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| Rosenborg Palace, the lion in the front was created in the image of what the artist supposed a lion would look like, before Danes had ever seen them. |
Yesterday (24th), was a much better day than the 23rd. I made it into copenhagen more easily, and I knew where I was going. However, I had to catch the bus to the train station, and when I hopped on, there was nowhere to sit because it was filled to the brim with tons of laughing little blonde children on their way to school. It turns out that Denmark has no school buses. The bus ride was fun, and we got to drive along with a huge bay on one side and wheat fields on the other. The weather in the morning and night is quite chilly, like late september/october at home, with crisp fresh air that requires a jacket and a windbreaker at least in the morning.
I arrived in my classroom pretty early because I found it faster than I thought I would, and waited for the 17 others in my group to arrive. we had a 2 hour workshop about adjusting to denmark, and then were sent on a scavenger hunt in assigned groups of six to various prominent places in Copenhagen. At each station, a professor told us the history of the spot. It was beautiful, but the weather was totally chaotic. one moment it would be sunny and literally a second later it would be pouring, with the sun out. we had all combinations of rain, wind, clouds, and sun, and the showers never lasted more than 5 minutes, if that.
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| Mason (from Bowdoin) and me at the Royal Palace |
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| Beautiful Dome near royal palace--left unfinished for 150 yrs. |
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First we went to a very famous street in Copenhagen, with lots of colorful buildings along the harbor, and then we made our way to the royal palace and arrived just in time to see the very formal change of the guard ceremony, which was pretty cool. next we found our way to the Rosenborg Palace (not at all pronounced the way it is spelled) which was in a beautiful park. The palace had a beautiful architecture and a rose garden, and the interior is used as a museum for all of the national jewels, new and very old. I would really like to see these, and my host sister Tine would like to too, so we might go in a few weeks. we also went to the very historical roundtower and Lutheran church, which had a stunning interior and a tower that had no stairs but a circular brick ramp like the concrete ones in big parking garages (except smaller diameter). Apparently some very famous people have been up the tower, including a czar on horseback or something like that. eventually we made it back to class for our last session, and when we got out early, Lizzy Tarr and I walked around a little more before heading to the train station. The ride home was much easier to figure out today too, even though my train is very discreet about its comings and goings.
When I arrived home around 6 a beautiful dinner of chicken curry, red rice, and salad was already ready, so we sat down to eat. It was delicious!!! really really good. The yellow curry included apple and pineapple, and I am going to have to learn how to make it.
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| Round Tower Church |
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| Lizzy at the Harbor |
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After dinner I did some reading and preparation for my classes, and eventually went to sleep.
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