Field Trips!

I have a feeling Wednesdays are going to be great because we don't have scheduled class, and instead, that time is reserved for field trips for my classes. Yesterday I had a field study with my Danish class, and we went to the Round Tower ( i posted a picture or two earlier) in medieval København. The Round Tower is part the Danish Lutheran Church, and a king built it so that he could ride up to the top on horseback. The floor spirals up and is covered in miniature old bricks. Because there really aren't any super tall buildings in Copenhagen, the view was excellent and filled with little red rooftops and steeples. we could even see the bay and the huge bridge to Sweden, with Sweden in the distance on the other side.  Also, the tower is pretty cool because a ton of very important people have been up it, including a Russian czar a long time ago. 
   After this adventure, we went to Roskilde to a huge cathedral where all of the Danish Royalty are buried. the interior is spectacular, and we got to see all of the tombs as well. The tombs are in rooms off to the sides of the main room in the church, and since they were each designed during the era they were needed, there is a really unique progression of art styles between the rooms, and this is also true for the structure of the church as it goes up vertically, because it took so long to build. The styles include baroque, neoclassical, gothic, victorian, and a few more. it was really cool to see. Once we left, everyone went home, and I headed back to our house as well to be welcomed by a little quiet time followed by a delicious leek bake of some type, with ham in the top and homeade crust along the bottom. It was once again fabulous. Then Laila and I drove out to the coast to walk out on this crazy peninsula for the sunset.
    It is basically a small treeless island that is attached to land by a narrow (8 feet wide) strip of land that is around 60-80 feet long. It also happens to be located in a cow pasture, and the cows were chilling right on the narrow isthmus so we got within five feet of mothers, babies, and bulls. the island has a steep hill when you reach it, and a beautiful grassy flat top, and then on the other side, it suddenly just drops off as cliffs for 40 or so feet straight down to the ocean.  It was certainly beautiful, and I will try to get some pictures up tomorrow. Laila and I also had an adventure that morning when we went to the gym together at the crack of dawn. That was a great way to start the day.
        This morning I headed in for my classes, and then began to look into my travel plans with some girls over our two week vacation in november. its hard to know for sure, but it looks like Greece, then Italy, and then hopefully Switzerland to hike a little. I am pretty excited!!  I looked into a new pair of awesome shoes today too but did not make any purchases, and otherwise went to class and managed to make it home before it got too late (my last class ends at 5.45, and I was able to get home by around 7).  We had homeade meatloaf for dinner, which was once again fabulous. I really don't eat much meat, so this has been a big change in my diet. but at least it is not processed meat, and she buys good local free range meat from her friends and neighbors, so I am glad that we are eating the good kind. Plus she makes it all from scratch, so its just fabulous.
    The rest of my evening hasn't consisted of much besides lots of reading about our cardiovascular system, but tomorrow should be great since I must grab Tine a little birthday present, and I am cooking dinner for the family. Linguine with pears in a gorgonzola parmesan sauce. I am quite excited, and Lizzy is coming for the night as well.