Linnea Helsingborg

... obviously inside by the fire) Afternoon at Thorvaldsen Museum.... A treat of statues..... More naked marble than you could point a stick at. That's the classics for you. Museum free that afternoon so a double bonus. Bern fell asleep for 45 mins or so in the main gallery... not sure what the staff thought.... she was so till she could have been an exhibit except sh had all her clothes on.

... and asked for directions. They asked in English (American I think) the direction to Frue Plads (a main square in the mall area of the city). I started to answered them in Danish (just for a laugh) quickly apologised and repeated myself in English. They were very grateful and thanked me profusely and commended me on how well I spoke English... I was laughing so ******* the inside but was cool as a cucumber on the outside. I thanked them and said ...

HALLOWEEN: (31.10.08)   Right up until Halloween, I had no idea what I wanted to go as. I had been given suggestions ranging from Tommy Pickles from The Rugrats, to a robber, to Wally from Where's Wally? Nothing seemed to be that easy to do or that interesting.   At about 4pm on Halloween day, Steve suggested I should go as Tom Cruise from Risky Business - the scene where he slides out in socks, underwear & a white shirt ...

alas, i was only there for a day. not enough time to see and appreciate its beauty. will come back though some other time. but i have to thank one antique shop in copenhagen for my my very nice set of trinkets for my wealth (such little wealth mind you). they were all very beautiful and very useful.

... they were strictly salt water creatures, I also thought they needed warmer water. Obviously I was wrong. I got a picture of one and hope it comes out. One interesting thing about Shakespeare. He never visited the castle. King Christian the 4th was a great supporter of the arts and regularly had acting troupes come to the castle to perform, mainly Shakespeare's works. After seeing one, the king wrote to Shakespeare to thank him for his work. It was after this that ...

... around. The first 'Dane' we met proved what we had been told that Denmark is home to the happiest people in the world. On the other side of the fortress we were guided through the royal reception rooms, royal library, and balls rooms. Here is where the Royal Danish Family once resided. From there we traveled across the city to the famous Little Mermaid statue, commemorating Hans Christian Anderson's fairytale. After the tour we stayed in ...

... like crying. I was totally defeated, and to top it off our train to Copenhagen was late coming in. It was the straw that broke the camel's back. I sat dejected in at the platform. Karla made me feel better by making fun of some people with matching Rick Steves luggage. They were older travelers and each had fanny packs, we got a kick out of it. I have nothing directly against Rick Steves travel; I've looked up information on their sites before because I know it's valid and up to ...

... Also, all of these cultural attractions stay open extra long on this night of nights. With my badge, which also grants one unlimited public transport on said night, I visited the zoo, Radhuspladsen (Copenhagen town hall, plus this word is actually meant to have some Danish inflectiony things on a couple of the letters but I don't know how to do that), Christiansborg Palace and a nameless Church. And although I do not know the name of this ...

... however let's not understate my importance, I wrote this spectactular piece of SOMETHING didn't I?). N.B: Something is in capitals because whoever can replace it with a funny word will recieve my laughter delivered straight to his, or her (I'm not prejudiced), door via Wood Post (Ha! Posts can be made of wood, I've seen them). One last thing I'd like to mention about my first few days is the uniqueness of Danish pronunciation. I thought that ...

This weekend ended up being my last weekend in Copenhagen as part of the Experience Nordic program. It all felt quite rushed! In June, I was staffed on a project in London that will last until September, so as of July, I will be moving to London for the duration of the project. I'm excited to live in London, but a bit sad to be leaving Copenhagen, and especially so quickly! I felt like I was just starting to settle in. It ended up being a fun weekend ...