Last final

I had my last final today from 3-5 pm. My finals felt like more of annoyance than the all consuming thing they usually are. On Wednesday I went ice skating and had dinner at a thai restaurant down in Nyhavn (the harbor and the picture of Copenhagen that is on a lot of postcards). On Thursday after my Cancer final I went to Rosenborg Castle which was pretty cool. I barely studied all week, it was really nice.

I'll miss that aspect of my classes here. I like just being able to show up for class and know enough to do fine on the exams. I decided very early on that school was not going to be my emphasis here and I've stuck by that. My classes are for the most part interesting, and I've learned a lot, but I'll admit that I barely did outside reading or work. Sure, I studied the morning of exams and a bit the night before but that was it. It does not make sense to travel to Copenhagen and spend my time studying. And I have no regrets, I've really enjoyed myself here and a big part of that was not being worried about school.

Walking back from my final I couldn't help but think "this is the last time I'll be at my school here. This is the last time I'll walk on this road. This is the last time I'll wait for the 300S bus to come at Glostrup station..." I've been here for 4 months and I have a whole routine established. It's strange to think that I'll never go through those motions again. Of course I'll come to Copenhagen again. Hopefully many more times. But it will never be in the same way, not living with my host family, not having my group of friend, not having a purpose of going to school and living my life. When I come back I'll just be a visitor. And I'm not ok with that, this is my has become my home.

But what can you do? Time moves on. Tomorrow I'm going to Paris.