Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Girls Weekend In Copenhagen!

I went with three other girls from my program to Copenhagen for four days and we had a blast! There were definitely a few things that went wrong on our trip, but that just gave us more to laugh at!

This trip was very last minute and since we had finals up to the day before we left, none of us had any time to plan anything- so we met at the train station, luckily one of the girls had our tickets printed and we started our trip. So I hadn't thought much about how this train was going to get us all the way to Copenhagen, but I found out soon enough! The train actually drove onto a boat! We got on the boat and then all had to leave the train and walk up to the top of the boat where there were shops and restaurants and hang out there for about 45 minutes! After the trains and the boat, we found our hotel which ended up being a hostel (false advertising!). When I opened the door to our room the first thing that came out of my mouth was "we are back at camp!" The only thing worse would have been bunk beds! We put our stuff down and got out of there as fast as possible! I will never stay in a hotel that doesn't have private bathrooms again! We literally took the cleaning supplies from the maids closet and cleaned the showers every morning before we got in- NOT FUN!

Copenhagen is beautiful! Very very expensive, but beautiful!

The only part I really didn't like was the hippie haven called Christiania. It was scary- we were four little girls walking through groups of men that hadn't showered in weeks- after walking through a little and trying to go to the "museum" that was just a hippies room, I was ready to get out of there! We did NOT blend in at all! And since inside this area the rules and laws don't really apply, I was not comfortable being there!

My favorite part was Nyhavn- right on the water. We ate dinner down there one night and it was beautiful! We took a boat tour through the city which was also a lot of fun!

We also went into an ice bar! It was so cold that we only stayed for about 45 minutes, but they make you put on these huge coats and gloves and your drink cups are just ice- we had a blast!

Overall the trip was amazing! Great company and a great city!









Christiania:



 The sign leaving Christiania basically saying the laws apply now!









Sunday, October 10, 2010

I got pulled over on my bike!

No, I didn't get pulled over for going too fast. I am fast, but not that fast!!

Well it is finals week so I don't have any fun stories or traveling pictures to post, but last night I was at the school late studying and I rode my bike to school earlier in the day so I had to ride it home. It was late, dark and cold so I was going as fast as I could to get home. As I am almost home I get flagged over by two police officers standing next to their police car. I have no idea what they are saying so I stop my bike and get off and walk over to them. They continue to speak German and finally after trying my hardest to understand what they are saying I asked them if they spoke English- of course they did. They told me that I needed to turn my lights on that are on my bike. Well who knew I even had a switch on my bike that I had to turn lights on with! ha ha! So they looked all around my bike to find this switch and finally the police officer found it, turned it on and sent me on my way! ha!

And that is the excitement of my week! I can't wait for finals to be over with. After finals I am off to Copenhagen with a few girls in my class! It will be so nice to have a little break before I start this all over again!

Oh and GO DAWGS! It is about time! Hope everyone had a great time at that game. I am sure it was a blast!