Two in one day. Talk about overwhelming. But actually, I’m posting twice because I am feeling overwhelmed and wanted to share my emotions with you. I am writing these next paragraphs from the Copenhagen Airport. If you clicked on the link, the website is nothing compared to the actual experience.

First you have to get to the airport. I took the train which was easy, in reality. But planning for the train was one of the more confusing endeavors I’ve undertaken thus far. Copenhagen public transportation works on a zone system. Central Copenhagen is in zone 1. I live in zone 2. DIS gave us transportation passes for the entire semester that work when traveling within two zones. The airport is in zone 4. So, it’s actually really easy. The internet just complicated things. Because I already have two zones, I needed to buy another ticket for two zones. Combine them, and I’m able to travel across four zones for the entire day of Friday, February 6, 2015.

Now at the airport,  in order to go through security, you scan your boarding pass and walk through an automatic gate. Think high-tech subway turn-styles. So far, I have not shown anyone my passport. Then security itself is pretty much the same, except that it is A LOT faster and you don’t have to take your shoes off. I am flying out of Terminal 2 to visit Hannah in Scotland. In the terminal, before passport check (because no one knows I’m Sophie yet), there is an H&M, Tiger of Sweden, Victoria’s Secret next to Wunderwear (they sell the same things), at least two Joe & The Juices,  Illum (fancy department store), a Starbucks, multiple restaurants, and of course a Scandinavia souvenir shop.

I still don’t know what gate I’ll be boarding from. Travelers have to check tv screens hanging from the ceiling throughout the airport to find their gate. Imagine departure/arrival screens in American airports combined with train schedule boards. People gather around the biggest screens waiting for their flight to pop up. So far I’ve seen five other DIS students venturing away from Denmark for the weekend. I knew one of the girls.

My flight just popped up so I am going to walk the 12 minutes it supposedly takes to gate F4.

When I land at Edingburgh, Hannah will be waiting for me in her Mini Cooper.