A Lovely Sunday

Yesterday, my friends and I had a large and wonderful noon brunch at Keops kollegium. After a few days of planning the potluck, we all showed up with a dish to share. There were various dishes, sweet and savory, that were all delicious. There was a huge group of us that showed up in the common room with our serving platters, bowls, plates and utensils to share a well-planned meal together.

Anna and Sonia made yogurt with musli
Jacob (our Danish friend, see Papa!) made "Danish" pancakes that had a hint of lemon (his grandmother's recipe)
James made grilled mushrooms
Tom made French crepes,
Ned made a dill salad with potatoes and veggies
Sarah made an apple crumble
Rachael made scones
Samantha made banana chocolate chip bread
Henrique and Anna (from Brazil) brought apple and orange juices
Laura made pesto with cheese bread
Lindsey brought almonds, syrup, jam, and whipped cream for the "American" pancakes (that Sarah was originally going to make, but they still went well with Jacob and Tom's flat pancakes)
Lucy made ginger cake, Magnus brought his vast collection of cereals and a carton of milk (he had 5 boxes of different muslis and corn flakes)
Louise made french toast
Matthias made a scramble with ham and veggies.
Yours truly made a fruit salad that had apples, oranges, plums and sultanas...we're pretty limited on fruit at this point in the year.

Everything was so great, I think I sampled a little of everything. All of my friends are such great cooks, all of the food (except the cereal, of course) was hand prepared which makes it even more special. James is always so considerate and keeps me in mind when he cooks. When we have potluck dinners, he frequently puts the meat in a separate bowl from the rest of the dish so that I can have some too. It's really nice of him, I really appreciate it. When we were serving ourselves yesterday, he said to me "Hey Nat, the mushroom dish I made is vegetarian".

After lunch (at 2:30pm), some of us (Tom, Ned, Louise, Matthias, Samantha, Magnus, a new Mathias-from Belgium, Max, and Henrique...Katrin, Dan, and two young Danish boys joined a little while later) walked across the street to a park. Within the park, there is a huge field with nets, we played soccer there until 4:30pm. When we first arrived, a dog punctured the soccer ball, so we had to wait around for a new one. Eventually, we played a friendly game of soccer. It was pretty cold out there (I kept my sweatshirt, jacket, hood, and gloves on) but it was fun to run around and burn off that food we ate.

It was such a great 'not-so-lazy' Sunday. I had the best time with all the friends I have made here in Copenhagen. We've all grown so close and I really love spending time with them. When the time comes, it'll be very hard to say goodbye to them...but I'll worry about that later. I'm just going to keep enjoying the rest of my time here.