ok random pics

So I was told that it never snows in Denmark.. proved them wrong with this picture :)

My favorite beverage here!! It's a chick drink.. but the guys i hang with drink it

(does this say something about them?!? think so.. lol)

So this is where me and some of the girls I met during orientation cook every now and then. Took a picture of the first week.

PS they have a playboy poster in the kitchen! weird?

Our delicious first supper! Asian food! Oh and the Korean girl in our group is like this is nothing like what we cook at home.. love it!!

Volleyball?!?

Of course one of the first things that I had to do while here was to find a volleyball team (yes mom I'm crazy)! So one of the guys in my kitchen is on the team and well I followed him to practice. Apparently volleyball is NOT a popular sport in Denmark.. slightly upsetting. Oh and I got to a tech school here, so there's still no girls!! But they do have a co-ed team, so well I joined :)

The team is pretty cool. After the first practice (2 mondays ago) they were like so yea you're coming to the tourney this weekend.. right???? Well of course I went! The team is a lot of fun to hang out with, and once I was comfortable enough with them I learned that when they start speaking Danish around me it's fine to either yell English at them.. or to just ask WHAT?? and they immediately switch to English. The only person that hasn't gotten used to this is the coach.. but he'll get it soon.

After the tourney we all hung out and got some pizza and beers. That was pretty fun :) and well they were all catching each other for speaking Danish more than I was, it's nice to know that they're trying!! So I was teaching them some slang.. of course for nothing appropriate but hey we're college kids.. that's what we do!! Hmm I'm not sure what else.. volleyball is fun !!

Oh and thanks to volleyball I'm learning some danish.. I now can count to 25! well i guess 29 actually but I'll just credit to 25 because that's the one thing the coach refuses to put into english. Apparently it's too confusing!! Haha oh well! So that's all for now I guess. I may write again tomorrow to show some pictures like of idk stuff.. and my room for those of you that have been bugging me about that!

I miss all of you!! (oh and volleyball pics eventually.. when the team posts them)

<3 kristyn

Classes...

So yes.. It's been a while since I last posted anything here.. sorry!! I've been enjoying life here but classes take up a bunch of time and I have now added a few extra courses in case I don't do well in the one (it's a grad level course). So now I have class Monday afternoon and all day Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday.

Picture from an adventure:

Classes here work a bit different than they do at home. At RPI we have that mismass of choosing a schedule and making classes work together. Here most classes at the levels I'm at are offered once a semester. To make it even easier in choosing classes there are 10 blocks you can have class. It's either 8am-12 or 1-4pm. So easy!! RPI should learn a thing or two :).

So yea it almost seems that you have nothing to do for the classes until you look at the readings that you have to do. There are days that I have over 100 pages to read just for one class!! Scary right? Oh and the worst part.. since there is no hw for classes (at least not mandatory work) you actually have to do all the readings. They expect you to pretty much know what they're reviewing for the class before you even get there!!

So what classes am I taking? I know you're just thrilled to find out!! (Haha or skip this part).

The courses I'm registered for are:

-Advanced Geotechnical Engineering (the one I think I'll fail). Basically I skipped a level of class in order to be in this one.. because the middle level is offered in Danish only. It'll be an adventure!

-Structural Design: Seems pretty interesting.. minus that the lecturer makes it difficult to stay awake. My first assignment? A powerpoint presentation on the Mohr's circle.

- FEM Light: it's some structural course I was told is pretty cool.. today will be the first time to go.. I registered for it about 10 minutes ago!

- Development Projects in Companies: A studio-esque course.. we have to develop a product and explain company principles or something around it.. fun.. maybe?
- Virtual Construction: must be my favorite course. It's allll day wednesday.. but you get to make a building and have clients and basically just pretend that you're a contractor.. lots of work but it should be pretty cool!

So yea.. it should be an interesting semester.. no final exams (I think).. but that means that I'll probably have a lot of work during the week. But nothing will stop me from traveling Europe!! (Except perhaps money.. but we'll see)