recent adventures

I got the seventh harry potter book to reread before the movie comes out in november, and it has definitely taken up most of my free time this week. Nevertheless, I did go to Tivoli Gardens on Saturday evening with Lizzy, and we did lots of exciting rides and enjoyed the beautiful gardens as well. I am proud to say that I overcame a lifelong fear and actually did the ride that lifts you up high above the city and then pauses long enough for you to fully grasp how high up you are and then drops you at a free fall back to the bottom. my stomach usually flips just looking at those rides, but I managed to talk myself into pretty easily when lizzy insisted, and I actually stayed pretty calm, unlike lizzy who completely freaked out at the top, and of course we were both terrified when it dropped. it was so exhilarating that at first we couldn't stop laughing, and it took nearly 20 minutes for us to fully calm back down. totally thrilling and I highly recommend it, especially if you think you are too scared.

  My host family was out of town, so Lizzy and I went back to my house for the night and cooked some pasta for dinner, drank some wine, and watched the Devil wears prada. a very relaxing night.
Sunday, we were lucky enough to attend the biggest rivalry soccer game of the season in Copenhagen. We went to a huge stadium (with our danish classes) and sat very high up with a great view of the field. FC København won 2-0 over the other team, which was glorious, and the other team's fans kept throwing flares onto the field. there were hundreds of policemen in their area, and someone even started a fire in one of the seats. Apparently the fighting that took place after was some of the worst in a long time. These games are so crazy that they have organized fights set up between rivaling fans for after. Luckily i didn't see any, but I did have to ride home on the train with a lot of drunk, loud, and obnoxious fans from the losing team.  

Otherwise, I have been going to school, and yesterday I had a day off, which I spent working, reading, and walking the rabbits with Tine. Laila's aunt and her friend arrived from Canada, so we had an excellent dinner of traditional danish open faced sandwiches with Laks! and I had to try some of their pickled herring, which was actually pretty good. we also drank many kinds of danish alcohol followed by a very full glass of wine. It is always surprising how they just keep feeling it long after Americans would stop pouring. but it was tasty, and for dessert, we had flørboller, (no idea how to really spell it), which is delicious. This weekend I am going climbing on the coast of sweden, so that should be another great adventure!