The Royal Gardens is most definily one of my favorite places in the city. i cannot seem to stay away. Tuesday of last week, after i finished my super hard Developmental Disorders midterm, i rewarded myself with a Hindbaer Snitter (two layers of flatbread pastry with raspberry in the middle and frosting hardened on top) and retreated to the Gardens. I found my spot by the fountain and when that lost sunlight, moved under a giant tree where I finally got some overdue letters written and soaked up my needed dose of nature.
my last cooking class was on the 12th and the theme was fabulous fish.... I cooked, i tasted, but after loving teh other meals so much, this was kind of a downer ending. I dont know if fish will ever be my thing. but ill post the recipies anyways.
On friday, a once a year event took over Copenhagen
CULTURE NIGHT!!
"For one night each year, many of Copenhagen's cultural establishments open their doors after hours for a series of night time guided tours and exhibitions. The whole city and many outlying boroughs take part in the night known as 'The Night of Culture', providing a great opportunity for locals and visitors to see a new side to the city. With activities and events for children, couples, families, groups and individuals, Kulturnatten includes dance, theatre, music, art, city walks exhibitions and lectures. The single ticket allows access to over 300 museums, exhibition halls, churches, libraries, schools, organisations, and a great number of venues which are normally not open to the public."
the number of people on the street that night was awesome! everyone from families with little kids and older couples to groups of preteens and students in theri 20s came out to enjoy the city. i could have been happy jsut walking the streets but the tickets were such a good deal we bought passes and explored a few of the MANYMANY event options going on.
Sarah, Amy and I made a great dinner to prep for the cold night and headout out to see what we could find.
We started at the Round Tower, built by King Christian the 4th. the line to get to the top took forever but the veiw was GORGEOUS!
The museum in teh Palace was open and being inside the buildings we have stodd outsid eso many times was too good to pass up. The main exhibit was dedicated to Queen Ingrid, the present Queens mother.
we saw hwo seh decorated the rooms, read about the work she did in her life for the Danish people and saw some of her dresses.
one room had the entire family tree of the danish royal family. here is a shot of the current monarchs.
for there we walked arun doutsid efor a while and enjoyed a concert going on in one of the squares. we also defrosted with some needed hot drinks ( i drink teas at least once a day over here)
The Royal Danish Academy of Music had opened the Garnisons Kirke (church) and we stopped in there to see the beautiful building
Teh Parliament Reception rooms were our next stop. we had to where showercaplike booties over our shoes to be allowed in the building.
one room was empty except for a few chairs and this musician.
i sat there trasnfixed for a idont knwo how long at the acustics in thr room amplified teh music until i felt liek i was floating in a cloud of classical melodies. It was a major high point of the night!
The royal stabels were a reaflly fun treat. the horses were HUGE! the top of thier backs were level with the top of my head. but thier bodies were thing and sleek. They were very beautiful creatures. A stable hand was working with a white one and i got my fingers nibbled :)
the second half of the stables were a bunch of the old carriages used by the royal family
can u imagine riding in something like this??
the carriaged were our last stop of the night but by that time it had actually become saterday morning.
:)
Saturday, me and the rest of the Norrebrogade 176 girls explored the Carlsberg Brewery.
(i read this sign without thinking and then realized what a cool moment that was :) "what time does the next bus come? read the other side" :P)
The Carlsberg Brewery
there were 7 isles like this!
a museum that told about the history of beer making and the ENTIRE history of the Carlsberg beer company
how they made the old beer barrels was actually really interesting to watch.
a miniature version of Denmark's Little Mermaid statue
we met a cat.... it was one of the highlights of my day.............
wow that sounds so sad hahaha. i just really miss having a kitty to cuddle with
some quotes from the walls of the brewery's bar
we did this thing where you smelled a whole bunch scents/flavors that go into different beers
and recorded our favorite and those we did not like. it was a way to figure out which beers would be our favorites.I tried the Carlsberg Pilsner with scents of hops, citrus and grain/cereal and the Carl's Special with toasted bread, almonds and caramel
i really liked both but the Special was my favorite
we all tried two
Sunday, i skipped out on homework for as long as i could and enjoyed the sunny day at the park with Sarah and Amy.
Erin sent Sarah the game rummikub for her birthday!! :):):)
Wednesday this week, i did not have any field studies for my classes, so I found something else:
"Blomstein & Bien" aka
"The Flower and the Bee" children's exhibit at
the Statens Museum for Kunst/ the National Gallery of Denmark
Sarah and Amy went with me.
(this is a really sexual and odd painting when you look closely at the little veggies)
"World's Best Grandma"
Sarah's addition (the artist :))
Amy's
Mine (i have no drawing skills :P)
this was full of little notes about what love to random people
The whole exhibit made me miss my parents, Dana, my grandmas, my friends at home & at school:
everyone i love!
but it was a cute exhibit that brightened my rainy day
before going home we wandered through the Royal Gardens yet again
Just a last reminder for you all:
yes this is a real sign :D
xoxo
t
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