New News

Ok first of all how cool is this newspaper cover?! I am lucky enough to work with some people that hang onto their old papers for a while before they recycle them. I got a copy of the inauguration speech in Danish and the paper announcing the election win as well!


Now for the news~



Alright well not to dwell on anything too much but I am no longer living in the place I wrote about last time. Things can change quick here in Denmark:) That or I just spoke too soon about it in my last post. Anyhow, let's forget about it. Things didn't work out and so I moved in Feb to this new place in Østerbro. Its just temporary but its really hard to find housing in the city so its good to know that if I don't find what I'm looking for I can just stay here. Its comfy, a 2 bedroom apt where I rent one room, like the last place, except this room is much bigger and so it feels more like a studio (see pics). I'm real comfortable here.. the problem is its in a family apt (man and his daughter) so I'm not getting the social aspect of housing that I wanted. But the family is very nice! Anyway.. I really wanted to get on and over that topic. I am just trying to live in as many parts of Copenhagen as I can before moving out.. new plan is to really get my money's worth in places over here.. haha;)

So a lot has been going on again since I haven't been blogging. (My Feb goal by the way is to blog at least 3 times a week.. you need to know more about the random little things that make up life here.. not the dramas I create:) First of all.. My dad is a champ and got through his hip replacement surgery today no problem!! Good for him.. I'm so glad he got this done because he was really excited about getting his mobility back. So I am very, very thankful to have my daddy well and happy!!

Secondly I started a class at DTU this week. It's called Energy End-Use Savings and the Environment and I'm really excited about it. (Jackie, watch out... I'm getting my training!) There are about 50 students in the class and aside from the 4 hours of class every Monday, I have a good feeling about it. I think it will be a really good class.On Sunday I went to a a Superbowl party with some american friends that I met. Well, it wasn't much of a party but I was able to find pigs-and-a-blanket at the grocery store, called pølsehorn, to bring with me. We treated it like a regular Superbowl party, even if there were only 4 of us there. Since the Superbowl aired at 1 am, we instead watched the handball world cup. It was France vs. Croatia (24:19). Denmark lost the consolation game to Poland.. oh what a disappointment.
And last weekend I went to visit Fredericksborg Slot. It was a beautiful castle surrounded by these pretty baroque gardens. I went on Sunday because it was supposed to be the only day all week with sun.. get a load of my "sunny" day in Denmark!
The sculptures in the courtyard were nice.. I actually kind of like the weather for these shots.

The inside of the castle was the Museum of National History.

The working chapel

By the reflection pool..

The gardens. Around here is a big park and in the summer the lawns get crowded.Another nice sunny Denmark shot :)I'm definitely coming back in the summer. It was a really relaxing day and I'm glad I went through the museum. It was great to see a restored castle and since it was also the museum for national history, the top floor was turned into a modern collection for the 20th century leaders, artists and significant figures in Denmark's history.