HELLO, HERE WE GO, WE GONNA MAKE A TRIP SHOW

Here I am with my second post from Copenhagen :)

It has been almost two months since I came here and I can say that I get used to living here. For two months,  I had lots of experiences. First of all, I became official in Denmark. How can you do this? The answer is getting a CPR number and Nem ID. However it was a bit hard stuff for all the international students because the international house where you can  get the number is only open to the students at specific times and you should check it on the internet before you go there. You should also bring some documents with you. When you go there, it is possible to see a long line in the street where all the students wait for getting their CPR numbers. After this long line, you hand in your documents to the personnels and they call you at the end and you become official in Denmark :) This process can take 3-4 hours so it is good to have some snacks and some card games in order to spend time there. I saw some students playing games while they were waiting :)

Next step is to have a youth travel card. This is called "ungdomskort" in Danish and if you are a student in Copenhagen, it is one of the best choices to travel in the city because you can use all kinds of transportation system and travel around the whole city easily in charge of an affordable fee. You can also cycle in the city. It is common as much as driving. There are many bicycle roads and places for parking bicycles in the city.

Now, it is time to travel around the city :) You can start with Nyhavn. It is 17th century waterfront, canal and entertainment district lined by brightly colored 17-18th century townhouses. You should also see the Little Mermaid. The statue is one of the landmarks in the city.  If you want to go deep into the history of the city, you can find some traces in the Round Tower. When you are at the top of the tower, you can also see the fascinating view of the city. Christiangborg Palace is also one of the most important historical places and it brings the past to the light. It is also unique in the world in terms of being home to the three supreme powers: the executive power, the legislative power and the judicial power. When you get bored with the colors of history :"black and white", you can make your trip more colorful by visiting freetown "Christiania". 

           

ONE DAY TRIP TO MALMÖ

Malmö is a city in the borders of Sweden. It is 1 hour away from Copenhagen by bus and you can be in the borders of Sweden after crossing just a bridge. When we arrived the city, we visited Malmö Castle. There was also a museum in the castle. There were many kinds of animals and Some of the animals could camouflage themselves so well that we couldn't find them sometimes. It was like a game to catch the animals in the branches. After that, we sat a restaurant and tasted one of the traditional Swedish desserts and then we went to see "Turning Torso". It is a 

skyscraper and the structure is regarded as the first twisted skyscraper in the world. Towards the end of the day, we watched the sunset from the city's perspective and it was fascinating. I think it was the most exciting part of our trip. After we had our dinner, we were on the road to the central station. We had lots of fun while walking to the station. We sang songs and danced madly altogether. We took our bus in the central station and we were back in town one hour later. I was very happy at the end of the trip with having many memorable moments :)  

                                   

                                               

A LEGAL ALIEN, IN COPENHAGEN

Hello everyone from Copenhagen :)


Finally, I arrived in Copenhagen. When my plane landed in the airport, I was shocked by myself not by the city :) because I thought that I was going to feel myself as a stranger in this city, all the things here were going to seem to me strange but it didn't happen. I was relaxed. I felt as if I was in Turkey but in another city which I don't know. After passport control at the airport, I asked for the travelcard to take a train to the personnel that wears a red jacket. He helped me so much that he explained all the details about using the card. After having the card, I took the train to Vanlose then the other train to Ballerup. A woman helped me to reach my accommodation in Ballerup because I needed to take a bus to reach there. She got on the bus with me and told me about the stop I need to get off, then I found the house and met the woman to host me. Her name is Kirsten and she is 83 years old. She showed me the room that I would stay. I liked it. It was small but very cute and handy. I spent the night by sleeping like a log because I was very tired. On my first day in Copenhagen, I went out to explore the area and buy something necessary. I found a shopping mall. Its name is Ballerup Centret. It is 1 km away from my house. It has many shops and supermarkets. I thought I could find all the things I need here. On second day, I went to the school. I really really liked it. It facilitates lots of opportunities for students in terms of not only education but also entertainment. It has a big library, many cafeterias, sport halls. It has many areas to make students feel comfortable. I think this is motivating for students. You may even want to sleep there :) In my first course- the Nordic Model, there are lots of exchange students in my class. Some of them are from Belgium, Spain, Ireland, Lebanon, the Netherlands, Russia as I remember. I think this is going to be a wonderful experience to study with them together in this term at UCC. Our tutor is also a very sweet man. His name is Frants Mathiesen. He makes lots jokes and always smiles,  He took us to the park near the university in the last part of the course. While we were walking to the park, I talked to him. I liked him more, because he makes you feel as if he was one of your friends not a tutor. There were a prison and a big church near the park. When I looked at the prison, I was a bit surprized because it had many windows; however the prisons in Turkey does not have so many windows like that, They have a few windows in general. When I mentioned about it to Mrs. Mathiesen, he was surprised. We did some activities in the park and then distributed. I think I will have many unforgettable moments here at the end of the term with these people and I am excited for new experiences and here are some photos of Copenhagen from my perspective: