First Morning In Copenhagen

Well, it's about 9 in the morning local time. I woke up around 7:30 this morning (by sunlight more than choice) and went for a run around the city. Nobody else was really up, as I think most of the young 'uns were trying to find a bar last night. At first things got a bit turned around but I had a pretty good sense for a couple of the major streets. After about a mile I kind of felt like throwing up from the jet lag so I walked around for about a mile before running the last mile and a half or so.

The streets here are not marked as well as they are in Minneapolis, but it doesn't seem like it will be hard to get around once you figure things out. Very few streets are pronounced the way you expect them to be, but I'm starting to find a pattern. I took a path that took me close to most of the CBS buildings, although there isn't really a campus of any kind - more like a series of buildings within a couple of blocks of each other. I went through some indeterminate streets but found my way to Roskildevej, up Pile Allé, back through Smallegade which turns into Peter Bangs Vej (a lot of streets change names after a couple blocks, sometimes several times). Vej appears to be the most common name for street, and seems to be pronounced similar to "way"). The route took me by several large parks which I will explore later, the big ones being Frederiksberg Havn and Søndermarken.

It's 10 o'clock now, time to finish up my post. Made another quick run to Farsk with some of my neighbors for supplies and got caught in the rain on the way back. I'm getting the impression that it rains a lot here. Good thing I brought my umbrella.