Hotell Ahlstrom Lund

... me that it's a great place to study. university is free in sweden and the atmosphere is not competitive and driven by interest. students tend to take their time, usually not entering uni directly from highschool. also, the student flat was nicer than anything i have (and continue to) live in. it also has free laundry (!) and free sauna (!!!), which me, sugata and some of his flatmates made use of that night. on thursday i ...

... surround this small group of Nazis (and the international student housing building where I live) and chant really aggressive sounding Swedish words at them. The only thing I could make out was the phrase "Nazi Pigs". It was a really intense scene. People kept throwing things like rocks and those little roadside hazard firesticks at each other. (no guns though - afterall this is Sweden) I am proud to say that the nation I joined - the ...

... They wanted to know why I wasn't in class, and came to tell me about another presentation that we had been assigned that day. WTF? I was like, "what do you mean not in class? It was changed to tomorrow." S. said "no, it was changed back to today at noon" I said "******** man, I checked to damn time schedule twice before I went to bed last night." And N. said "Ah! You don't check the schedule, they don't change that, they change it under 'Lecture ...

... or 450 F. Didn't know that. *I also now know that there are 100 ml in 1 dl. Although I still have no idea what 1 dl looks like in real life. *You're not supposed to make eye contact with people you pass by on the street. If you do happen to make eye contact, for god's sakes DON'T smile at them whatever you do. I recently read somewhere that in Sweden, if a passerby smiles at you, Swedes generally tend to think the smiler ...

... a bottle of liquor and still ok to go out afterwards...yay!) I took charge of the veggie side of things as I am the only vegetarian on the floor. Salad was requested so I made Food for Thought's signature salad for everyone: nice greens with feta, toasted hazelnuts, and dried cranberries. And I made homemade rasberry vinegrette. Everyone said they liked it alot. I think by now I have met almost all of the ...

... light show, so I killed some time using the cheap internet just a few steps away, at the train station. Still thirsty after the Chinese food, I sucked down a Tuborg beer while I surfed. The light show was much more enjoyable than I thought it would be - it was a great way to end the night, and my time in Copenhagen, despite getting rained on again. Luckily, the rain subsided before the show started.

... It's rare to find a Mexican food place anywhere in Europe, especially one in Denmark. Even more rare is to find a real Mexican in Europe (Spanish don't count fool). The two guys who ran the place were Indian actually, we couldn't figure it out but the food was authentic and awesome! This was one of the first meals in a long time when Karla and I ordered way too much food but then totally cleaned our plates. I didn't ask who taught them to cook Mexican food, but I wondered if ...

... On the other hand, the Gefion Fountain is obviously much higher up on that list. It features a large-scale group of oxen being driven by the legendary Norse goddess, Gefyon. It is the largest monument in København and is used as a wishing well. The fountain was donated to the city of København by the Carlsberg Foundation on the occasion of the brewery's 50th anniversary. The fountain depicts the mythical story of the creation of the island of Zealand on which København ...

... which is a nice day trip from the city. I also visited Copenhagen's iconic Little Mermaid statue. Jes took me to the Tivoli Gardens and shopping on the main streets. We had and a fantastic dinner at Madklubben my last night out. But overall, it was a pretty chill couple of days in Denmark.

... lunch we decided to pick one thing that each of us wanted to see. Reky picked the Powder Tower, I selected Rosenberg Slot, and Stacey chose Nyhaven. We also talked to the lady working at the bakery, and Reky asked her if she knew of any places in Copenhagen were we could have a typical Danish supper. She took our map and spent about ten minutes discussing places with a co-worker and marking them off for us! We could not believe how helpful she was ...