August 27, 2015 – Castles and Other Pretty Things

My eyes are numb. My feet are sore. My hunger for adventure is shaken AND stirred in all of the right ways. I have seen The Promised Land.

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Just kidding. But I have seen lots of ridiculously beautiful and positively overwhelming sites of enormous historical importance. And I have tasted the wine. (It was gross.)

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The double cone fountain in the Royal Library gardens

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The Royal Library/ Black Diamond

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My blueberry cheesecake and Italian wine from BioMio, an entirely organic and delicious restaurant where a Scan|Design (my fellowship supporters) welcome-to-Copenhagen dinner was held on Tuesday. I tried, but I didn’t get through much of the wine…

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AND THEN. Frederiksborg Slot. The Danish castle that dates back to the early 1600s. It experienced a horrible winter fire in the 1800s and was reconstructed and repurposed as a museum in 1878. Alright. Now I’m just going to bombard you with pictures for a little while…

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It was a dark and stormy night…

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The beautiful facade of the castle!

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The castle grounds

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Me. And trees. (I didn’t have a prince to take a stroll across the grounds with me, so I just sat and sulked for a while.)

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The church– the detail in here was unbelievable.

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And to top it off, this. Is a door handle. Like what the actual heck. It led to the ballroom, where I had to sulk yet again at my lack of princes (you know, for dancing and stuff).

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Alright, time for bed. Maybe next time I’ll give a Danish lesson.

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Venlig hilsen/ best regards,

Lizzy-wa

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