Erasmus Year - Part 2

Erasmus Year - Part 2

So the 1st August 2009 proved to be quite a hectic day. I had to take all my luggage to the other side of the city where my language course was going to take place.

You might be asking: Why didn't you just take your stuff to your room and then go to your class?

That's a good question but unfortunately Copenhagen University decided it would be fun to make me suffer. The email i received about the language course specifically stated that if anyone were late they would be taken off the course. This gave me no other choice but to take my things with me so that i could get to class in time, which started at 9am.

After struggling to get there on time I thought today should get better now. I'll get to know a few people and I should be able to say a few things in Danish by the end of the day. I was half right at least. The way in which we were taught Danish was really weird. We had a textbook that didn't have a single English word in it and we were forced to repeat Danish sentences but we had no idea what we were saying. Those who had English as their mother tongue were the worst (and i was the worst out of them).

After the language course ended for the day i still had to somehow travel 14km to get to my accommodation. One thing that I learnt on my first proper day was don't ask bus drivers any questions because they won't answer you at all! I asked the bus driver whether a particular road was on the route. He said nothing but reluctantly nodded. As soon as i got off to collect my stuff he immediately drove off!!! After shouting words that I won't repeat here I finally found my route on the S-trains and arrived at my accommodation at about 6pm.

When I arrived at my accommodation there were no welcome banners or anything. I got into the room and there was an envelope with the key to the door inside of it. 'So much for a welcome' I thought. I didn't expect a huge party in my honour but i did expect something more than an envelope with only a key inside but one can't be too picky I suppose.

The rest of the language course was the same as the beginning (confusing and not taught in a comprehensible way). However, I did get to learn a few useful phrases so it wasn't all a waste of time.

So after an agonising month of the language course I finally began my law courses...