Things we've learned from Jorgen...

Mallory and I wrote some cards for Tina and Kim, and Else and Brian today.  Although we will be signing Jorgen's "Farewell book" soon, we decided to write a letter to him that we'll leave on the table when he drops us off at the airport.  When he gets back home, he'll be able to read this letter that contains a list of everything he has taught us this semester.  Hopefully it'll cheer him up!!  I thought it'd be a funny list to look back on someday, so I wanted it to post it here...

15 lessons we have learned from you this semester:

1.       Do not put an opened can of beer in your purse; you’ll probably break your phone…

2.       From Vanlose St, walk home past the Blockbuster.  Do not take the 25 minute way down Jernbrane Alle

3.       Listen to your directions, you won’t get lost everywhere you go

4.       Sip on Snaps, do not take it like a shot

5.       Do not throw batteries in the trash can, you’ll get arrested and the government might slap you!

6.       How to split a bottle of wine

7.       Drink Royal beer! Tuborg and Carlsburg suck…

8.       How they pee in Greenland

9.       Do not be loud at 4:30am when coming home from party partying

10.   “I’m so full” means “I’m so drunk”

11.   Never ask what the weather will be like, you’ll know tomorrow

12.   Learn how to blame others for your spills at the dinner table

13.   Do not eat like the Polish or burp like the Japanese

14.   If you lose your phone on the way home from party partying, the nice neighbors will return it

15.   And most importantly, you have taught us how to have the best 4 months of our lives

9 days left...

Well, I knew this would come eventually, but it realllly just hit me that I only have 9 days left in Copenhagen.  It started this morning during my last Psychology of Leadership class.  Throughout the semester, this class really has become like a family.  We have all grown to be so close through group projects, countless dinners, and nights out together in the city.  My teacher, Nancy, is a visiting professor from Villanova University who was hired by DIS for the semester.  She arrived in Denmark around the same time as all of us so we really have all been together since the very beginning of our time in Copenhagen.  Nancy is by far the best teacher and mentor I have every had throughout all my years of schooling.  She has not only taught me a great deal about leadership, but she has pushed each and every one of us in the class to get to know ourselves and figure out what we really believe in.  I honestly never thought I could learn so much from just one person.  I can't put words to it, but this class has brought the entire semester full circle for me.

Psychology of Leadership Class, with Nancy in the middle!

In our last class today, we gave Nancy a Georg Jensen Christmas ornament, chocolates, and a card signed by everyone in the class.  She definitely wasn't expecting it and started to tear up as she was thanking all of us.  I think this is when it hit me... This semester is actually coming to an end.  I think the hardest part is thinking about how excited I was and how much I looked forward to studying abroad, literally since freshmen year of high school.  Although I am looking forward to being home with family and friends, it's a pretty depressing feeling to know that this long awaited semester in Copenhagen is nearing the end.

But, I still have 9 days.  Nine days to enjoy Copenhagen at Christmastime, spend time with Jorgen and the rest of my host family, hang out with all of the wonderful people I have been lucky enough to meet, and maayyybe do a little studying for finals.  Making the most out of these last days in Copenhagen...