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