Okay so I haven't blogged yet about my trip to Copenhagen so here it is. I have to say first of all that the Danish language is not hard to read since I know German, but hearing it is a completely different thing. It really does sound like gibberish and I never thought it sounded like they were making sense. That drove me crazy! Anyways, after leaving the train station and finally meeting up with Alex we started the long trip back to his apartment. We had to lug around my two huge suitcases, I had my back pack and my other bag so that was fun. All of those cobblestone streets are not fun with suitcases and lots on your back. Luckily we were able to get my stuff down to the train platform and then onto the train without too much of a problem.
The train ride home was about twenty minutes. We had a little more difficulty getting the suitcases out of that train station because we had to go up stairs and then down some stairs and there weren't any escalators or anything like that. The walk home was about twenty minutes with the suitcases and not fun. Once we were there we had to go up to the top floor, about three flights of stairs, with the bags and by then I thought my arms were going to fall off.
Once we got into the apartment, dinner was waiting for us and I met Elinor and Rosie. They were both very nice and I really liked Elinor. She was an 83 year old woman who liked to folkdance, do yoga, and gymnastics. She was the typical spunky old woman that would tell you like it is and she was pretty sarcastic. She made us a lovely dinner with some kind of pork dish, red cabbage, and potatoes. It was pretty good and it was nice to have real food after my long long day.
After dinner Alex and I went to meet some of his friends at the Australian Bar located across the street from his school. They were having beer pong night and there were only Americans there. It was fun though to meet some other IU students and other DIS students. I wasn't in the mood to drink, but I had fun. Once we got back home I hit that bed and was out in no time. I was lucky that Alex didn't have class the next day so I could sleep in til 10.
On Wednesday, Alex, myself, and his friends Adam, Amber and Syed all went to the National Museum because it was free on Wednesdays. Before Syed got there we walked around and saw Parliament and some of the buildings around there. The museum itself was really nice and there was a lot to it. We mainly saw medieval and renaissance art, but it was cool. Afterwards Adam and Amber left and the rest of us stayed to look at the great, but small toy exhibit.
Afterwards, Alex, Syed and I all walked to try to find Christiania. Elinor had suggested it to me that morning, but I didn't really know what it was. Alex and Syed knew more about it or at least had some idea. I think I kept thinking she was talking about something related to Hans Christen Andersen so when I first saw it I didn't think we were at the right place. Let me just say that was a very interesting place. I knew right away that we stuck out and people were giving us looks. I was glad I was there with Alex and Syed.
There was a lot of graffiti and a few dogs running around. People were selling some things and standing around fires in barrels. It was a very different place then what I was used to. Most people were smoking and you knew they weren't smoking cigarettes. I don't think I have ever smelled that much weed in my life. We walked up some stairs and then asked some random man where the center of the town was and he pointed to where we had just come from. We asked him about the drugs and he said that people only really smoke weed and if you ask about other things like coke they will get mad. When we asked about prices, the guy just whipped out a joint and told us how much one of those would cost and then preceded to light it and smoke it. It was really eye opening to say the least. Afterwards we went back home and had dinner. I just watched a movie and Alex did homework.
The next day we had to be up early for Alex's class. After his first class we did some exploring and found the pharmacy since Alex was sick. We then walked along the water and saw the palace where the royal family is. We saw the city church, which we think was Lutheran, and it was really pretty on the inside. I love going into churches and that one was extremely beautiful. Then we got to see the changing of the guard which was fun. A band came marching in and then around the square. The guards did their weird thing and it was pretty funny to watch them. We didn't stay for the entire thing since it looked like they were just staring each other down.
We also went to this little quant tea shop to buy a gift for Elinor. This place looked like something out of Harry Potter. They had little scales to weigh the tea and they gave you a piece of candy after you bought some. It was great! We had a little lunch at a bakery and I had some pizza. It was served cold, which was okay, but not my favorite. I then agreed to go to Alex's Hans Christen Andersen class and they were discussing the Little Mermaid. It was a really said story and I would much prefer Disney over his original version any day. Once class was over we went and found the Little Mermaid statue. It took a bit to find and we started by going the wrong way, but we managed to find it. It really wasn't as exciting as you would think, but it was nice to see. Since we walked around all day, my shoes ended up getting soaked and then my socks. It sucked because I had to walk around with wet feet and I was concerned that by the time I took my shoes off I would have really stinky feet, which would not be pleasant for anyone. Luckily that didn't happen.
That night I just took it easy and Alex and I watched a movie. We also watched some TV with Elinor and that was fun. It was a nice night to stay in and I'm glad I did. The next morning we had to struggle again with my luggage and this time the handle on the biggest bag wouldn't come up so we had to drag it. Not fun!
It was a great time though and I highly recommend Copenhagen to everyone!
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