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Arrival in Cøpenhagen
... a pretty seedy central station neighbourhood and a 'hip’ part of town, so to get here we had to walk through the seedy bit (we have since figured out a way to detour around that bit with a degree of success).
So, this morning we awoke and set about making breakfast. The host has this weird scanpan egg cooker – it’s a big heavy block of steel with non-stick egg-holes cut into it. I didn’t use any oil/butter ...
Noma... If only.
... and ancient horns (the musical instrument) along with Viking boats, people and aurochs that had fallen in bogs and been preserved. The rune stones from around the time of conversion to Christianity ~1000ad had been uprooted and were also there.
Not sure what it is that is so tiring about museums, but we were so afflicted we sought out table and chairs on the cobblestones with a pick-me-up and watched the Danish foot traffic go by with Graham ...
A lot of days because I'm lazy! :D
... so I won't die when trying to figure out what I need to do. Spent my afternoon on Monday and in the lab hanging out and generally annoying my new lab mates. I surely owe them lots of cake and cookies.
On Tuesday I had this introductory class for international new employees and PhD students at the university. All I can say is that they feel this great need to take breaks all of the time. Which normally I would ...
Day two (Bea)
... going there again tomorrow.
Visiting the bank we learned that the very nice man I spoke to a couple of weeks ago was an idiot who sent my bank card to branch 4085 instead of 4083 where I went to collect. Plan is to collect it tomorrow and then go shopping to try it out - you never know with these cards; sometimes they are faulty so best to try it asap.
We took a long walk on Faelleden and I got blisters and sunburn. ...
Cliffs, gardens and fires in Denmark
... seeing wild peacocks. When we left the park we went to go get some lunch at a little cafe. The cafe was named after a Danish king who had instituted the first parliament. After lunch we went back to the house where we relaxed. I read for a while laying in the sun and then took a short nap. When I woke up from my nap, Jens, Lillian, Brian and I went for a ride. We drove by a bunch of old homes all made from straw. They were really interesting to see. After ...


