first week complete!

Can't believe it's been almost a week and a half since I've arrived in København. It's beautiful, quiet, and FREEZING! It's supposed to go up to 30 degrees today, and the high's for this weekend are in the low 20's... yikes! I've heard it's going to be the coldest weather Denmark has seen in over 25 years (and spring is coming when?!)
Classes started on Thursday, and it doesn't even feel like it! On Mondays and Thursdays, I have one 3 hour class, Tuesday and Fridays, class from 10 to 5, and Wednesdays are free! Although most times, classes schedule field trips. So now that it's Tuesday, I have had one day of each class, and they are starting off really easy, which I expected. The most challenging one for me will, of course, be Design, but I'm starting to see that my Watercolor class is going to be difficult too. I took the class but watercolor painting is the one thing that I have never been able to understand or do well, partly because I don't have nearly enough patience for it. So I decided to take the class to stretch myself a bit and try to learn something new. But, the first day proved to be a challenge and I know I'll have to push myself more to keep up with everyone else.
This past weekend was my first trip out of the city of København. We took a tour of Fredericksborg Castle which is located about 45 minutes outside of the capital city. It is the largest Renaissance castle in Scandinavia, and the Danish royalty used to live there. A lot of the PhilaU girls signed up for the trip, so it was fun to spend some time together! It is a very large and very beautiful castle! We spent some time in the gardens, but it was really cold, so we'll have to back in the Spring when it's warmer :)

                                               

                                                                         PhilaU girls :)

WOO!

This past Sunday was my first time going to church for the semester. I've been in contact with some girls, including my roommate from home Laurel, from DIS over the past few weeks, and we all decided to go to the International Church of Copenhagen. It's a Lutheran church, with a service entirely in English. They have about 60 people on a Sunday but it seems to be a strong community there. Afterwards, they have coffee and snacks so we joined them for that and were introduced to some of the members. Then, a group of us joined with a few members of the church who are in charge of their young people's bible study group, and we ate lunch at a local cafe. It was a great time of making new friends and enjoying more of this delicious Danish food :)