My Roomates...

School has now started and I'm still getting settled in here in Copenhagen. I am living in a shared apartment with four roommates. The apartment building is entirely occupied by exchange students with four floors and a group on each. We occupy the entire first floor and the way the apartment is laid out there is a front door which opens to a small common area. We then share the kitchen and two bathrooms, one for the guys and one for the girls. We all have our own rooms which are fairly big, but the common area is pretty small, so most of us hang out in our rooms with the doors open. We also don't have a TV or a couch, so it makes it hard for us to gather for anything other than battling for things in the kitchen during dinner time.

The above picture was taken last weekend before we went to our official exchange student welcome dinner. My roommates from left to right are: Tuomo (Finland), Chris (Austria), Stephanie (France), and Sarah (Germany). All the roommates are undergrads, however Chris is 28 and taking some masters classes. Both Tuomo and Stephanie are going to be here a year, while Chris, Sarah, and I will return to our respective Universities at the end of the year.

We are all getting along quite well, and have met most of the other exchange students on the other floors. I had a traditional American barbeque last weekend, and tomorrow night we have been invited to the thrid floor where we are going to have a pot luck. Although our group has still not decided on what we are going to make.