Saturday, January 5, 2008

Christmas Vacation

Northern Wanderings




I wish my whole life was a holiday.
Here's the thing: it is dark by 4pm in Denmark! Crazy, right? But the thing that was amazing about that was the sun seemed to be always about to set, so the shadows were beautifully long for about 3 hours before the sun actually went down. Plus the sun seems a lot bigger than it does here.
Above picture: Nyhavn in Copenhagen. Probably the most photographed place in the city. Join in the cliché.



Cyril and I somewhere in Copenhagen.


Post boxes!


Skating Danes!


He got a bit upset and took it out on the pole. Pretty strong, right?


Kaley, this is for you.


The Børse. Where they used to trade stuff.






Statue.


Tivoli! I know we're terrible, we did not go in...


City Hall?




We are sad because the birds did not fly for us in the previous picture.


Rosenborg Slot. Most of it was closed for restoration, so really we paid to see 1&1/2 rooms in the actual castle. At least we got to see those Crown Jewels! Make me Royalty any day...




Yes.


Malmö, Sweden


It's really amazing how many brilliant musicians come out of Sweden. They really have more than their share of great artists. I half expected singing all over the streets.


Nobody is singing, there must be something wrong!




Really neat building on the way to...


Mexican!


It wasn't really that good. Surprise.


Helsingør, Denmark


On the way to...


Kronborg Slot!
(Hamlet's Castle, apparently)


Picnic by the seaside.


It was quite large. Although not as impressive from the inside as they never decorated it nicely again after a fire hundreds of years ago. They also make you go into the underground level through creepy tunnels with only tiny lights and arrows to guide.


Do you smell that air?!


The bank in Helsingør.


From our window in the morning.


Anglican Church in Copenhagen.


Part of one of the best preserved fortifications in Europe.


The End of the World.


Oh look, The Little Mermaid.
Hans Christian Anderson, a resident of Copenhagen, wrote the famous story about her.


Cyril biking to The Black Diamond; part of the library. Very fancy. There are awesome bicycle lanes in Copenhagen.


On the way to hippie-town!


Christiania , a very interesting part of Copenhagen.
I accidentally caused an old man on a wooden, low-rider, huge handlebar bicycle to crash into a bush and I thought we would not make it out in one piece. We did.


Taken right before we had "ARE YOU STUPID?" repeatedly yelled in our faces and I was given the choice to: a) "delete that picture in front of me" or b) "I'll ****ing cross your head". Apparently there were huge no picture signs; don't want to be seen selling drugs now!
Nice place, right?


A quieter part of Christiania.




Finally sunny! The day we leave.


Danes really do make the best danishes.


Happy Post-Christmas Shopping. I know my mother and I enjoyed it!
PS - We saw Wes Anderson's newest film, The Darjeeling Limited in the oldest cinema in Copenhagen. It was brilliant. Really brilliant. It didn't have too much of the Anderson-feel (the characters are completely wild and they live in their own special world) I've come to expect from his films and I missed that (some parts were a bit too much like a "regular" movie), but it was nonetheless very very good. I like Wes Anderson in India.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

very nice, very nice.

although a bit weird that you had mexican food on your swedish day.