From the desk of Kelly Buddysdottir

Aye! So I left you over a month and a half ago and haven't even dreamed of updating since. It's been incredibly busy (although not all fun, my advisers are cracking down on me hard to finish this thesis) but enjoyable with lots of trips and beautiful weather to go out and celebrate the Danish spring. So I haven't been too eager to spend EXTRA time on the computer. But my dear friend Jackie spelled it out for me: "When you have a blog," she said, "I'm sorry but it's a responsibility." So to Jackie and everyone else I cut off (myself mostly, this blog was meant to document my adventures) I will try to get myself caught back up!!

Oh but where to start...

I took an incredible trip to Italy over Easter break. I went with Matt Ellis and we had really nice time exploring some of northern Italy together. The picture are on Picasa (links to the right) but I will get a proper post up soon. Easter at the Vatican was pretty amazing.. we even got to see the Pope multiple times. Close enough to call Mario a friend, right Matt? (Oh boy.. I didn't:)

After I got home from Italy (with Matt for a weekend in Copenhagen) I got back into the swing of things at work. About 2 weeks later I packed up again for a trip to Iceland. This time I was meeting my roommate Jeff, from Seattle, and my friend Ingimar, from UW, for a short stay in Reykjavik before a much longer stay in Denmark. The guys joined me for a week in early May. We had a great time... actually the whole trip was pretty ridiculous. We had a lot of fun and it made me miss all of my friends back home real badly!

In between I've been doing more exploring, exercising, meeting friends.. I've joined some teams that led to a lot of fun new people. I went to a ball with royalty, I've been to the tallest "peak" in Denmark, I watched the champions league match outside last night with about 500 Barcelona fans.. its actually quite fun to just see what's happening in Denmark.

Over the last couple months I have gotten really comfortable. I love traveling but the time spent in the country now has a lot more meaning. My friends are incredibly warm and friendly and that helps make Copenhagen home. Every time I leave I look forward to returning, it's crazy that pretty soon Ill have to go for good. When Matt left I complained that I had to return to 'normal life'.. even tonight I am working on my thesis which usually makes me miserable.. but I guess with the weeks flying by and my deadlines/departure getting closer it doesn't feel normal anymore. There's something to be said for springtime in Denmark: 17 hours of daylight, beautiful sunshine, free bikes, open drinking, beach parks, outdoor concerts.. but its also Denmark itself. It's growing on me and I'm beginning to not want to leave- uh oh!