight.

The next morning I caught a train to Aarhus. The trip took about 3 hours and there wasn't much to look at. Just a lot of fields and countryside. The train goes underwater inbetween the islands which was kinda neat.

After I arrived at the train station I left my big bag in a luggage locker and then proceeded to attempt to get to the International Center to pick up my keys. Easier said than done. I ended up about 3 or 4km north of where I needed to be (got off at the wrong bus stop) and I wanted to die. I had my two carryons with me so I was lugging the backpack and small wheeled suitcase (grand total of about 40 lbs) around attempting to figure out where I was and how to get to where I needed to be. After about 3 hours I finally figured it out. Then it took another hour and half or so to figure out how to get to my apartment. In the end, I made it but I was exhausted!

The past 3 days have been spent shopping and exploring. I had to track down an internet cable (no wireless here) along with other necessities (shampoo, conditioner, food etc). I carry around a little notepad and jot down where things are; I'm sure people thing I'm either crazy or a journalist but it's the best way to figure it out. I've sortof figured the bus system out. There's a great website that allows you to type in your starting and ending address and it will tell you what bus to take, where to get off, etc. I use that a lot.

I can't speak Danish let alone pronouce anything, but people are really nice and helpful. Almost everybody speaks English which is helpful. I've met two of the people on my floor (Kenny and Rasmus) and they're super nice too. A lot of people are still out of town (classes don't start for another 5 weeks) so I'm mostly on my own. It's sortof fun to just wander around and do what I want though.

Check out my Flickr account for pictures of what I've seen so far!