Start of Classes/Planning Travels

It's now my third week in Denmark and classes started last week, getting me more of a routine. 

I have four classes this semester: Issues in International Finance (the class I think will be most challenging), Green Innovation, Innovation in Emerging Markets, and Sports Economics.  The nice thing about Sport Economics is it doesn't start for 6 weeks, meaning I only have three classes presently.  I have had two lectures thus far and they share similarities and differences between the classes back at Carlson.  The major difference is the length.  All of the classes are 2 hours and 30 min minimum and some can reach close to 3 hours.  The Professors offset the extreme length with timely breaks and videos to make class appear shorter.  Even with the attempts to make the classes feel shorter, I still find it difficult to sit through a lecture for such a long time.  In the US I am used to having class for around an hour and the maximum two hours.  This will be something that I have to get used to while abroad to ensure success in my classes.  Another difference here is the grading scale and what is actually graded.  Each class has only one graded assignment, that being a final exam.  This can come in a variety of different forms.  One of my classes has a four hour final (open book, open note) exam, while another has a 20 minute oral exam.  There can also be papers due at the end of the semester, but none of my classes require this.  One of the benefit of CBS, however, of having classes this long is that I they meet only once a week compared to two or three times back home.  I enjoy having more free-time here to explore the city and travel.

The days here fly by.  I'm in disbelief every time I look at the calender.  The first 3 plus weeks here have seemed like 5 days.  I have been having so much fun, but I know the rest of the trip will continue to zoom by.  Knowing this, I want to experience as much as possible.  We attempted to sit down and plan trips, but with an abundance of exchange students it's difficult to travel in such large groups.  The solution has to be splitting up and finding a handful of other students to venture out with.  With such a long wish list of places I would love to see, getting started sooner rather than later will not only be beneficial to planning the trips, but also the overall cost of plane tickets.  Learning to use travel websites here is taking some getting used to.  I'm confident, however, that I will be able to travel to the vast majority of places on my wish list.