Needed a Place to get this Out
"honestly....i can't wait for this year to be over and i'm kinda wishing i had never left denmark...or at least not come back here..." -my friend in Philly
It's hard being back at AU. It's hard being back amongst my same friends. I can't tell them anything about this because they will only wonder why I didn't miss them while I was away. As cliche as this sounds, no one understands the feeling, except those AU students who have been abroad on nonAU programs.
I miss the food in Denmark: the pastries, 18 kroner wine, the shwarma, Julbryg, glogg and peppernuts.
I miss getting excited about seeing the sun shine through the clouds, I miss the confusion of it getting dark midafternoon.
I miss having my own big bed in my own room.
I miss walking everywhere, and WANTING to walk.
I miss the friends I made there, especially because many of them are not good at keeping in touch.
I miss the feeling of "I'm so extrodinarily happy, and I get to enjoy this feeling till December".
I miss the trioka of girl gossip in EUP, and the other gals I could depend on for support or a good time.
I miss how NORMAL and casual the guys were, and that there were more of them at DIS than at AU.
I miss Ross's humor (told myself I wouldn't).
I miss Jacob's ignorant comments that were so absurd they were hilarious.
I miss Val's AMAZING personality.
I miss the new experiences every day, whether it was in or outside of Kobenhavn.
I miss the constant danish, pressuring me to understand what was going on around me
I miss feeling a personal connection to world events, whether through Mohammed cartoons or the Hague trials, etc.
I miss the safety, walking down the street at all hours of the night, and the trust people had in each other (except Muslims).
I miss the football.
I miss the fashion.
I miss seeing windmills from my trainstop by day, the stars from my window by night.
I miss the SOUND from the courtyard coming in my window on weekend mornings.
I miss being Virginian when I was even more of a minority there than I am at AU.
I miss just hanging out and talking at the Happy Pig, the Moose, the Bedouin Bar, or Heidi's.
I miss the love for symplicity and hygge.
I miss being amazing appreciative of the experiences I had each day, as they happened.
Now, I just feel like my life is a waste and I'm trapped at college for at least another year. What makes it worse, my mom said on the phone "I'm selfish; I don't think I could have managed having you so far away for another semester."
Jeg sovner maaaange last semester. :(
It's hard being back at AU. It's hard being back amongst my same friends. I can't tell them anything about this because they will only wonder why I didn't miss them while I was away. As cliche as this sounds, no one understands the feeling, except those AU students who have been abroad on nonAU programs.
I miss the food in Denmark: the pastries, 18 kroner wine, the shwarma, Julbryg, glogg and peppernuts.
I miss getting excited about seeing the sun shine through the clouds, I miss the confusion of it getting dark midafternoon.
I miss having my own big bed in my own room.
I miss walking everywhere, and WANTING to walk.
I miss the friends I made there, especially because many of them are not good at keeping in touch.
I miss the feeling of "I'm so extrodinarily happy, and I get to enjoy this feeling till December".
I miss the trioka of girl gossip in EUP, and the other gals I could depend on for support or a good time.
I miss how NORMAL and casual the guys were, and that there were more of them at DIS than at AU.
I miss Ross's humor (told myself I wouldn't).
I miss Jacob's ignorant comments that were so absurd they were hilarious.
I miss Val's AMAZING personality.
I miss the new experiences every day, whether it was in or outside of Kobenhavn.
I miss the constant danish, pressuring me to understand what was going on around me
I miss feeling a personal connection to world events, whether through Mohammed cartoons or the Hague trials, etc.
I miss the safety, walking down the street at all hours of the night, and the trust people had in each other (except Muslims).
I miss the football.
I miss the fashion.
I miss seeing windmills from my trainstop by day, the stars from my window by night.
I miss the SOUND from the courtyard coming in my window on weekend mornings.
I miss being Virginian when I was even more of a minority there than I am at AU.
I miss just hanging out and talking at the Happy Pig, the Moose, the Bedouin Bar, or Heidi's.
I miss the love for symplicity and hygge.
I miss being amazing appreciative of the experiences I had each day, as they happened.
Now, I just feel like my life is a waste and I'm trapped at college for at least another year. What makes it worse, my mom said on the phone "I'm selfish; I don't think I could have managed having you so far away for another semester."
Jeg sovner maaaange last semester. :(