Anyways, I'm going to try and do a little recap of these past weeks:
- Got all my paperwork done, so I'm now a danish citizen! Juhuuu, as they say here. But what a pain in the ass it was. One, two, three visits to either the State Administration or the International House. Gladly all people were very helpful and nice. Next step now is getting a bank account. Any advice?
- I spent way too long without a danish number (and without any Internet out of the house, which was specially hard "work" wise - I work in social media guys, I have to be connected), so I took care of that and I'm now using a Lebara pre-paid card, which I think is the cheapest option. I REALLY need to upgrade my old iPhone 4 though, this piece of crap get's on my nerves everyday: apps crashing, slowness, and I doesn't install many apps because I don't even have iOS 8 with it. Booo.
- Got my first freelance job and it was a lot of fun to do, but it's also giving me headaches. Let's just say people are sneaky with payments, and I'm not the biggest fan of having to be running after them to get the money for the work I've done. Well, nobody is. It's very stressful.
- Looking for a paid job is also proving to be a arduous task, which I already expected. First, I either don't have the experience or I don't speak the language. Also, it's hard to find time to look for it since the workload on my internship is a little too much, but I'm handing CVs whenever I can. I want a part-time on the weekend or in the evenings, so I can start earning some money, so please, if you know of something, drop me an e-mail. Any advice is also helpful. Help a girl out!!
- Met some really amazing people, which I'm so happy for. Two of them I think I can already call friends. I think you know who you are. :)
- I applied for danish classes this week... It's going to be so hard but I'm going to give it a shot. It's kind of annoying not getting what anyone says. You feel like an outcast. And I love learning new languages.
- I lived alone for some weeks and I think I'm doing and managing fine, which is a really good thing.
- Updates on the bike situation are BIG!! I just let go of fear and one day I biked to the beach. Now I bike to the supermarket, to the beach, and to work, sometimes. You have no idea what an accomplishment this is to me. I'm not sure if I will start biking everywhere, because I'm still so scared of the busy roads, but let's see.
- The hardest thing of all is how much I miss my family and friends... It's starting to really hurt, and I can't wait to see them again. Sometimes I have to hold my tears, when I see a picture of my parents. Days like Easter and today, Mother's Day, are specially hard to bear. Oh well, downsides of living abroad, right? You just have to keep living.
- Speaking about my hometown, I went to a portuguese lunch last week, for the celebration of our most important holiday, the 25th of April, and the restaurant was filled with portuguese flags and all the people were so nice and welcoming! Portuguese people are the best. One of the things I miss the most about Portugal. There's just a warmness in people you don't find in many places in the world.
- Lastly, I got accepted as a volunteer in the coolest cultural house here in Copenhagen, and that just gets me so so excited. Since I got here and knew about that space I knew I had to work there somehow. It's just the coolest thing ever, and I think it's going to be such an amazing experience for me. I just can't wait to start! So, you might see a familiar face if you pop up at the cinema's cafe at Huset KBH. :)
Until next time,
Inês
