Another week gone by in the happening Lund. This week was
full of clubs, bars, BBQ’s Copenhagen, and an exam.
Yep an exam for my introductory Swedish course. They said it’d
be easy, but it really wasn’t for most of us. Though I’m glad I learned a fair
bit of conversational Swedish. I met some Swedish locals now as well from my
first classes of the semester and I’m now able to practice my language with
abit more ease (instead of being an assessment).
Speaking of first classes of semester, yes they’ve started
now, and I think I’m going to really enjoy them. Lund has weird semesters.. they
have half semesters. 2 subjects per half semester usually and it’s basically
from September until some time in October; Then from November until
December/January.
This half-semester I’m doing “International Marketing and
Strategy” & “Strategic Brand Management”. In the latter of the two the
lecturer played a video from ABBA’s dancing queen – surely it had some
relevance though I don’t think any of us quite got it.
FYI - my classes are a mix (60% international 40% Swedish).
Anyways, back on the parties. Also, on Saturday I went with
a group to Copenhagen. From the afternoon until about 6:30am we stayed out. Sightseeing
abit but mainly hitting up the many bars and clubs. Copenhagen is a big city
and very beautiful. Seems to be quite an international hub as well. We met many
people out, including local danes, UK tourists, an aspiring movie director from
Los Angeles. We also saw how the hippie population lived by visiting
Christiania park. A notoriously drug-laden park in Copenhagen, home to the famous
“Green Light District”.
Finally, having a bike is proving to be invaluable. The
other night I had a BBQ at one end of Lund, then cycled to the other side to
meet up with some others who were on their way out, and then together we headed
to a Nation. I may have mentioned this before, but Nations here are like
Fraternities and they have everything you need on a daily basis; be it a club (yes
inside they have dancefloors, bars, basically the full club setup; food;
trivia; etc. All on separate days. Each day of the week is a different nation’s
main night. So there’s always one main nation you should hit up depending on
what day of the week it is.
