Copenhagen and Leaving Sweden

Saturday-  I packed up my entire room all day.  It took forever cleaning the little room I lived in for almost 6 months.  Trying to fit all my belongings in my luggage was also quite the effort.  It was really hot on Saturday and my room was on the top floor of the 4 floor complex so it got pretty warm.  Swedish buildings are terrible when it gets warm.  They really aren’t made for the heat.

A lot of cleaning was needed 

After I packed my bag and cleaned my room I headed to the lake in Uppsala.  It is about 7 miles away but I got so lost biking there.  I got so lost to the point that I saw a sign that said to Stockholm.  I finally figured it out and made it to the lake with about 1,000 other people there.  The water was so nice after a long day of packing and cleaning.  I then biked back to go say some good buys at Kantorsgatan which is another housing complex.  I google earthed how far I biked on my crappy bike and it ended up being 23 miles.  When I got back to Rackarberget I had my last barbeque in Sweden with Jonathon a swede and Dawn from Minnesota.  It was a good last meal in Uppsala. 

Later that night I head to Flogsta (the big student housing complex) for a birthday party for Constantina from Athens.  She had a bunch of greek friends there and they all loved that I was half greek.  I met a guy from Rhodes, Greece where I went and he asked me all about my experience there and was pleased to hear that I enjoyed it.  I stayed for the midnight sunset and said my final goodbyes.

bbq at Flogsta

Sunday-  I started the morning bright and early by dropping my keys off and dragging my 45 pound bag on the cobblestones which wasn’t too fun.  I got to Stockholm and then boarded the bus for the 9 hour bus ride to Copenhagen.  It made about 4 stops in Sweden so it was kind of nice the see a lot of Sweden I hadn’t seen. 

This is what Sweden looked like for 9 hours

Malmo, Sweden

I got to Copenhagen around 8 and made the 45 minute walk to the hostel.  My arm was about to fall off because of pulling my bag by the time I got to the Sleep in Heaven Hostel.  It was in a very ethnic neighborhood but was in much better shape than the ethnic neighborhood I worked in, in Biddeford during winter break.

Right when I made it to my room I met a kid from Brazil named Thiago.  He was moving to England to work on a cruise ship.  He worked on cruise ships in Brazil before.  After that we went out to eat at a pizza place and called it a night.

Copenhagen

Stroget walking mall

Monday-  Thiago and I walked from about 10-12 seeing all of the “must see’s” in Copenhagen.  The city was amazingly quiet for being such a big city.  The streets were full of people walking and biking but very few cars.  Everyone was friendly and stress free.  Only .02% of people work more than 50 hours a week.  I did 65 hours a week last summer for about a month.  Denmark is rated the happiest nation in the world and it seemed like it.  We then rented bikes and cruised the amazing bike paths throughout the city and saw quite a bit in just a day.  We headed back in the afternoon and Thiago took a nap while I started planning for Iceland!  For dinner I went to 7eleven…It is the only place that’s affordable in that city. 

changing of the guard

little mermaid

Later that night I met a guy named Kirk that goes to CU-Boulder.  I just can’t escape Boulder in Europe!  CU has the highest study abroad rate out of any university in America at 20% so Boulderites are pretty adventurous.  We headed to a pub with 4 extremely drunk Swedish kids who were probably 17 and a few canadians.  The Canadians invited them,  definitely wasn’t me.  We went to a pub for a little and and then an Iraqi kebab store.  The workers there were extremely friendly.  So friendly that it made you want to buy something even though you aren’t hungry at all.  When we left they gave us some chocolate.  I didn’t think I would ever be receiving chocolate from an Iraqi.

Tuesday-  Watched the end of the Bruins- Canucks game 6 when I woke up at 430am.  Go Bruins game 7!  Headed to the airport at 530.