Bike Tour

So my first few days of classes went very well.  I am in the Psychology and Child Development Program here and I am focusing on children with special needs.  On Thursday we got to know our teachers and some specifics about our program.  Every Thursday I will be working in a school about 35 minutes from where I live.  I am going to get the chance to interact with first grade students who are in a transitional classroom.  We also got more information on the study trips we will be taking together.  In two weeks we will be going on a 3 day trip to Western Denmark and in October we will go to Holland for a week.  I am sooooo excited to go to Holland!!!  We don't know exactly where we will be going, but I know we will stop in Amsterdam for a while.

TODAY...

Today a few of us signed up for a free bike tour of Copenhagen.  It was 4 hours of exciting, nerve racking, physically challenging, incredible biking.  There were 15 of us and a tour guide and he led us around to various parts of the city.  FYI:  biking is HUGE in Copenhagen.  About one third of Danes living in the Copenhagen area bike to work every day, which is A LOT!!!  There are bikes everywhere and it is very easy to be run over by one.  We had a great time on our tour even if it was complete insanity trying to navigate the crowds, cars and other bikers.  Here are some pictures...

 

The man to the left was our tour guide.  This is a garden in the middle of the city.

 

This is a view of the Royal Library... and that's me.  There is a lot of cool architecture in DK.

 

In the first picture I am standing next to the canal in the center of the city where there are a lot of cute outdoor restaurants and shopping.  The second picture is a view of the castles where the royalty live.

So, I think that is all for now.  Tonight I am meeting up with a bunch of students from my school.  tomorrow I am going on a tour to a castle... hopefully I will have a lot of nice pictures from there.