So this weekend is our long weekend of the semester because we didn’t have class yesterday! A bunch of people are traveling all weekend, and Gabi and I thought about it, but we never could decide on a place to go since plane tickets were all pretty steep. So instead, we decided to make our weekend in Copenhagen lots of fun! I was supposed to have two papers due next week, but both of them got the deadlines extended another week! I didn’t know this yet on Thursday, so I just stayed in and worked on my papers all night.
That was probably a good thing though because then I was ready to go on Friday! I met Gabi in her town about an hour away called Hillerød so that we could visit a gorgeous castle there, Frederiksborg Castle, which also houses the National Museum of History. Below is a a picture of the castle from the main part of town. We walked along a path by the water to get there.
The castle was built during the time of Christian IV (1588-1648), and it was restored after a fire that happened in 1859. The museum goes through Denmark’s history chronologically from 1500 until today, and it is full of the most important portraits and history paintings to Denmark.
I thought the coolest part of the rooms were the ceilings. Seriously, they were magnificent! I cannot imagine all of the work that went into building places like this.
This gnome statue was super creepy and just randomly sitting in the corner of one of the rooms. AH!
Gabi in the pink hallway on the left and Queen Margrethe II on the right, the current Queen of Denmark.
When we were walking around after we visited the museum, we found this hilarious sign outside of a saloon. Small beer 20 kroner, large beer 25 kroner, hygge 0 kroner. If you don’t know, hygge is this huge concept in Denmark of “coziness.” It is everywhere and it is talked about all the time!
Then we decided to go see a chick flick at the movie theater. We ended up seeing No Strings Attached with Ashton Kutcher and Natalie Portman. Gabi and I laughed a ton, but the other 5 girls in the theater didn’t much at all… I don’t think some of the jokes in English translate very well to Danish haha. Oh well, we really liked it! Going to the movies in Denmark is basically the same as in the US, except you pick out your seats when you buy your ticket even though I don’t think anyone really follows the seating assignments. The concession stands are also funny because they have tons of candy bins where you can pick out random candies and pay by the weight. They are obsessed with hard candies and licorice here… there is definitely not as much chocolate to choose from as in the US :(
After the movie, we went over to Gabi’s house and I ate dinner with her host family. Then we watched the Danish version of American Idol called X Factor. It was so cheesy and funny. You could definitely tell they have a lower budget than American Idol! They were down to the final three, so it was a pretty big deal apparently.
Gabi and I decided to go dancing in the city later… obviously. We went to our favorite club, Kulør Bar, and it was tons of fun! I stayed out the latest I have yet in Copenhagen. I took the 5:45am train home, so I didn’t get back until 6:30am! The sun was rising, and my host mom was already up for the day. Oops! Not really sure what the day has in store for me yet! Gabi and I were thinking about visiting Carlsberg Brewery, but it is 2pm and I am pretty sure she is still sleeping. Since the brewery closes at 5pm, I don’t think we will be making it. Oh well, there is always tomorrow!
Bye!
Emily
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