Copenhagen!

I made it!  I've actually been here since about 9:00am (local time, GMT +1) Saturday, but I haven't had reliable internet until just now. 

A quick recap of the 48 hours from Friday 12:00 to Sunday 12:00:

Flew SAS from Chicago to Stockholm.  Long flight, and I couldn't sleep at all, but the guy sitting next to me was pretty cool and talkative, so that -- combined with some tv and music -- helped the time pass. I also managed to both start and finish a pretty hefty book, my first 'for pleasure' reading in quite some time. 

Caught a quick connection from Sweden to Copenhagen, and made it on the plane about 5 minutes before it was scheduled to depart.  Luckily, they had been delayed due to baggage issues, so it wasn't a big deal. True to form, the whole of Scandinavia was covered in clouds; I saw Sweden for a grand total of 20 seconds after takeoff. 

This was basically the view I had the entire way to Denmark.

But then, this!  I dunno if you can see it, but there are WINDMILLS!  I mean seriously, what are the odds that the first clearing in the clouds would show windmills!?  Best introduction to a country ever, I think.

And sheep!  I mean seriously, that's too damned cute. 

More pictures!  Yay!  This last one is on the final approach to the airport, which is located on the coast, on its own island. 

And then we landed!  I spent a good 5 hours waiting around baggage claim for another Mac student (Rachel) to land, then headed over to City Public Hostel to spend the night.  I've figured out the key to hostels' cheapness -- everything, and I mean everything, is an additional charge.  Want sheets?  10 kroner. Want a pillow? 10 kroner.  At this point, I was pretty well exhausted, so the pictures kind of stop happening. 

Next day, Rachel and I head back to the airport, accompanied by another DIS student-- Mary -- we met Saturday.  I should probably mention exactly how incredibly lucky I was, in that my baggage all showed up on time and unscathed.  Rachel's, it would seem, did not.  Customer service is blaming American baggage handlers, who apparently lost it long before it even made its way to Chicago.  I think that's going to be a bit of a theme here -- blaming Americans for things. 

So this brings me forward to Sunday at about noon -- I'm quite tired now, but hopefully I'll get up to date sometime in the next week.  It's been a great few days.  Exhausting, but great!  You'll get to hear more about that next time. :)