Introduction Week

This past week (Tuesday-Friday) was an introduction week put on by the Technical University of Denmark (DTU). The week was pretty fun mainly because I got to meet and interact with some really cool people from all over the world including Bulgaria, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Thailand, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Norway and (of course) Denmark. We did a lot of stuff together like go into Copenhagen twice, visit a scenic amusement park, party at a popular pub, do two scavenger hunts (one with photos in Copenhagen and one without photos on the campus which is just outside Copenhagen), and learn a bit of the Danish language but I won't bore you with details. :) By far the most interesting thing for me that we did was listen to a lecture on the Danish people. They're really interesting and I'm excited about spending time with them and learning their way of life this semester. Here are some of the pictures from the week.

This is my Orientation Group. There are so many countries and cultures represented here. It is really cool. See if you can guess where everybody is from :) I'm the only "native american."

Here we are doing the our first scavenger hunt (on campus). The most interesting thing we learned about the campus was that DTU was originally an airplane hanger.The guys in this picture are from Germany, France and Bulgaria. 

This was our symbol for the 2nd scavenger (the one in Copenhagen) hunt that had to appear in all of our pictures. The people in this picture are from Czech Republic (Mikal and Pavel), Spain (Sara), Norway (Annette) and China (Wan Lee).

Photo # 1: More that 3 People on a Bike. We got 6. WHAT.

Photo #2: Taking candy from a child (mean, I know)

Photo #3: With Hans (HC Anderson, the children's author, wrote books like the 'Ugly Duckling' and the 'Little Mermaid', is probably the most famous person from Denmark)

Photo #4: Hugging a Danish Girl

These are two characters. Noe is from Switzerland and is hilarious. Annette is from Norway and is also really cool. They are both a lot of fun to be around. Also, I would be remiss if I did not mention the role that beer takes in the life of the Danish people. It's a big one. :)

 

My (awesome) orientation group. And yes, that is the flag of Denmark and it's red and white

Campus Village

Stephen, James and I are living on the edge of campus in housing provided exclusively for international exchange students and first year masters students called the Campus Village. The Campus Village is comprised of several (20 or so) 9-10 person buildings called containers. Most containers have 2 bathrooms, 2 showers, and a kitchen as well as a dryer and washer. Each person is in his/her own room. Here are some pictures of the village, my container and my room. 

The pathway leading up to the village

From Inside the Village

The Hallway in My Container

My Room, Z2

Inside My Room

Purport

Hi Friends!

I will be updating this blog probably once a week or once every other week as applicable with the purpose of keeping you up to date on my escapades in Europe. I'm going to be studying Engineering at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) located in Lyngby Denmark (10 mi north of the capitol city, Copenhagen) with two of my best friends, James and Stephen. (In the picture below, James is the one in the middle and Stephen is the one on the right). These are guys that I took my senior design class with. They are a constant source of support and motivation to pursue excellence in school because of how easy to get along with and how driven they are. I'm excited and grateful to be studying with them (even though we're not taking the same classes). 

Right now we're planning on taking classes Monday - Wednesday to allow for travelling throughout Europe on the weekends. At this point, we would like to travel to Germany, France, Great Britain, Italy, Switzerland, and Spain while we are here. (We'll be in Europe throughout December 21st and we leave later today). One thing that would serve me and my friends (since we don't know much about Europe) would be recommendations within these countries for good cities/sites to see (but of course, no pressure).