As much as it seems like I only go out by myself, I do actually have a couple of friends here! Two weekends ago (Im a bit behind) I spent Saturday with an American girl Alison that I know through Angela, my first american friend, and a really nice Danish girl she had just met the night before. When you are abroad it is amazing how quickly friendships form. "Oh hi. I like your watch. Want to go get lunch tomorrow?" But anyhow the three of us went off to the Carlsberg Brewery to check out their beer tour. The beginning half is a tour through the old facilities and it gives a "museum of history" type of overview of the ancient past of beer. (I am envisioning the museum in Albany with the scenes with life size people and dusty clothing..) It was interesting.. but I particularly enjoyed the bottle room and took these pictures for Jeff. (Imagine, Jeff even booked his flight to come see me before I enticed him with these photos!! Thats right Jeff is coming to visit in May- slight sidetrack- but I am very excited. It is my hope to get all of my roommates over here!!)
One thing that is really nice is that Carlsberg has been around for a long time and they have always been big contributors to the arts. The Danish museum of Art and Design, the Botanical Gardens and the Little Mermaid statue were all donated by Carlsberg, to name a few.The next day I went wondering around town. I went to a small art gallery, Gammel Strand 48 and took some pictures around the area. First are two museum photos from a room that was entirely covered in "blah BLAH bLaH" paper. Nothing else in the museum was like this room (and since al the description were in Danish I can't tell you much about it) but there was something about it that reminded me of when we were kids and wrapped all of our gifts in comic strips. So I had to take a few pictures.
Then this is a shot out of the window of the museum. I think I was just soo excited to see some sunshine.. I really liked the color and the reflection of the light in the shingles.
Then around Gammel Strand. It's the oldest part of town.
OH and finally this picture is of Christianshavn. I am going to move again at the start of March and this is the area I will live in for the rest of my stay. I had planned to move again in March if I found the right place, the situation I have now is temporary, and fortunately, something fell into my lap. I didnt have to look hard.. this place was one I was scheduled to see for Feb but didn't start until March in the end. It all worked out great. SO more about that later, but just to let you all know where you can find me when you come to visit, this is the canal to the side of my apartment block;)
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