A cold and the cold

So it is Saturday night, and I am home. I have a cold. I woke up on Wednesday and couldn't swallow. Yesterday I made a batch of chicken and barley soup. Today I slept in, lay in bed pretty much all day--with the exception of the 40 minutes I spent running outside, couldn't help myself. I'm about to get back into bed and do readings until I fall asleep.

Despite the cold, I had a pretty good week back. Copenhagen is currently experiencing its coldest January in 23 years. The harbor froze for the first time in 14 years. When we arrived here people told us that it didn't get too cold or snow, just rained. To which I replied that this year would be the exception. I was, as it turns out right. It snowed roughly 7 inches on Wednesday. I was on a field trip at the time. It took us over two hours to get to the site; 30 to get back. We went to the Sandholm(spelling?) where asylum seekers are sent when they get to Copenhagen. It is a small, make shift town. It has a dinning hall, a school, preschool. It is well kept, but it was quite evident how the peoples living there could get stir crazy. I visited it as part of my Migration and Identity course; we study immigration. As part of that course I will be going on my short study tour to southern Denmark starting Thursday. I'm not quite sure what is planned for the trip, but the people in the class seem nice so it should be an enjoyable trip.

Between battling the cold and getting back into the swing of things I managed to do a few new things this week. I went ice skating down by the harbor with the full-year students. It was beautiful. We went out night and looked out onto the sea which had a very Titanic-esq vibe with the chucks of ice floating strewn across the surface of the entire harbor. My classes went well, although I think I changed my schedule four, maybe five times. Now it is settled, which is such a relief. The trouble, as I previously mentioned, is that I was signed up for transition economics. It wis taught at the copenhagen business school, as doesn't start until Feb. 2. Well DIS's add/drop period ended Friday, thus I wouldn't be able to switch into another course if I didn't like it. Additionally there was only one graded work for the class, meaning one assignment that would be 100% of my grade. One paper worth 100%, an unknown professor, and only 12 classes , not for me. I switched, even though the subject seemed interesting. I am now taking International Financial Management, so econ/business.


Well I am fading fast; I shall update on the short study tour.