5.10.10 – ScanJour

This morning I had to get up early to head into Copenhagen to give my group presentation. We all had decided to get there a little early so that we would be all ready to go when our teacher and ScanJour representative arrived. We were all ready to go (after some interesting tactics to get the PowerPoint projected) when Leif arrived, unfortunately, he then informed us that a representative from ScanJour could not make it to our presentation. It was rather disappointing because I was looking forward to getting some immediate feedback from them, especially since our report was a little different from I think what they envisioned at their ideal plan. It did make for a more relaxing presentation, and our professor was able to make comments and questions throughout. Overall, the presentation went very well. Leif informed us afterwards that besides some minor things we did a very nice job on the paper and the presentations, and he saw no reason why we shouldn’t receive an ‘A’ for our project. This was very exciting news because in total this project was worth about 70% of our total grade.

Since we were done with our presentation by 9:30, I decided to spend the rest of the morning studying for my history final. I did make a little more progress on my study guide outline, however I was a little distracted.

At around noon, I then made would be my last trip to the British Embassy. I had yet to hear anything in terms of my Administrative Review and was curious if I could garner any sort of idea for a timetable or if I was going to hear about it at all. It was a rather unproductive trip, but in hindsight I guess it was good to at least ask. So as not to keep you guessing, I never received my visa for London in Denmark. Therefore, I will be expediting it once I get home. Fortunately, I have practically all my documents prepared and feel well briefed on the whole process, so it shouldn’t be too difficult to get put together when I get home.

I then headed into town again to meet up with Dad and Bob. We once again met in Kongens Nytorv where we had a nice little lunch right in the square. This ended up being the only day of the week where the sun decided to make a presence, and since it was nice enough we sat outside at these little café tables curled up in blankets. It was great and when the sun shone – nice and warm.

For the rest of the afternoon, we walked around several galleries and stores in the area near Kongens Nytorv. There are some really nice, unique shops out that way, which I had never taken the time to look at (mainly because I am not in that area of town all that often). We then ended the afternoon by going to a coffee shop and watching all the bikers heading home at the end of the day. It was a lot of fun to just sit and talk. I have also become a huge fan of the idea of a bicycle to get around during my last couple of weeks in Copenhagen. I am going to look into the idea more thoroughly once I get home.

After coffee, I then decided to make my way home, since I still needed to study for my history test. Dad and Bob joined me on my way back to DIS to pick up my backpack, and I briefly showed them around DIS and where I had been studying for the past four months. Once home, I showered and ate dinner with my host family to rejuvenate, and then practically confined myself to my room to study. It was a more information than I thought, but not too overwhelming. Although, I am definitely glad that I decided to do some more serious studying because if by the off-chance that I got stumped on my test the following day, I would have been rather disappointed in myself.