Copenhagen 2
We spent another long day wandering around with some other folks that we met who are coming to the wedding on Saturday.
We were able to buy a SIM card yesterday for 100K (~$20) that gave us a local number and makes it infinitely easier to keep up with those that we meet. I'm glad I got the phones unlocked a few months ago.
In the morning we went to Illum to pick up our wedding present for the couple. I managed to completely misunderstand where R had remembered it being from our trip to Copenhagen last summer - but after a little extra walking we found our way.
We brought the gift back to our flat and then headed over to Christanshavn to meet with new friends and be horrible tourists by investigating Freetown Christiania, a separate community within Copenhagen that is basically a commune where people go to buy and smoke pot. To put it plainly, it was interesting, but I wouldn't eat there. Definitely read up on the Wikipedia article as it's interesting. It's a place that was allowed to declare its independence and build its own society. What depresses me is that whenever people are allowed to self govern, they seem to to lean towards drugs and bad hair cuts (i.e. rat tails).
After our exploration, we hit up lunch on a little dock along the main canal in Christianshavn. I experimented with a Smorgasbord of pickled herring that, according to our waiter "must bet taken with Schnapps because it's quite fatty". He told me this as he produced a bottle of Schnapps, poured me a shot and explained how to create the ideal bite. This gave me my million dollar idea of creating a Schnapps diet to help people lost weight. Ask me about "Six Minute Schnapps" sometime. I'm sure I'll be able to convince you that you'll look younger and drunker.
Post-lunch, I took a jet-lag nap back at the flat before R headed out to the bachelorette party. After she left, I caught up on bloggery and such before wandering around and grabbing dinner with K who is another "significant other of girl involved in wedding nonsense".
I've noticed some very interesting things about Denmark in my second visit here:
- People are really good looking here
- No, really. Even the cops are hot
- Everyone rides bicycles all the time. I feel weird walking around as there are very few pedestrians. Tomorrow, I rent a bike.
- Everything closes at 6pm, but everyone stays outside until the sun goes down at 10pm
- Jaywalking is a big no-no. No one does it. You can be at a stop light with no cars (or bikes) in sight and the three people with you on the corner will wait patiently for the walk symbol for two minutes. Bikes also stop at stoplights (unheard of in DC)
- Everyone speaks English and probably has better grammar... than you... do.
- Sweden is to Denmark as Canada is to the US
All for now - hopefully some pictures tomorrow when R gets back with the camera.
