After classes finished, my friends and I walked to the Little Mermaid statue and took TONS of pics. It was very cool, I'm glad I got to see it before they ship it off to China! We didn't stay very long because it was absolutely FREEZING near the water, so we spent most of the time walking to and from! On the way there we got a little lost and ended up walking through a military fortress which was cool. I haven't seen many military fortresses in my life, but I'd say that is one of the better ones, it looked very quaint!
Friday night we had our first taste of Copenhagen night life. First we went to dinner at Jensen's Bofhus (it is kind of like a steakhouse). Finding a place to eat certainly showed us firsthand what everyone means when they say Danes like to take their time in restaurants. The first place we went to there was a 1 hour wait, but only 1 reservation in front of us, people just eat slowly. So then we went to the other restaurant, got seated after about 40 minutes of waiting for 1 table to leave (when we got there, the bill had been paid, dessert eaten!) But finally we were seated, and spent 2.5 hours there, because the waiter left us (b/c as stated earlier, Danes take their time so the waiter gives you 2 hours to finish your food). That would have been fine, and we did have a good time, but then we were pretty late to our welcome party!
The welcome party was at a club that DIS rented out for us. It was pretty nice, the club was very cool, and DIS kids got free beer! At 11 they started letting in the general public and it got SOOOOO crowded we left (you literally couldn't move, definitely a fire hazard, someone spilled beer down my back). Then we just decided to go home because all of us live in host families so we have long commutes and were kind of unsure of the night schedule for our respective modes of transport (which was just us being paranoid Americans, the trains still run a lot, and surprisingly, there were still tons of people on the trains!). We figured we had plenty of opportunity to go out, and Copenhagen really is a very safe place so going out will definitely not be a problem!
Not much is planned for the weekend, tonight we may go out, but I'm not sure. Tomorrow I was going to go on a castle tour organized by DIS, but it filled up before I could sign up :-(
Food log:
Breakfast: musseli and yogurt
Lunch: ham and cheese sandwich, apple
Dinner: Danish hamburger (different than American, MUCH better), fried potatoes (not french fries), and we split a "Queens Delight" - waffle with ice cream, chocolate, hazelnut, and strawberry jam, sooooo good!!!!
Pictures very soon!
ooooh that waffle sounds so amazing. penny and i would like to split one right now. don't worry about your classes. no one is going to hoze you during your semester abroad. and it looks like you experienced why i hate clubs!! unless you and your friends want to go out dancing to meet boys, i would recommend doing some research or walking around different parts of copenhagen and find a cool bar with a good vibe where you can all sit down at a table, have a few drinks and actually hear each other talk. at least that's what i always prefered- and it's much cheaper than buying drinks in clubs after paying a cover charge to get in!! when the weather gets warmer, try to find places where you can sit outside to drink because that way you can people watch. and we always ended up meeting people at the tables around us, which was fun. or double check what the laws are and just buy a bottle of wine and go sit in a plaza or on the church steps.
ReplyDeletejust a few tips on how to maximize your non-american drinking experiences!!
oooh! and find out what the traditional danish drinks are and try them! or ask danes what they like to drink. you might discover something really tasty!
Like Pisco Sours, Colleen????
ReplyDeleteShe's right Katie! Colleen's suggestions sound MUCH better than going to crowed clubs...and cheaper....All the people in the Clubs are DIS kids anyway, right?
And tell us about this 7 night pub crawl? Will that be safe with all those kids in the clubs. If you feel uncomfortable in a crowded club....leave. Always go with your gut feeling.
We went to the Robert Burns party last night. Had "vegan" Hagas....or as dad calls it "faux hagis". The best part is always when Mr. Robertson reads the "Poem" if you will which is traditionally read before you eat the hagis. Not quite a prayer....but more of an "address". It is in old Scottish language and is hard to understand, but you get the drift. Very cool. Then he sings some traditional Scottish songs. It is surprising how few people we knew at the party! Oh, well.