5.11.10 – History Final

My history final wasn’t until noon, however there was no way that I could sleep in just thinking about it. Additionally, I knew I wasn’t going to be able to study at all at the house because I would be too anxious. Therefore, I headed into town where I did manage to get a little more studying done on the train ride in as well as once I got to DIS. My final itself wasn’t too bad; although the worst part about it was that I felt it was rather repetitive at parts. For example, I think there was one question, which was repeated three times just in different ways. Oh well. Overall, I feel good about it, although I am slightly anxious to get it back.

After my final, I simply went to meet up with Dad and Bob for the afternoon. We had a mission to find a nice gift that I could give to my host family. I had a basic concept in mind but not really a clear picture of what exactly I wanted. We ended up going to a really well known home furnishings department store located in the center of Stroget. With Dad’s help I managed to pick out a very pretty vase to give to them. I am very happy with it. My check out was rather interesting though. First, I got a new employee at the cash register who was having a little difficulties because he had to go down stairs and find a packaged version of my purchase. Then when I asked him to gift wrap it, he had some major issues with the paper length. At that point another more experienced cashier stepped in and finished it up. Then she ended up following us out because apparently, I could get my tax back if I filled out a form, although after I did that and took it to a desk on the third floor, I was told I couldn’t get the tax back because it was a gift, which was staying in Denmark. Overall, it ended up being more complicated than necessary. I was very happy with my purchase though, so it was worth it.

After that ordeal, we continued walking around a little bit until we ended up in “the most charming square in Copenhagen”. We were thinking of having dinner there, however we didn’t really like the menu choices, but since it was still early Dad and Bob sat down for a drink. In the meantime, I headed back to DIS to get my backpack and met back up with them in the square. It was nice just to sit outside for a little bit and relax.

When then made our way over to Nyhavn to locate a place for dinner. It became a little more difficult than we initially thought. I think Dad and Bob were starting to realize how hard it could be to find green vegetables in Copenhagen. It tends to be more difficult when you are seeking them out too. Eventually we located a place that we were all happy with and managed to have a very nice dinner. I was particularly excited because it was my first time eating at one of the restaurants in Nyhavn, and I simply felt it was something I needed to accomplish during my time in Copenhagen.

Following dinner, I made my way to the metro (this was becoming quite routine at this point) to head home. I did have my last final to study for the following day, so I wanted to make sure I had some time to do that. As well as attempt to get some sleep. Although with everything going on that task has been a difficult, regardless of how exhausted I have been.