Yeah, so I went to Denmark quite some time ago now, and eventually started school on the 27th. of July, which is about three weeks ago now.
I suppose, maybe I could ve written something already then, but nothing much is going on on this website any more, so you almost get the feeling that people don t care. On the other hand of course, we all have plenty to see to, and I, personally, have spent some small part of my time having fun, cause some of these *K oe benhavnere* (Copenhagen ers) aren t really as bad as rumoured outside of the capital.
In all fairness, maybe I should say that not that many people I ve come to know are really from the capital at all. The fact, that there s another Icelander in my class, really only goes to show how many different people come to school here. We re all about the same age, though, so having fun is not a problem, and luckily there s quite a few girls in the class as well. The girls actually have us outnumbered 2 to 1, and that s because at this level we re in it with the waiters and receptionists, and also cause there s a lot of girls who wanna become chefs. Wadda ya know...
Some of these people, again, live at the same place as me, at something called *H aa ndv ae rkerskolehjemmet*, which is a dorm, where they mainly put up people who wanna become carpenters or cooks or what have you. Like I said, people come from all over, so we ve got a nice mix of accents, including Swedish and Norwegian, but sadly no Icelandic.
Incidentally, a lot of people who start out on these educations are really not that old, so unlike *real* dorms, in the Danish sense, we get fed three times a day and we have a lot facilities that we can make use of. Compared to Iceland, I pay no money at all (and, of course, I get paid to go to school) but on the other hand, they ve always got somebody to look us over the shoulder and enforce the non-drinking policy of this school.
I ll have to admit that it worried me at first, if these little brats (who s about the same age as for an example as our beloved Binni jr.) were gonna be difficult to make friends with and make it difficult to get my daily intake of beer, but luckily not a problem. You can get away with having some beers without getting kicked out, and the *kids* aren t that bad or enough to bring the average age down a lot.
Still, I found it funny that I apparently needed my parents permission to buy beer at the weekly *Thursday café* that is held here on the premises...
It s quite incredible how beer brings people together, but I ve also (almost) learned to enjoy a day at the beach again (even I still don t like the way they smell) and on more quiet days, it s just nice to have someone to watch TV with.
In school we ve also been fairly good at having a few beers after hours, but soon we re gonna start working on our first group project, so we re gonna have to learn to do without those social stimulants. But still the school is filled with cool people, so the days spent there are (still) definitely well spent, not even taking into account that what they teach us is also useful. Besides from somewhat boring stuff like French, which I chose myself, we do actually learn stuff that is useful in a kitchen. Learning hygiene might not be that interesting, but wine tasting and cooking sure is, and they ve also managed to fit in a first aid course.
My plan is still to go to Iceland, at least for my first term as an intern. I ve applied already, but now I need to talk them all again, to hear if they have anything to offer, now that I know when it s actually gonna happen. I m hoping to spend about a year from January, and then I have to return to school for a little while. Then, I was hoping to get to go to maybe Germany or Ireland to check out those languages, or maybe France depending on how well my French is coming along or. I ve learned how to count now, so that s a start, and hanging out with Gulli has helped a lot as well, even if the things he taught me how to say, aren t very useful at this level.
Talking about Gulli, I know he s in Denmark now and heading for Iceland very shortly, stopping by Copenhagen on the way. I don t know if I m supposed expect Saga and Seb (or anybody else for that matter...?) to drop by on a visit, but other people I know have threatened to come visit me, and then obviously it s a bitch that I can t put anybody up when I live like this.
I just wanna let you know, that I ll definitely figure something out, if you re thinking about visiting, though it would make me regret not taking that nice and cheap apartment I was offered. But on the other hand this social life is pretty sweet... and it even reminds me a bit about Bifr oe st.
Emil.
