Watch Where You Step!

Well, I'm finally settled in! We cleaned our apartment, which was satisfying, today we went grocery shopping and got some food, which means I ate dinner for the first time here (consisting of a bowl of cornflakes, an orange, and a slice of cheese. It's expensive being well-fed here). Some things I've learned about the Danish are that they will leave their baby carriages with baby inside outside on the street unattended while they go in a restaurant to eat or a store to shop. Dogs are allowed to poop on the sidewalk and they don't have to pick it up, and a cheap notebook is about 4 dollars. It has been sunny the past two days, which definitely doesn't make it seem as gloomy here. I've finished orientation and can now say a few key phrases such as: My name is Karen, I come from Minnesota, I'm studying architecture, and Can I have a [pastry] (insert other nouns here). I'm still getting used to this place where I don't know the language and I have to pay an arm and a leg for postage. Tomorrow is the first day of classes but I don't have class on Thursdays so I think I'll be out for an exploration to see what neat things I can find. I took a few pictures yesterday on our scavenger hunt (it was pretty dumb) but I'll take some more of my room and post them so you can see where I'm living!