So the Friday after the Danish resistance museum, it was a SUNNY DAY! These are to be cherished in the Danish February. So, after walking around enjoying the sun we decided to walk to the Statens Museum for Kunst (translation: State Museum for Art). This is on our bus/bike route to town, so I had been dying to go there. It is also free, so I will probably be going back. Overall, pretty good museum with a slightly confusing layout. In my guidebook it said that you flow naturally from the ancient art to the more mordern stuff, but we somehow completely failed. Instead, we ended up in the area for small children after first finding these lumps of bronze that we supposed to represent the energy of creation.
This is our interpretation.After all also going through the kids area, which included a sweet dancing video, we finally got to the actual museum. They would often put a really modern piece next to more classical pieces, so you can see how they relate, which is something I really liked.
The next day was Valentine's day, which was another sunny day! Kelly, Lindsay, and I decided to go ice skating on the main square right next to Nyhavn. I got to show off my awesome ice skating skills once again (I can skate backwards, everyone hold your applause). Also, since it was so nice out we ended up getting ice cream and ate it while sitting on the edge of the harbor. A big group of us also went out to a great italian dinner that night which overall added up to a pretty good valentine's day.
Other news, we have started to get some regular places, which is really exciting. One of them is Monday burger night at Peder Oxe. This is by far the best deal in Copenhagen. You pay 35 kroner (which is less than $7), and get a delicious burger, salad, potatoes, and free water! The restaurant is a former monastery. The only downsides to this place is that it only serves that, which really isn't a downside b/c it is so delicious, and that it is so busy. You have to hover over other people to get a table.
Other new regular places, Laundrymat Cafe and Pussy Galore's Flying Circus. These are both cafes with amazing hot chocolate where we go to do work. Some may recognize Laundrymat from Passport to Europe, the episode where Samantha Brown visits Copenhagen, she goes to laundrymat cafe and yes, you can actually do laundry there. Pussy Galore's, as I am sure my dad knows, is a character from Goldfinger. This is another cafe near us that used to be one of the favorite haunts of the crown prince. I expected it to be slightly more scandelous than it is.
Other major news, my kollegium has started up a cooking club. A pair cooks every Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, and every meal has been DELCIOUS!. I started it off with my neighbor Emily, and we made penne with tomatoes, brie, and basil (I made the salad and garlic bread). Other meals that we have eaten: taco cassarole, macaroni and cheese, asian/hawaiian fusion, southern cookin', and white chocolate strawberry pancakes. I hope we are able to keep this club up because it is much better than my typical pasta or eggs in my room. It is interesting to try to cook for about 14 people when most of our cooking supplies are for one or two people, but the creativity adds to the wonderfullness of it.
This past weekend was Festlavn, but that deserves a whole post of its own that will be coming soon. Preview: it includes me dressed as Pippi Longstocking
Ok, you've got me excited for this Festlavn thing now! I hope you write about it soon!
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