Denmark

I've been a busy bee the last few weeks. At times, I thought I might unravel: school tugging on one string--family and friends at the other. And it's not over yet. I have 2 huge papers and an enormous project to finish between now and next week, and I can feel the stress oozing through me. But, while I have just a few minutes before going in for my internship, I'll blog about my trip to Denmark.

I got to Copenhagen airport and followed the directions Mike gave me: take a train to the Norreport stop. There, I would be able to find something to eat, do some window shopping, and find a couple museums to kill time until he got out of class. To my surprise, it seems that everyone and their pet goldfish rides a bike. What's more shocking is that they don't lock them up like in Philly (with a huge, impenetrable U-lock); they just lock up the back wheel with a built-in lock and leave it. If bikes were left like that in Philly, they wouldn't last 10 minutes.

I wandered around for a bit, checking things out. It was a dreary day, which I hear is typical. This is part of a fountain in one of the open squares.

I stumbled upon the Glyptotek museum, and for 50DKK, I spent the next couple hours admiring fine sculptures and ancient Egyptian artifacts. Unfortunately, I was exhausted from waking up at 4:30am for my travels, so I just parked myself on a bench in the atrium until I could gather the energy to find some lunch.

I found a cute cafe down the street, where it looked like it might be easy to communicate (it had English food descriptions in the windows). Mike said that just about everyone speaks English, but I wasn't taking any chances. Language barriers and me aren't the best of friends and I figured I'd take all the help I could get. One delicious veggie burger and two cups of coffee later, I was out 140DKK ($25)--but that's including the 30 Kroner ($5.30) tip I didn't know I didn't have to leave. Ah well... an hour and a half well-spent.

The National Gallery

The got a blizzard while I was there, making it unbearably cold and miserable to go anywhere. Still, we went to a concert in a small hippie village in the middle of Copenhagen, and despite the weather, we had an awesome time.


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I'm not going to kid myself. I've had this much written for a couple of weeks now, and I don't think I'll finish it. I have so much new stuff going on. You can see the rest of the pictures when i get home. Sorry! To sum it up, though, I got my flight out virtually on time and went to Rome. Though the touristy areas were nice, I didn't care for the city much at all. It's dirty, with grafitti and litter everywhere, and most of the people I met were sly/rude/creepy. And to top it off, I couldn't really communicate because most people pretend to not know English unless it's in a tourist area, and then you're going to get ripped off anyway.

I did enjoy myself, though. Katie was an excellent tour guide and it was lovely seeing her.

Hey all,

I'm safe, sound, and excited to be back in an English-speaking country. I have tons of great pictures and tales of my adventure. Unfortunately, I won't get to posting them until after the weekend because Katie has been visiting this week, wearing me out, and I haven't had the time or energy to do an update. Thom will be here Saturday and Christie and Bernie, on Sunday. Busy busy!

Alright - I'm off to bed (before midnight). Night!