I’M BEHIND. BECAUSE I AM BUSY EXPLORING THE WORLD AND SEEING THE THINGS AND TASTING THE CHOCOLATE (lots of chocolate) AND BECOMING THE ENLIGHTENED YOUNG THING THAT SOCIETY EXPECTS OF ME. Sorry, Mom.

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Friday morning in a nutshell:

1. Field study with Equality in Scandinavia and my ridiculously entertaining and hilarious instructor Steffen (seen below leading the class on a bike in a standard Polo outfit while holding an umbrella to hold off the torrential rain/thunderstorm that ensued immediately after we began our tour)
2. Continued attempts at ordering coffee in Danish, with little success
3. Field study to the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, with special entrance to the director’s office and the workshop of the assistant professor for the sculpting department
4. I BOOKED MY TICKETS FOR ICELAND

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^Professor Steffen

This adorable 400-500 year old building with extremely beautiful and ornate decoration (and copper roofs!) still remains amongst the throng of modern buildings crowding the rest of the street.

A sculptor’s workspace. So clean. So tidy.

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Then Sara met up with me so we could travel over to Nørrebro.

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She can be seen here looking extremely classy in the beautiful garden graveyard that houses Hans Christian Anderson, Kierkegaard, and many other well-known and good-doing Danes.

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This is a typical grave. The surroundings had a very interesting effect on the feel of the area– people were respectful, but not sad and mournful as in other graveyards. I feel like this design can help us celebrate the lives of those lost rather than despairing over their gone-ness. (Sorry, having trouble forming poetic sentences at the moment.)

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Then we walked over to Superkilen, a large new urban park in the heart of the neighborhood.

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There were hundreds of Albanians gathered in the Red Square (part one of the park), pre-gaming for the Denmark-Albania game that night. I was supposed to go, but the airport pull was stronger. A little upset about that, but I’ll live.

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Me and my little buddy modeling-it-up at Mimer Square, the second part of Superkilen.

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My Sustainable Development in Northern Europe class returned to this park on Monday and learned the ins and outs of its design, creation, ideas, and functionality from a fantastically compelling architect and urban planner. One of my favorite quotes of hers: “People are more radiant than the sun.”

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We finished off our Friday by waiting in the airport for The Significant Other, but he ended up ruining our surprise plans by sneaking up from behind. I’ll recount the adventures that followed in my next post. Until next time!

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Venlig hilsen/ best regards,

Lizzy-wa