Saturday, March 28, 2009
Status: Alive
Just wanted to give readers of my blog a shoutout so that you would all know that I am alive and wasn't sold into white slavery or anything. I just finished my DIS portion of my study break, where I was able to go to Prague and Berlin. Both were amazing, and I will be making multiple posts later. Right now I am in London, and will be traveling to Edinburgh on Tuesday night and back to Copenhagen on the next Sunday for a couple days, then off to Stockholm. It will be a action-packed couple weeks!
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Mary Ann visits Ginger
Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone!This past weekend my friend Mary Ann was here from Bath to visit me! She arrived Thursday night, and I took her to the laundry mat cafe for food and hot chocolate. It was a very hygge time. Then, on Friday I walked her all around town and showed her the major sights, which is quite a bit of walking. Eventually, the weather got worse and worse (The weather became horrible once Mary Ann got here), so we decided to go to the National Museum. It was a lot of fun, my favorite part was the children's section of the museum. We got to dress up in some sweet viking gear. Mary Ann enjoyed the fact that about every other exhibit randomly had a skull in it They also had some bog people, which were really interesting. 
Here I am pretending to be a vicious viking!
On Saturday, we went to La Glace for some cake, since Mary Ann's birthday is Thursday. It was, as always, delicious! This time I got the H.C. Hat, which was a chocolate caramel cake. We then went off to the Carlsberg factory, where they make what is "probably the best beer in the world". Their slogan epitomizes the Danish modesty, and I definitely agree with it! The factory was really fun though, and we met up with my friend Lindsay who also had a friend visiting. The self guided tour wasn't that impressive, but we did get two free beers at the end!
Here we are in front of the Carlsberg elephant, one of their mascots.
That night we went out for mexican, since there are no mexican restaurants in Bath. After that we had a pretty low-key night, and just stayed in to catch up and watched a movie. Sadly, Mary Ann had to leave really early Sunday morning, but it was so nice to see her for the time she was here!
The rest of this week has been spent solidifying travel plans, since our study break starts this weekend. So far, my traveling this is my traveling plans.
Prague March 21-24
Berlin March 24-27
London March 28-31 (with a day trip to Bath one of those days)
Edinburgh April 1-5
Copenhagen April 6-8
Holly Arrives!
Stockholm April 9-13
Holly leaves:( April 16
Budapest April 24-26
I am so excited to go all around!
Here I am pretending to be a vicious viking!On Saturday, we went to La Glace for some cake, since Mary Ann's birthday is Thursday. It was, as always, delicious! This time I got the H.C. Hat, which was a chocolate caramel cake. We then went off to the Carlsberg factory, where they make what is "probably the best beer in the world". Their slogan epitomizes the Danish modesty, and I definitely agree with it! The factory was really fun though, and we met up with my friend Lindsay who also had a friend visiting. The self guided tour wasn't that impressive, but we did get two free beers at the end!
Here we are in front of the Carlsberg elephant, one of their mascots.That night we went out for mexican, since there are no mexican restaurants in Bath. After that we had a pretty low-key night, and just stayed in to catch up and watched a movie. Sadly, Mary Ann had to leave really early Sunday morning, but it was so nice to see her for the time she was here!
The rest of this week has been spent solidifying travel plans, since our study break starts this weekend. So far, my traveling this is my traveling plans.
Prague March 21-24
Berlin March 24-27
London March 28-31 (with a day trip to Bath one of those days)
Edinburgh April 1-5
Copenhagen April 6-8
Holly Arrives!
Stockholm April 9-13
Holly leaves:( April 16
Budapest April 24-26
I am so excited to go all around!
Monday, March 16, 2009
Oslo and Odense Pictures
This way to Norway!
Our wonderful boat!
The Scream by Edvard Munch
The elusive sun of Norway
The Royal Palace, where we then had a snowball fight. I'm with Emily, Lindsay, and Arpi
The closest thing we saw to an iceberg.
Hans Christian Andersen's top hat from his museum in Odense
The Tinderbox, check out the awesome playhouse all based on the tale Clod Hans.
The other view of the playhouse. It was so cool.
The costume area
The art studio where we colored.
My love, Hans Christian Andersen!
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Sickness, Oslo, and Odense
I feel like I start every post with apologizing for how long I spend between updates. Well, I am a slacker, so get used to waiting.
The title of my post basically describes my last week, which was pretty up and down.
1. Sickness
The worst part of the last week was getting sick. It started on Tuesday night, and continued through Thursday. I will spare you the disgusting details, but lets just say I spent a lot of quality time sitting on my heated (awesome I know) bathroom floor next to the toilet. Thankfully I did not have a field study that Wednesday, and one of my classes was canceled anyway on Thursday, so I didn't miss as much as I could have. I am better now, but it put a bit of a damper on the booze aspect of the booze cruise to Oslo, Norway.
2. Oslo
On Friday a group of 8 of us (2 rooms of 4) went on the overnight ferry to Oslo. It was a really good deal, and I basically went to Norway and back with housing for less than 50 dollars. It was a really sweet ship (nicer than the cruise ship on our Baltic Sea cruise) with lots to do. Where they make their money is on food, so my still unsettled stomach was a benefit, because I could get away with just the sandwich I had packed. We sailed throughout the night, and arrived in Oslo at 9:30. Major difference between Oslo and Copenhagen, the temperature in Oslo is at least 10 degrees colder. It snowed the entire time we were there, and there was even ice in the water (but no icebergs, which was both good and disappointing at the same time). We went to the Edvard Munch museum, who is one of the few Norwegians I have heard of. His museum was really cool, we saw the Scream, and I really liked a lot of his other art. Plus, it was free since it still counted as the winter season. The rest of our 6 hours in Oslo (which was way too short) we spent having lunch and walking around the old part of town. We also had a snowball fight in front of the Royal Palace. I sure everyone who was there was annoyed by the stupid Americans. That night was basically a repeat of the night before, which consisted of going to the clubs on board the ship. My next couple days are pretty uneventful, because they mostly consisted of catching up on work I had missed.
3. Odense
On Wednesday my H.C. Anderson class got to go to Odense, the town where he was born. It is about a 2 hour drive from Copenhagen, and we got to cross the long bridge connecting Copenhagen's island to the rest of Denmark. It was a gorgeous day, so it was a good thing I didn't fall asleep on the way there because I got to see all the scenery. Once we arrived in Odense, we went to the H.C. Anderson museum, which was pretty cool. It is built around the tiny house where he was born, so you can see how poor his roots were. It also has books from almost every language he has been translated into (he is the most translated author ever), tons of his art and papercuts, and lots of his personal effects. It was a really cool museum. Then we also got to go the Tinderbox, which is a place for children to connect to his tales. It was one of the coolest places I have been to so far, and the entire time I kept wishing I was 6 years old. Basically, they tell the kids some of his tales, and then the kids get to illustrate them in the nice art studio, dress up in elaborate costumes, and then get to act out/play out the tales in this super elaborate set they have created. Pictures are to come, but it was amazing and would be so much fun. We were able to walk around Odense a tiny bit and then had to ride back.
4. This weekend
Today is a very busy day, basically I am going to the rest of my classes, then immediately biking home to cook for Keops Kooking Klub, (fajitas, hopefully delicious), then eating dinner, and then picking up Mary Ann! She is visiting from Bath this weekend. Hopefully we will have lots of adventures to tell on the blog.
The title of my post basically describes my last week, which was pretty up and down.
1. Sickness
The worst part of the last week was getting sick. It started on Tuesday night, and continued through Thursday. I will spare you the disgusting details, but lets just say I spent a lot of quality time sitting on my heated (awesome I know) bathroom floor next to the toilet. Thankfully I did not have a field study that Wednesday, and one of my classes was canceled anyway on Thursday, so I didn't miss as much as I could have. I am better now, but it put a bit of a damper on the booze aspect of the booze cruise to Oslo, Norway.
2. Oslo
On Friday a group of 8 of us (2 rooms of 4) went on the overnight ferry to Oslo. It was a really good deal, and I basically went to Norway and back with housing for less than 50 dollars. It was a really sweet ship (nicer than the cruise ship on our Baltic Sea cruise) with lots to do. Where they make their money is on food, so my still unsettled stomach was a benefit, because I could get away with just the sandwich I had packed. We sailed throughout the night, and arrived in Oslo at 9:30. Major difference between Oslo and Copenhagen, the temperature in Oslo is at least 10 degrees colder. It snowed the entire time we were there, and there was even ice in the water (but no icebergs, which was both good and disappointing at the same time). We went to the Edvard Munch museum, who is one of the few Norwegians I have heard of. His museum was really cool, we saw the Scream, and I really liked a lot of his other art. Plus, it was free since it still counted as the winter season. The rest of our 6 hours in Oslo (which was way too short) we spent having lunch and walking around the old part of town. We also had a snowball fight in front of the Royal Palace. I sure everyone who was there was annoyed by the stupid Americans. That night was basically a repeat of the night before, which consisted of going to the clubs on board the ship. My next couple days are pretty uneventful, because they mostly consisted of catching up on work I had missed.
3. Odense
On Wednesday my H.C. Anderson class got to go to Odense, the town where he was born. It is about a 2 hour drive from Copenhagen, and we got to cross the long bridge connecting Copenhagen's island to the rest of Denmark. It was a gorgeous day, so it was a good thing I didn't fall asleep on the way there because I got to see all the scenery. Once we arrived in Odense, we went to the H.C. Anderson museum, which was pretty cool. It is built around the tiny house where he was born, so you can see how poor his roots were. It also has books from almost every language he has been translated into (he is the most translated author ever), tons of his art and papercuts, and lots of his personal effects. It was a really cool museum. Then we also got to go the Tinderbox, which is a place for children to connect to his tales. It was one of the coolest places I have been to so far, and the entire time I kept wishing I was 6 years old. Basically, they tell the kids some of his tales, and then the kids get to illustrate them in the nice art studio, dress up in elaborate costumes, and then get to act out/play out the tales in this super elaborate set they have created. Pictures are to come, but it was amazing and would be so much fun. We were able to walk around Odense a tiny bit and then had to ride back.
4. This weekend
Today is a very busy day, basically I am going to the rest of my classes, then immediately biking home to cook for Keops Kooking Klub, (fajitas, hopefully delicious), then eating dinner, and then picking up Mary Ann! She is visiting from Bath this weekend. Hopefully we will have lots of adventures to tell on the blog.
Monday, March 2, 2009
Benefits to being teacher's pet
Not all this post will pertain to being teacher's pet, but the most important part does, which is delicious cake. As I have said, I volunteered to be a class rep for my H.C. Anderson class, which is by far my favorite class, despite the downside of having to write papers. I also have developed a huge obsession with my teacher, Lisa Lotte, who does things like bring people gidebooks for trips they are taking and having people do papercuts. Major reason to be class rep, time to hang out with Lisa Lotte. Class rep involves getting feedback from the class and then telling the teacher what the concerns/comments of the class are. This took all of five minutes, but our meeting was over an hour. Although it was only 10am, we went to La Glace, this really historic bakery in København (I have to take advantage of typing on DIS danish keyboards) that it is likely that H.C. would have visited. We each were able to get a piece of cake and a drink, on the DIS tab, which is awesome because this place is super expensive. I got the Karen Blixen, a mocha cake (delicious) and hot chocolate (also delicious). We even got an extra pitcher (which never happens) of hot chocolate with homemade whipped cream. It was so good, like literally drinking melted chocolate. I obviously did not need to eat lunch that day.
Other recent events:
We made the required immature visit to the Museum of Erotica last Wednesday. My favorite part was the room where they talked about celebrities sex lives, I did not realize Charlie Chaplin was was such a ladies man. Worst part, the room where one creepy old man was just sitting by himself watching some of their videos. Afterwards, we went to St. Peter's bakery and got the legendary Wednesday snail, a huge cinnamon roll. It was as good as I had dreamed it would be.
I made it back to the Glyptotek and was able to see what I had missed. My favorite part of this visit was the Rodin area, where I recognized the Burghers of Calais from art history, which made me happy that I remembered something from freshman year.
Kelly has a friend visiting this week who we picked up from the airport since she had a field study. To make ourselves instantly recognizable, we dressed in all the Vanderbilt gear Kelly had since we did not make a sign. There is another Keops visiter this week. Best part, their names are Hamy and Cheese. We also have a girl in our keops named Sarah Bacon. There have been many Bacon, Ham, and Cheese jokes the past couple days.
Today is Monday, so it is burger night at Peders Oxe, which will be my dinner tonight. Keops Kooking Klub has given up on Monday nights since we all go there (except for the two poor vegetarians, sorry Lucy and Arpi!). Hopefully I will have another update soon.
Other recent events:
We made the required immature visit to the Museum of Erotica last Wednesday. My favorite part was the room where they talked about celebrities sex lives, I did not realize Charlie Chaplin was was such a ladies man. Worst part, the room where one creepy old man was just sitting by himself watching some of their videos. Afterwards, we went to St. Peter's bakery and got the legendary Wednesday snail, a huge cinnamon roll. It was as good as I had dreamed it would be.
I made it back to the Glyptotek and was able to see what I had missed. My favorite part of this visit was the Rodin area, where I recognized the Burghers of Calais from art history, which made me happy that I remembered something from freshman year.
Kelly has a friend visiting this week who we picked up from the airport since she had a field study. To make ourselves instantly recognizable, we dressed in all the Vanderbilt gear Kelly had since we did not make a sign. There is another Keops visiter this week. Best part, their names are Hamy and Cheese. We also have a girl in our keops named Sarah Bacon. There have been many Bacon, Ham, and Cheese jokes the past couple days.
Today is Monday, so it is burger night at Peders Oxe, which will be my dinner tonight. Keops Kooking Klub has given up on Monday nights since we all go there (except for the two poor vegetarians, sorry Lucy and Arpi!). Hopefully I will have another update soon.
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