Settling In and Exploring

 There's this amazing café called Big Apple in the city. Not only do they make amazing juices, smoothies, and paninis but they also have this awesome space upstairs to just hang out. Needless to say I'll be spending a lot of time (and money) there during school. 

This is the door to my apartment - Apartment M - at Trekroner Kollegium, which is about 30 minutes outside the city by train.

This is the other side of our kollegium -- note the colors... 

 This is the lake right outside of my apartment door. We were told we couldn't go near the swans or feed them because they would attack us. I did see some people playing/feeding them the other day and I was a little nervous for them...

Roskilde University library. (This building is also right across a parking lot from my apartment and it is where our two Danish roommates go to school). 

 Glasses of wine with dinner = so classy :) 

Oh ya know...just sneaking into the McDonalds bathroom without paying for the code. We're badass. 

The Roskilde Jars in Roskilde (one train stop away from us or about a 15 minute bike ride) are the most famous monuments in the city. They are said to weight 28 tons and were presented to the town to commemorate the 1000th anniversary of the ancient royal city. The jars supposedly symbolize life and death, as they can be used to store food or ashes. 

Mysterious vegetable spotted in ghetto Netto (one of the grocery stores to which our DIS food stipend applies). 

The chapel at Frederiksborg Palace in Hollerod. It was so beautiful and ornate (it is the original chapel from the 16th century - one of the only parts of the castle that didn't burn down in later years). 

The moat outside the castle!

The castle as seen from the gardens. Absolutely amazing (and we also lucked out with really nice weather albeit a bit windy). 

Andy and Jennifer in front of the castle. 

Note the crowns in the garden -- so European and very intricate. 

I'm about to start the first real week (no orientation, classes every day, etc). Next weekend I'm going rock climbing in Sweden so I'm sure I'll have more pictures and more exciting stories.