GUESS WHAT I GOT TO SEE JACKSON. Very adventures. Such tired. Wow.
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Hamming-it-up outside Kronborg Castle, the setting for Hamlet! We also got a tour through the castle by Horatio himself, and he tried flirting with me and stabbed Jackson in the neck during a reenactment. ‘Twas fantastic.
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The castle facade, looming over its enemies to the soundtrack of marching soldiers (all of the sounds were rigged to motion sensors)
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A meal fit for kings at the Louisiana museum for modern art. I became a member haha…
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Some of my favorites (people, art, and paintings):
Yes, there was even art in the toilets.
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Sunday:
Entering Kastellet, an old military fortress
Jackson and his dream windmill house inside the fortress
The map! The place is actually shaped this way!
Here, you go Mom! I finally found your favorite statue in Copenhagen (by accident)! We hung around and just stared at it for a while because it was so cool.
An amazing close-up
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Some more sight seeing followed. You’ll see me with the famous Little Mermaid statue on the water, and then you’ll see Jackson with The Other Little Mermaid statue. Different sculptors, I think…
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Then we went to the Statens Museum for Kunst again, because how can you pass up a free museum full of beauty?
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There were also some… very interesting Modern art pieces, including an entire home that was crafted to perform as “The Naked Magician”‘s living space. Not sure I would want to be friends with this guy.
The only clean thing in the entire home was the inside of the microwave– perhaps a purposeful juxtaposition to the typical first world home?
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We finished off the night with dinner in Nyhavn. I finally tried some smørrebrød, a super typical and traditional Danish dish in the form of an open faced sandwich. (Ours had smoked salmon, liver pate, beets, bacon, cilantro, and other unidentifiables.)
Note that neither of us are looking at the camera, as we are too busy gazing into each other’s eyes. Because romance and stuff.
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On Monday morning, I began Core Course Week with DIS. This week, I am spending every ounce of class time with my core Sustainable Development in Northern Europe course. We spent the day travelling around Nørrebro (cleverly nicknamed NørreBronx), and learning all about urban livability and public spaces. On the topic of art:
Some cool street art/ grafitti
A library in a small community garden, with a bring-one-take-one set-up. Adorable!!!
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Afterwards, Jackson and I wandered around the city a bit, discovered some new lunch stops, ate lots of pastries and drank some of the best hot chocolate around, and visited Christiania:
I’ve heard lots of cool things about the place, and it is technically a “must-see” in Copenhagen, but we were pretty uncomfortable in there. It used to be a military barracks, but was taken over by squatters in the seventies and has continued its existence as a relatively independent little village. The inhabitants all make their own houses, quite a few people live here, and some of the art was really cool. However, the weed trade is real.
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I had to say goodbye to Jackson Monday night, but not for long! We just booked tickets last night for Paris in November. Hashtag Romance.
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Yesterday (Tuesday) I spent more time exploring with my core course. We found this awesome tree in my favorite park (Ørstedsparken), and then we got some free, organic, vegan dinner and smoothies at Botaniq near Nørreport Station. I had some delicious pinto bean stew and left way too full.
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So yes. I believe that counts as being up-to-date. I am currently in a flurry of catching up with school/blogging and packing, because TOMORROW MORNING I LEAVE FOR HAMBURG. Should be great. I’ll be travelling with my Sustainable Development course again, and we start off our trip with biking around the city! Wish me luck!!!
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Venlig hilsen/ besten grüßen/ best regards,
Lizzy-wa!!!