It's been a while since I posted last, but I've been SUPER busy here! We have tons of activities that are planned each day and night from the buddy crew so there's not much time to sit around. I guess I left off last with the boat cruise that we took... so long ago now haha.
Since then:
We took the time on Saturday afternoon to go and see what Christiania was all about and wow - what a different world! When we were walking towards it, I said to my friend, "Hmm, do you think we'll know when we're in the area? Or will we just pass through without even noticing?" Let me tell you, you know! I WISH I could have taken picture inside, but everywhere is posted "NO PHOTOS" so I really didn't want to risk someone smashing my camera. It was crazy though, there was huge oil barrels everywhere that made little fire pits, all the housing buildings were graffettii'ed (but nice artwork not vandalized), and next to the hotdog stand and t-shirt stand is the marijuana stand - yes, marijuana. It's legal in that little area :S Needless to say though, as soon as the sun started to go down, it was time to get the heck out of Christiania! Here's a pic of the entrance...
On Sundays in Denmark it is a rest day and nothing is open, so we decided that it would be a perfect day to head into downtown Copenhagen by the canals and harbour to sightsee! It was awesome :) It was certainly quite the walk, and pretty chilly by the seaside - but for all those who live in Ottawa, I shouldn't be complaining about the cold lol. The thing about European cities (I remember from Stolkholm as well) is the architecture of the buildings, it's amazing! In Denmark, they were telling us that they always try and keep re-using the old buildings since it costs just as much to renovate it from the inside as it does to tear it down and build a new modern building. They are so old and have so much history that it would be terrible to tear them down. During the walk I was amazed at just the buildings themselves! The first stop was the harbour port which was beautiful - it's in all of the picture you see when you google "Denmark" because of all the colourful houses and the ships. I <3 it! It leads to the main canal that goes into Copenhagen, and was one of the first ports that was dug out during the construction of the canal.
After the port we walked along the canal and saw the Opera House from across the water, which is super pretty at night. The next stop was the Royal Palace. It's not like Buckingham Palace where it's all one big building, in Copenhagen there are 4 smaller buildings all in the same location. Apparently one is where the Queen lives and the other is for the Prince and Princess - not too sure what the other 2 are for. So the first picture is by the entrance to the Royal Palace and then is the classic picture with the guards. It was funny because the guy was moving his head/eyes but would not say a word obviously, and we were each trying to take a pic but no one wanted to be the one to get in trouble for going too close. So each picture one of us is a little bit closer than the last person lol. He just kept starring but not saying anything - kind of intimidating! The funnier moment was when a few of the girls tried to take a picture in between two guards and just as they were posing a bell sounded and the two guards SMACKED their guns on the ground simultaneously and I swear the girls all had a stroke right there - it would have been funnier if that was caught on camera!
Finally, we reached the last stop - one of the most significant tourist attractions in Copenhagen...any guesses?
The Little Mermaid! I couldn't believe how little she was! And you were allowed to go right up and take pictures! My buddy told me that apparently it is common for people to steal her head...a little weird lol
Well I have so much more to write, but I have to get ready for tonights activity which is Danish folk dancing. Should be a thriller...
I'll be sure to wrap up this weeks' activities on my next blog!
Miss everyone,
JT :)
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