could not have been a better weekend…

amanda in copenhagen!

Friday afternoon I impatiently waited outside baggage claim surrounded by Danes waving their flag waiting like me for their loved one to walk through the door.  When I saw Amanda, my best friend from home, we both met each other with the biggest smiles and tears in our eyes.  It was so good to see her.  I could not have been happier in that moment embracing my friend.  Before Amanda came I was starting to feel homesick.  Now I am half way done with my program, which is insane, and I was in need to see a familiar face from home.  And I was in need of some good laughing.  Whenever Amanda and I are together we can’t help but laugh and I never laugh as hard as I do with her.

So after I picked her up from the airport, we put her luggage in a locker at my school downtown and roamed the streets of Copenhagen.  We walked up and down the main shopping street Stroget and I took her to the famous harbor Nyhavn.

Nyhavn

We were both exhausted from our weeks so we went back to my apartment and cooked dinner.  Dinner out in Copenhagen is very expensive, like do not expect to have dinner out for under 20 dollars!  So we made chicken burgers and potatoes and it was delicious!  Oh and don’t forget the Nutella and gummy bears It was so nice to catch up with her in person, no gmail chatting, no skyping where the sounds gets cut off, but friends together at last!  Of course we laughed all night swapping our stories about our experiences living in another country.

In the morning we woke up to a busy day of exploring Copenhagen.  We put on our tights under our jeans, our multiple sweaters, scarfs, and wool socks to try and brave the cold weather.  This past week it has been freezing in Copenhagen, and I am not use to it!  One morning I woke up and I was like “I’m over this!” It is just getting to cold, I now know that I could never live with the cold weather.  The day time here is colder than San Luis Obispo on the coldest night of the winter!  It is like living in Mammoth, minus the best part, the snow!  After we bundled up, we walked across the street to grab our second danish of our weekend.We then headed over to Kings Garden and enjoyed watching the falling leaves! It was so fall, it was beautiful! Then I took her to the Round Tower to see the whole city of Copenhagen!After seeing the tops of all of the buildings we walked back over to Nyhavn and took a water taxi to the Black Diamond, the city’s library.  Copenhagen has a very different mix of modern architecture with very old.  The Black Diamond is a perfect example of Copenhagen’s new architecture.  Next to the Black Diamond we stumbled upon a Medieval Market.  We asked some Danes in Medieval costumes what was going on and they replied, “You have just stepped into the 14th century! Welcome!” Another said, “Come, come over here and buy this fertility basket! It will make you stay young and beautiful!” Another said, “No come here and buy this love potion!” Amanda and I looked at each other, with faces like “How do we get out of here!?”  We both just start walking away, and I say, “Um, maybe, see you later” a.k.a. “Please leave us alone.” But they both replied walking after us, “What time? What time?” Amanda and I looked at each other and just started laughing.  We then headed back to the main shopping street Stroget and enjoyed walking into the newly opened Christmas stores!  Then we went to La Glace. Now La Glace is a cake bakery founded in 1870, and still has the charm of the olden days.  My Hans Christian Andersen teacher said that Andersen might have eaten cake there!  So I had been saving going to this bakery until Amanda came, and I could not wait to eat there!  But I had no idea what we were getting ourselves into. When we arrived we could barely find a table to sit and eat, the place was packed! We both decided to get hot chocolates and we paid approximately 12 DOLLARS each for a cup of hot chocolate.  Granted it was delicious, it was pure chocolate melted down, I mean it was good. But 12 dollars worth? Not sure, but we just enjoyed each other company drinking straight chocolate

the 12 dollar hot chocolate!

we had to take a picture of our splurge!

After La Glace we went to Tivoli! Tivoli is like the Disneyland of Copenhagen!  Now I have been to Disneyland around Halloween and I must say that Tivoli’s Halloween decorations are MUCH better than Disneylands! It honestly looked like Halloween threw up on Tivoli, I had never seen so many pumpkins in my life! Here are some pictures from our night in Tivoli:

we asked these Japanese boys to take a picture of us, and in turn they wanted a picture with us!

this space is dedicated to candice, we wish you could have been there..miss you!

Danish hot dogs and Carlsburg for dinner!

This boy was sitting next to us at dinner, we couldn't stop laughing at his face paint, it was so creepy

It was so fun to experience Halloween Tivoli with Amanda.  We ended the day at a local bar across the street and ordered the classic Danish apple cider.Sunday morning came all too quickly but we still had till around 2 o’clock to hang out. So we went out to bunch at my favorite restaurant in Copenhagen, the Laundry Mat cafe and split the Dirty Brunch, which consists of a roasted tomato, Danish pancakes, bacon, eggs, sausage, cheese, fruit and greek yogurt.  We then walked around a beautiful park by my house, bought our last danish, and headed to the airport.  It was so sad to say goodbye to her, I wish she could just live here with me!  But I am going to be spending Thanksgiving in Ireland with her and I can NOT wait!  I truly could not have asked for a better weekend!

Amanda: Thank you so much for coming this past weekend.  We always have so much fun together! Your friendship means the world to me and it was so good to see you! I know that we are going to be friends forever, I love you! xo Britty

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