This is not a travelogue. I have travelled, oh yes, but at the end of my journey, I have found home. So there is no need to write a travelogue. This is just a collection of thoughts, events and observations from my new life, in a new place that I call home. So this isn't exactly like a "Dear Diary…", just saying.

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Powering down the highway in a slick Peugeot, I look outside the window and take a deep breath. That's when it hit me that my life was going to be very different for the next couple of months.
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Copenhagen is a beautiful city. Clean streets, fresh air, wide roads and hardly any traffic. The buildings are really old looking with classical architecture, but absolutely modern from the inside. We went to watch "Transformers" at the cinema. The movie was majorly uninteresting but the whole experience of going to the cinema was very royal.
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We live in a large house in an area called Kokkedal which is really close to Rungsted Gymnasium. A loving golden retriever, two cuddly cats and an innocent rabbit share the home with us. For a single mother with three children and four pets to take in another child whom she knows nothing about, it needs an infinite amount of courage, warmth and love.
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The Danes love their drinks. Most people start at the age of 14-15. It is legal to buy beer and wine at the age of 16 and there is no legal age for consumption in private areas. Parents usually give their child their first drink at their confirmation (around 14). Parties are incomplete without alcohol in Denmark. Moderation is taught instead of prohibition, but most people get really drunk anyways.
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Public transport isn't cheap and private vehicles are hideously expensive. However, the cities have been designed in such a way that everything is in cycling distance. That's how the streets are kept pollution and traffic free.
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So yeah, it's only been a week since I landed but I already know that I am going to have  loads of fun, live life differently, look at the same things with a different perspective and learn from my experiences. It's a privilege to live life the way I am right now and I am thankful for it.

–Edwin Joseph.