Copenhagen was the perfect destination for our first little excursion. We left Wednesday morning by train, no plans at all for what we wanted to do or see, we just knew we wanted to go see something! The train ride was very neat. I think we may have went through a channel at one point underwater. It was about a three hour trip, and we got to see the Baltic sea!When we arrived, our first mission was to check in at our hostel. Most of you who know me well, know that I do not handle smells very well. Smoke, bubblegum, berries, and B.O. can make me gag. Well, that is the one thing that I've got to get over if we keep staying in hostels. We stayed in 2 different ones this time because we wanted a room with all girls and neither hostel had both nights available for two. The first one was filled with 4 girls from Spain, who'd practically moved in....and apparently not showered. The second one goes along with a funny story. We loved this hostel minus the fact that it didn't offer a complimentary breakfast like the other. It was colorful and hip and very clean. However, when we checked in and went to our room, we were overcome with the smell of fart! Christina says really loudly, "It smells like a fart in here," just as a girl raises her head on one of the beds. Needless to say we thought the room was empty whoops! By the time we returned that night the fart smell had passed and so had nocturnal fart girl. Seriously, who sleeps at 2pm in a Copenhagen hostel! Anways our first experience with hostels has been basically you get what you pay for. It's a bed for the night and a shower/toilet. That's all you need for quick trips anyways. $56 for two nights!
The street food was very good! Danes put this special yellow sauce on everything (bread, hotdogs, smorebrodd, meat...). It's wonderful! They also put whole pickles on my hotdog, which now that I think about sounds not so weird compared to relish ha!
We spent the first day exploring, and then, we met up with Hugo and Rosalie. Hugo is from Montreal, Canada. He's studying abroad for the whole year. Last semester he studied stereotypes in the media. So, he was there visiting his peers from last semester that now have internships in Copenhagen. They were able to show us around Friday night to several bars in the city. Here's where my smell issue comes up again. I can't stand how smoky all the bars are here. You come out smelling like an ash tray, and it seeps in your hair, clothes, everything! We went into one place that made my throat burn. Still, the Danes are fun, and they taught us a cool drinking game called The Little Maya. It didn't make since til I played it a few times, but I think we'll have it mastered it soon.
Saturday, we were able to buy this pass that got us in to 6 different museums for only $12 total. It was a one time deal only off
ered in January. How convenient for us! We ended up visiting 4 including the Thorvaldsens Musuem dedicated to a danish man's art and sculptures, the Theatre Museum where we saw a rehearsal show, the Castle Ruins underneath Christiansborg Palace, and then finally, Christiansborg Palace. We also checked out the National Museum where we discovered Romboller in the cafe. I guess you can tell we are definitely doing the whole eat, pray, love thing. It was sooooo good, and very filling. I wrapped mine up to go and ate on that thing a few times before finishing it. I think it's a rum ball of some sort that is very popular here. Granted, that's not all we saw at the museum. We got to see a real viking braid. They'd chopped a vikings hair and tied it just like you see it in the movies. That was pretty neat to see upclose.
ered in January. How convenient for us! We ended up visiting 4 including the Thorvaldsens Musuem dedicated to a danish man's art and sculptures, the Theatre Museum where we saw a rehearsal show, the Castle Ruins underneath Christiansborg Palace, and then finally, Christiansborg Palace. We also checked out the National Museum where we discovered Romboller in the cafe. I guess you can tell we are definitely doing the whole eat, pray, love thing. It was sooooo good, and very filling. I wrapped mine up to go and ate on that thing a few times before finishing it. I think it's a rum ball of some sort that is very popular here. Granted, that's not all we saw at the museum. We got to see a real viking braid. They'd chopped a vikings hair and tied it just like you see it in the movies. That was pretty neat to see upclose.
We finished Saturday with a trip far away from downtown to see the Little Mermaid! She's actually been in Asia for a while getting her head glued back on. It's still so weird to see the beach and it be frozen, or covered with snow. I keep asking myself why I didn't go to Austrailia or Chile or someplace warm. Then, I remember I'm going to be able to travel Europe for 4 months! Plus, the TV course is supposed to be ballin'. The interns we met had taken it before and said it improved their skills tremendously. How could it not going from 9-4pm everyday with no lectures. It's all hands on with projects around the city and other countries. I'm so excited for school!! Ok back to Copenhagen...
Sunday, we woke up very early to see the harbor before we left. You know the place where if you Google Image Copenhagen the canal pictures pop up. Well, now I've got my own! The water was frozen solid though. A chair was sticking half out of it!
Copenhagen treated us well, and I can't wait to go back again when it's warmer. Strolling along their main pedestrian street Stroget (I can't character map that special o with the line through into blogger so excuse the misspelled D
anish words) would've been much more relaxing in some warmth. Instead we kinda powerwalked among it. We'll definitely be returning in March for a longer stroll. We have this theory that the cold makes people more productive. We got so much done in 2 days because of our pace. When it's freezing outside you see what you need to see and keep moving! Maybe it works both ways... does the hot sun not just make you thirsty, tired, and lazy. We also figured maybe this is why danes eat such a hearty lunch. Their dinner is smaller and lunch becomes the biggest meal of the day.
anish words) would've been much more relaxing in some warmth. Instead we kinda powerwalked among it. We'll definitely be returning in March for a longer stroll. We have this theory that the cold makes people more productive. We got so much done in 2 days because of our pace. When it's freezing outside you see what you need to see and keep moving! Maybe it works both ways... does the hot sun not just make you thirsty, tired, and lazy. We also figured maybe this is why danes eat such a hearty lunch. Their dinner is smaller and lunch becomes the biggest meal of the day. One three hour train ride later, and I'm glad to be back in my new Danish home! 3 days was the perfect amount of time for us to get our feet wet and ready to start traveling the rest of Europe. Our next trip will tentatively be a combo of the Netherlands and Germany.
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