Week 17- 24th-31st
May 2012
Bags packed, goodbyes said, and it’s time to leave our
little home in Copenhagen. As Ali and I
walked home from university today we found ourselves reminiscing about the last
4 months. Thinking back to the first time we tried to get the train and the bus,
how confused we were and how easily we got lost, whereas now it has become
second nature. We have realised how much we have grown and changed over these
last few months, and how beneficial they have been not only to our future
careers, but also to ourselves and to how we cope and react to new situations.
It has been a strange but busy week as we prepared to leave, trying to fit in
last minute souvenir shopping, goodbyes and even a trip to Stockholm!
On one of our first nights in Denmark Ali and I made a list
of all the different things we wanted to try and do over the four months, and
when we looked back on it recently we realised that a visit to Sweden was something
we still hadn’t had the chance to do, so we booked a last minute train to Stockholm
for two days. Although it seemed like the longest train journey ever, five and
a half hours later we arrived in Stockholm ready to do some sightseeing!
However as we were exhausted our first day mainly consisted of a visit to the
TV tower, which you can go to the top of and look out over all of Stockholm,
and a walk down the main shopping street. We had planned to go on the canal
tour on the Tuesday though to make sure we were able to visit all the different
places we wanted to go such as the palace, the old town and the city hall.
Stockholm was a beautiful city and it surprised me that it was surrounded and
lay on so much water! The canal tour was a great way to get around and to not
only see the city from a different angle but to hear about the history of it
also.
These last four months have provided me with so many
opportunities to go travelling and visit places in Europe and it is something I
have really enjoyed being able to do! Previously I would have been quite a
nervous traveller, but I have learnt to do it myself and have proved to myself
that I can cope and even though we might get lost or read the map wrongly there
will always be someone you can ask to help.
ERASMUS has been without a doubt one of the best experiences
of my life. I have made friends all over Europe, I have travelled to so many
different places, and I have learnt so much about myself and about Denmark.
Copenhagen is an incredible city and I feel so privileged to have been able to
call this beautiful city home for the last four months, and I hope that someday
I can return here. It has been an unforgettable four months, and I can’t
believe this is my last blog and my last night in our little basement home, I
really am going to miss the Danish way of life! (And the pastries!)
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| Trying traditional Swedish meatballs! |
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