Well, I've managed to make it to Copenhagen alive and in one piece. The flights over went fine and were without any real delays, although we did have quite a landing in Copenhagen. One of the MBA students from Carlson was on both my flights. I have to say though that Icelandair only gets slightly higher marks than Northwest for service and comfort, and despite what Mindy says the stewardesses do not look like Britney Spears from the video for
Toxic.
We were herded into the Hilton Hotel next to the airport, and got to meet a number of the other students on the trip. Most were Americans, but there were also people from France, Canada, Australia, Iceland, and Israel. After getting a few documents and sitting around for a while we took a bus to our various dorms. My dorm is Kathrine Kollegiet, and so far almost all of my neighbors are undergraduate students. Despite what the CBS website says, it does not appear that one floor was reserved for grad students. The good news is that the ethernet connection in the room is pretty good, and there was a cable already in the room.
Of course, one of the most important first steps is to find a nearby grocery store and to figure out how to identify foodstuffs. It's harder than it looks. Two blocks up the street from our place is a
Fakta grocery store, which along with
Netto are two pretty common small grocery stores. The selection is not totally different from an American grocery, but there are some pretty obvious differences. There is very little poultry, and a wide variety of what appears to be ham, sausages, and other pork products. I got some bread called
mørkt
rugbrød (rye bread) which I had heard of before when investigating smørrebrød. I am not sure whether it is this particular type or whether this is rugbrød in general but it was really gross.
Well, I've managed to make it to Copenhagen alive and in one piece. The flights over went fine and were without any real delays, although we did have quite a landing in Copenhagen. One of the MBA students from Carlson was on both my flights. I have to say though that Icelandair only gets slightly higher marks than Northwest for service and comfort, and despite what Mindy says the stewardesses do not look like Britney Spears from the video for Toxic.
We were herded into the Hilton Hotel next to the airport, and got to meet a number of the other students on the trip. Most were Americans, but there were also people from France, Canada, Australia, Iceland, and Israel. After getting a few documents and sitting around for a while we took a bus to our various dorms. My dorm is Kathrine Kollegiet, and so far almost all of my neighbors are undergraduate students. Despite what the CBS website says, it does not appear that one floor was reserved for grad students. The good news is that the ethernet connection in the room is pretty good, and there was a cable already in the room.
Of course, one of the most important first steps is to find a nearby grocery store and to figure out how to identify foodstuffs. It's harder than it looks. Two blocks up the street from our place is a Fakta grocery store, which along with Netto are two pretty common small grocery stores. The selection is not totally different from an American grocery, but there are some pretty obvious differences. There is very little poultry, and a wide variety of what appears to be ham, sausages, and other pork products. I got some bread called
mørkt rugbrød (rye bread) which I had heard of before when investigating smørrebrød. I am not sure whether it is this particular type or whether this is rugbrød in general but it was really gross.
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