One year ago....

           About one year ago today, I set foot in Denmark for the first time, jet lagged and exhausted. I remember being on the plane with other DIS students and almost as soon as we had exited the plane, we were in a line from there to get our passport stamped. The rest of that day was all a blur. I remember going to the Hilton Hotel lobby and waiting in a room. Two girls from my University who were also studying abroad with me, Kyra and Jen were also there. They were placed in host families. We were handed a packet of many, many papers and then told to wait for our host families.

     I remember meeting my host mother and she brought the dog, Trile. There would be no way she would be allowed to bring a dog to a hotel in America. Or maybe she would have. She seemed very nice, and honestly the first thing I really do remember was that her English wasn't as great as what I was expecting. In my time with her, I think she understood about 75% of what I was saying. Or at least it sometimes felt that way. We took the metro and train to get to her home and I met Michael and their two children Eva and Jane (pronounced Yay- na) at Hellerup station.

It was a really nice day when I arrived a year ago. It was sunny and warm, maybe around 75 degrees. The neighborhood had a little lunch in the middle of the street, which was kinda cool. That day was the first time I had really been in a situation where everyone around me was speaking a different language, Danish, that I didn't understand, and it was really overwhelming. I became really exhausted so I tried to go to sleep. I slept maybe an hour, but couldn't sleep more, since I was so tired. Denmark was six hours ahead of US time, so 3PM in Denmark was 9AM in America, and I had spent the whole night up b/c I could not sleep on the plane.

I don't remember what we did the rest of that first day. At this point it doesn't matter. But I loved Denmark and wouldn't trade the experiences I had for anything.

At this point today, the new Fall 2012 DIS students will have gone to the opening ceremony and done other activities throughout the city. I remember getting so lost and confused the first day. Now, if I were in Copenhagen, I would easily been able to get around.

I will still continue to update this blog occasionally though my adventures are not as great as they once were. Thanks for all your support!

~Jenna