Just Like Yesterday...

It is so weird--and when I say weird, I mean amazing--to be back in Copenhagen. It feels like I was never gone (and multiple people have said this to me too). It's wonderfully sunny here, i.e. perfect biking weather. Words cannot express how awesome and bittersweet it is to see all of my friends from last year. I played basketball with some of my teammates yesterday and it was so much fun. Granted, I hadn't ran for a month so my face looked like a tomato within 15 minutes, but it was fun nonetheless. It really was as if nothing had changed... OJ (my former coach) was still telling me to shoot long as we were playing open gym because he hates it when we miss short. :)

We've just been hanging out with my friends and coach's family. Many of the Scandinavian countries celebrate the summer solstice, so a group of us went to a large park in Copenhagen to see the bonfire that the city puts on. At the top of the burn pile, they construct a figure to look like a witch that supposedly flies away when the fire is lit. There was about 10,000 people there to watch the lighting, which only lasts about 15 minutes. Jeff and I laughed and took a picture because they lit the fire at 10pm, but it was light enough outside that it seemed like it could be 6pm. (Copenhagen is about the same latitude as Juneau, Alaska.)



The city is showing the Denmark-Japan World Cup game tonight on a big screen at Rådhuspladsen, the city square. Apparently there was about 30,000 people there for the last game. One of my professors at UO used to play basketball with OJ 20 years ago and is teaching at Copenhagen Business School this summer, so I think he might join us for the game.

This weekend, we're going to my former assistant coach's summer house to celebrate his three-year old son's birthday. I am excited to meet their newborn daughter as well. I'll let you know how everything goes. It is SO great to be back!