Sounds of Music

This week seemed incredibly short. This was probably due to the fact that my work week started on Wednesday but still, time really does fly.

This week also happened to be my finals week for the online classes that I’ve been taking so now I’m officially done with those, and that feels great!

The first half of this week was so beautiful, warm, and sunny that I was at a shock when the clouds rolled in on Friday and the temperature dropped at least 10 degrees Fahrenheit. But this of course didn’t stop my friends and I from having a good time! We have been waiting for this weekend for months now because on Saturday, we attended a Skrillex concert in Copenhagen.

But don’t let me get ahead of myself. On Friday we decided to go and do a little pre-Skrillex celebrating. The culture center of Helsingborg was having its own celebration for the 10 year anniversary and there were different local bands playing outside so we could walk around and listen to them. It is so wonderful how supportive Swedes are of the arts.

Dunkers Kulturhus

To my complete joy, Discoteka Yugostyle was playing at The Tivoli and we went in there to enjoy the very unique band and danced the night away. The different musicians on stage made me feel like it was a high-school band gone wild with their Eastern-European sound and their club beats, I thoroughly enjoyed myself. 

The next day I slept in pretty late so I had to hurry up and get myself ready to travel to Copenhagen. I packed my bag and rushed down to the train station to hop on the same train that Caylie was taking to Lund. Once we got to Lund, dropped off our stuff, and met up with her brother and his friend, we all headed to Copenhagen together!

The location of the Skrillex concert wasn’t too far away from the train station and we arrived with plenty of time to spare so we walked around the streets of Copenhagen and really just relaxed until it was time to get in line for the show! 

Once we got past the incredibly strict security guys I got my first glimpse inside the Forum of Copenhagen. It was an enormous room with a stage on the far left and already tons of people were squeezing their way closer and closer to where the artists would perform. We put our coats away and then headed over to the mob to get our starting spots, although later on I figured out that even if we started out seemingly on the outside of this crowd, eventually when the music would start our bodies would be pushed, shoved, and thrown about enough to get anywhere in that auditorium.

I have never been to anything like this before. There were some parts of the concert where I was completely trapped between people and I couldn’t move and then the whole crowd would push forward then backward, side to side, and there were mosh pits that you had to make sure to avoid if you didn’t want to get pushed around even more and really I was overwhelmed. It was the craziest crowd I have ever had the privilege to stand in. 

Two consecutive event-filled weekends, so fun! Recently my life has been filled with the sounds of music, and all different sorts for that matter! 

More next week, 

Cori