Friday, April 8, 2011
Head start
You know those mornings where you wake up accidentally at like, 4:30 am and you can't get back to sleep so you wander around town or get a head start on your chores for the day, or something? Sometimes that's what it feels like here in Denmark. Knowing that I'm 6 hours ahead of the US and everyone in it. Even being so far away, sometimes it still feels like I'm so attached to my life at home and the people in it. So when I know I'm awake and everything there is dark and asleep, it's an odd feeling. It's a weird feeling. Like to be the only one awake and going with the day. Just some thoughts!
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
AMSTERDAM
I know I'm super behind on updating you all on my life, so here we go!
A few weekends ago I took off to Amsterdam with Sam and two guys from DIS. First of all, Amsterdam is BEAUTIFUL. Our hotel was in a great location, a close walk to touristy things and also Vondelpark where we spent lots of time walking around the green grass, near ponds, and over bridges. A very nice break from the gray, cold, stone surroundings of Copenhagen.
On Friday, we woke up early and headed out for a canal tour! The tour was beautiful and we saw many sites of the city. It's really interesting how the harbors weave through the entire city. In the evening, we went to Anne Frank's house. This was pretty intense. Seeing her actual diary, the bookcase, everything. Very non-vacation feeling, but still glad we went. After Anne Frank, we did another Amsterdam must and headed to the Red Light District. This was... yeah. I could only take so much. What a job that is.
Saturday we started the day off by visiting my favorite brewery/museum tour as of yet: THE HEINEKEN EXPERIENCE. We got to see the old factory equipment, go on a ride, get sprayed by beer, go through a taste testing, and of course we got some free beer. Brainwashed for sure. After getting a little drunk on the tour, we headed off to the Diamond Museum. Still not positive why we did this. Oh yeah, it was free and Sam likes shiny things. Then we went to the Van Gogh museum which was actually incredible. We spent the night club hopping. There may have been a poll involved at some point or another. Maybe.
And yeah! There's the PG version of my trip to Amsterdam!
A few weekends ago I took off to Amsterdam with Sam and two guys from DIS. First of all, Amsterdam is BEAUTIFUL. Our hotel was in a great location, a close walk to touristy things and also Vondelpark where we spent lots of time walking around the green grass, near ponds, and over bridges. A very nice break from the gray, cold, stone surroundings of Copenhagen.
On Friday, we woke up early and headed out for a canal tour! The tour was beautiful and we saw many sites of the city. It's really interesting how the harbors weave through the entire city. In the evening, we went to Anne Frank's house. This was pretty intense. Seeing her actual diary, the bookcase, everything. Very non-vacation feeling, but still glad we went. After Anne Frank, we did another Amsterdam must and headed to the Red Light District. This was... yeah. I could only take so much. What a job that is.
Saturday we started the day off by visiting my favorite brewery/museum tour as of yet: THE HEINEKEN EXPERIENCE. We got to see the old factory equipment, go on a ride, get sprayed by beer, go through a taste testing, and of course we got some free beer. Brainwashed for sure. After getting a little drunk on the tour, we headed off to the Diamond Museum. Still not positive why we did this. Oh yeah, it was free and Sam likes shiny things. Then we went to the Van Gogh museum which was actually incredible. We spent the night club hopping. There may have been a poll involved at some point or another. Maybe.
And yeah! There's the PG version of my trip to Amsterdam!
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Last tuesday: funny lesbian story and the ROSS boys!
So, last Tuesday was an all around great day. I spent over 2 hours just walking by myself around the city. The sun was out, it wasn't too cold, it was very very nice.
In the evening, I have a movie screening to go to for my Danish class. We see Idioterne (The Idiots), a Dogma film which... was pretty emotionally exhausting. So afterwords my friend Bobby and I decide that we definitely need a beer, or a few, so we head to Floss. We're just chillin, chatting, and I happen to nudge him at one point and say- look a lesbian. In the crowd was a short haired, flannel wearing, very obvious to me, lesbian. Bobby questioned me, through the Floss smoke haze it is very difficult to see sometimes. Ha.
Anyway, the night goes on! We meet up with Sam and her brothers, who are visiting, at Billy Booze Discount Bar- obviously obsessed with this place. It was really awesome to see them and we all just hung out and had a nice time. I'm attaching this picture, not only because we look like we could be siblings, but because we MATCH!
So then I'm on the train home. I'm looking down at my phone playing the little racing game when all of a sudden I hear... blahblahdanishdanishFLOSS? So I look up, since I was at Floss earlier in the night, and literally two seats in front of me facing me IS THE LESBIAN FROM FLOSS. I quickly say that I don't speak Danish and she says- "oh, sorry, were you at Floss earlier tonight? I thought I recognized you." WHAT UP. We didn't even speak at Floss. I just like to think I'm that memorable. So I laugh and say that I indeed was. She goes on to talk about how she was just there for a party and it isn't her usual place...and then she bluntly asks, "So, are you a lesbian or whatever?" I burst out laughing. We are in a train car with other people and I go into hysterics momentarily. Then, I compose myself and answer- why yes I am. We end up chatting for the twenty minutes of my train ride, exchanging numbers (no she is NOT my type), and she invites me over to her place to play with her dog. How hilarious is my life?
In the evening, I have a movie screening to go to for my Danish class. We see Idioterne (The Idiots), a Dogma film which... was pretty emotionally exhausting. So afterwords my friend Bobby and I decide that we definitely need a beer, or a few, so we head to Floss. We're just chillin, chatting, and I happen to nudge him at one point and say- look a lesbian. In the crowd was a short haired, flannel wearing, very obvious to me, lesbian. Bobby questioned me, through the Floss smoke haze it is very difficult to see sometimes. Ha.
Anyway, the night goes on! We meet up with Sam and her brothers, who are visiting, at Billy Booze Discount Bar- obviously obsessed with this place. It was really awesome to see them and we all just hung out and had a nice time. I'm attaching this picture, not only because we look like we could be siblings, but because we MATCH!
So then I'm on the train home. I'm looking down at my phone playing the little racing game when all of a sudden I hear... blahblahdanishdanishFLOSS? So I look up, since I was at Floss earlier in the night, and literally two seats in front of me facing me IS THE LESBIAN FROM FLOSS. I quickly say that I don't speak Danish and she says- "oh, sorry, were you at Floss earlier tonight? I thought I recognized you." WHAT UP. We didn't even speak at Floss. I just like to think I'm that memorable. So I laugh and say that I indeed was. She goes on to talk about how she was just there for a party and it isn't her usual place...and then she bluntly asks, "So, are you a lesbian or whatever?" I burst out laughing. We are in a train car with other people and I go into hysterics momentarily. Then, I compose myself and answer- why yes I am. We end up chatting for the twenty minutes of my train ride, exchanging numbers (no she is NOT my type), and she invites me over to her place to play with her dog. How hilarious is my life?
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
I can now cook an entire meal!
For those of you who know my cooking skills, you should all be very impressed. I have now been taught how to make an amazing tomato soup, frikadeller (Danish meatballs) and I can also make Danish pancakes! That's a three course meal right there!
London: Saturday
Last day in London. Took our last tube ride over to Camden Market and spent the morning wandering around all the little stands and shops. It was MASSIVE and there were so many different stands with clothing, jewelry, random stuff, foods, everything.
Then we had afternoon tea at the Chestfield Mayfair. A way-too-fancy hotel considering we were a bunch of 20 year old exhausted American kids. Delicious though.
Then we got on the plane and headed back to Copenhagen! Goodbye, warm, beautiful, amazing London!
Overall, the trip was one of the best weeks of my life. I saw so much, I learned so much, and I had an awesome time. Tak, DIS!
Then we had afternoon tea at the Chestfield Mayfair. A way-too-fancy hotel considering we were a bunch of 20 year old exhausted American kids. Delicious though.
Then we got on the plane and headed back to Copenhagen! Goodbye, warm, beautiful, amazing London!
Overall, the trip was one of the best weeks of my life. I saw so much, I learned so much, and I had an awesome time. Tak, DIS!
London: Friday
Friday was an AMAZING day. It began with a trip in a small group to a company called 3 Fish in a Tree that does really any sort of advertising work in any sort of medium for any sort of company. The company consists of a bunch of graphic designers and they take on all sorts of projects and their boss just has this amazing work ideology about conserving creative integrity and letting people have fun and explore their potential. Ah! Sign me up. Other than the fact that I am not a graphic designer...
Our next stop was to the Daily Telegraph- how cool is that? Where we heard from the guy that basically does brand integrity work and decides what advertisements go into their publications and which ones don't. I would literally love this job. He has to do with the legal sides, which ads are legally appropriate, but also he gets to analyze ads to decide which ones fit in to their brand identity. HOW MUCH WOULD I LOVE THAT. So much.
After that visit, I separated from the group and met up with a friend for an awesome day of sight seeing. Our first stop: Borough Market. Pretty sure this is basically the most famous gourmet food market in the world or something. Loved it. She made me try a melted cheese sandwich, aka a grilled cheese, but it was amazing. Then we headed to Monument tower and climbed all 311 stairs up to the top for a beautiful view of the city. After climbing back down, we headed over to Tower Bridge and went into the towers and saw the exhibitions.
In the evening, she took me out to dinner. I was informed that we would be going somewhere "nice"... but where we went just blew my mind. If you look at the London skyline was the other side of Waterloo bridge, you'll see the OXO tower. We had dinner in the restaurant at the top of that building.
That's the view from the restaurant's balcony.
After dinner, we walked through Covent Garden and headed to Candy Bar. The only (?) Lesbian bar in London. Yup. Three stories of pure awesome. Ha. It was a lot of fun. Definitely gives Vela in Copenhagen a run for its money! I should probably write up a review of these two lesbian bars on babesandberries. I'll get on that.
Anyway, Friday was awesome and a great last full day in London. I still can't believe how much I saw and how much ground I covered in London in just six days.
Our next stop was to the Daily Telegraph- how cool is that? Where we heard from the guy that basically does brand integrity work and decides what advertisements go into their publications and which ones don't. I would literally love this job. He has to do with the legal sides, which ads are legally appropriate, but also he gets to analyze ads to decide which ones fit in to their brand identity. HOW MUCH WOULD I LOVE THAT. So much.
After that visit, I separated from the group and met up with a friend for an awesome day of sight seeing. Our first stop: Borough Market. Pretty sure this is basically the most famous gourmet food market in the world or something. Loved it. She made me try a melted cheese sandwich, aka a grilled cheese, but it was amazing. Then we headed to Monument tower and climbed all 311 stairs up to the top for a beautiful view of the city. After climbing back down, we headed over to Tower Bridge and went into the towers and saw the exhibitions.
In the evening, she took me out to dinner. I was informed that we would be going somewhere "nice"... but where we went just blew my mind. If you look at the London skyline was the other side of Waterloo bridge, you'll see the OXO tower. We had dinner in the restaurant at the top of that building.
That's the view from the restaurant's balcony.After dinner, we walked through Covent Garden and headed to Candy Bar. The only (?) Lesbian bar in London. Yup. Three stories of pure awesome. Ha. It was a lot of fun. Definitely gives Vela in Copenhagen a run for its money! I should probably write up a review of these two lesbian bars on babesandberries. I'll get on that.
Anyway, Friday was awesome and a great last full day in London. I still can't believe how much I saw and how much ground I covered in London in just six days.
London: Thursday
Thursday was our cultural outing day! STONEHENGE AND BATH!
First we visited Stonehenge and had an extremely windy tour with a woman who used many popup books to explain the history and mystery and loves rocks. Of course.
Bath is BEAUTIFUL. Like London, my expectations were blown out of the water. The Roman Baths in themselves are something striking, but the rest of the city is simply stunning. We did a self guided tour of the baths and then ended it with drinking some of the mineral water! The water is supposed to be super good for you but it left a lot of my friends with stomach aches.
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