I woke up earlier than usual, but that was because Matt,
Maggie and I planned to go into Copenhagen to submit our residence permits. We
left around 8:20 and had a long bus ride to the metro. There were some school
kids that got on the bus a two different points which considerably raised the
noise level in the bus. I didn't mind though because I was just reading and it
was something unique (at least for me). It also reminded me of riding on the
school bus which I haven't done in a long time. The metro took us right to the
Citizen Center, but we passed it once because we thought it was further. We had
to each take a ticket and wait for about an hour. I read some more, but then I
pulled out my cards and we all played a round of rummy (Maggie won). Matt was
up first and fortunately they had a copy machine for public use for free so he
was able to copy his passport before his turn. The main reason we had to go to
this particular building was to record our biometric data upon submitting our
residence permit application. This data simply included our picture and finger
prints. We were happy to find out that we won't be needing to file for a
re-entry permit when we travel out of Denmark (none of us have classes Monday
so we plan to travel during some weekends). Now we just have to wait for a few
weeks to see what comes in the mail. I don't think there's any reason we would
be denied a residence permit, but I also don't know what we would do if that
should happen. We explored that area as we walked back to the downtown area of
Copenhagen that we have become familiar with. Eventually we stopped at a
restaurant for lunch which was kind of like a fancy Subway with a turtle theme.
They had some good meat and cheese and we were able to put the rest of the
toppings on ourselves. Matt and Maggie needed to buy a bike and when they did
they intended to ride them back to our apartments so we parted ways at
Norreport and I took the train back to Herlev. This time I did catch a bus from
the train station and picked up some groceries before walking home. We had a
going away party for Dang because he'll be leaving tomorrow for the Czech
Republic and will be gone for 5 months. I helped start and man the grill for
the meat. Then someone suggested baked potatoes so we fired up the oven too. We
realized the coals were cooling too quickly so we added some more. While all of
this was going on I brought down a broken CD player to salvage because Simona
had a screwdriver I could borrow. We first took off the antenna and added it to
the CD player that was already in the living room because it's antenna had gone
missing. The plan was to just take the speakers out so I could wire my iPod to
them and have an alarm clock that plays music. After some work and a lot of
unscrewing we separated the front panel with the speakers from the rest and I
set it aside to wire together later. At about this time we scavenged the
kitchen for enough clean dishes for everyone and set the table. As the meat was
finishing the meal began. We asked Dang
to give a going away speech and he obliged us. Towards the end of dinner I
asked if anyone wanted the last potato and I guess the way I asked was funny
because everyone seemed to find it amusing (and joked about it later). We
cleaned up the dishes and Dang brought out a surprise ice cream cake that we all
enjoyed. One by one we headed back to our rooms and with that the night came to
an end.
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