What more could a girl want, right?

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On Tuesday, I began my morning with a Royalty in the Land of Equality visit to Rosenborg Castle, King Christian IV’s little summer home. And by “little,” I mean “gorgeously ornate and not small in the slightest.” The home is now a museum containing some of the most treasured items of Denmark’s past. Now, I’m talking about some intense stuff.

BEHOLD, the coronation crown of Christian IV, the most famous Danish King. Seriously, zoom in on this picture so you can see just how ridiculous this crown is. Yes, those are diamonds. Yes, those are tiny cherubs. Yes, that is gold and those are pearls. This guy does not mess around with his accessories.

  

And speaking of accessories, these are the crown jewels. I am normally not a fan of gigantic stones and sparkly things, but I would wear that tiara so good………… These are some of the current Queen’s favorite things to wear on big events. Can’t blame her.

And then there is the ballroom. (I danced this time.)

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After Danish, I had yet another field study for European Art of the 19th Century. We travelled (for my third time) to the National Gallery, or Statens Museum for Kunst.

I finally managed to get a decent picture of the outside, to give you an idea of just how vast this museum is. It’s no wonder I haven’t gotten bored going back. There are still a couple of exhibits (albeit none of the free ones) that I have yet to see. Some new favorites:

  

I think there is a clear theme to my favorite works of art: geometry and pretty colors. Also, this last one was in a room called “Deceiving the Eye,” (or something along those lines). Guess what? That is a flat painting! Such 3D. Very trick. Wow.

I finished off my visit with a quick sketch. How’d I do?

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To end my day, I attended a homestay network dinner set up by DIS. Sara was pretty upset that we weren’t chosen to host one, so we may organize something of the sort later on. There were five extra girls at Kandice’s house, and we ate way too much lasagna along with some homemade ice cream cake for dessert.

Here’s the ice cream cake. SO GOOD. Kandice’s host mom promised to send us the recipe, because I could eat that stuff all day.

A blurry picture of their puppy, Oreo. She was so hyper! I miss my own puppy back in Seattle….

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Alright. On that homesick note, I will bid you adieu and get back to the mountains of homework in front of me.

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Venlig hilsen/ best regards,

Lizzy-wa