+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | _______ | Rose: If you're an alien, how come you | | ,--'.:::::.`-._ | sound like you're from the North? | | /..:::::::::::..\ | Doctor: Lots of planets have a North. | | /..:::::::::_;::::| | - ROSE | | || `---'----' _|:::| | | | || `;:::| | | | |' ==== ==== |-::| | | | |-( @ )-( @ )--|O):| | | | | ` | ` |/::' | | | . v |:/ jeremy@ | | | | ___, || malcolm | | | \ -- _/| .id.au | | | \_____.-'__/-.__ | | | _| _/|::.\.::-._ | | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | [*] news [ ] about [ ] writing [ ] journal [ ] images [ ] guests | | +--- last 5 | | |->> archive | | `--- search | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | "Denmark" :: [2010-01-03 04:01AM] | | | | Yesterday we ended our stay in Copenhagen, Denmark - our first time in | | Scandinavia. Perhaps not the best time of year to visit, with -5 | | temperatures in the day and many of the attractions closed or with shorter | | hours, but that just gave us the opportunity to spend more time indoors. | | Our first day was spent exploring the Rosenborg Slot and Frederiksborg | | Slot (no, not casinos - "slot" just means palace). Both are beautiful | | Renaissance castles brimming with rare furniture and art, including some | | particularly fine tapestries and carved ceilings. Rosenborg also | | displayed Denmark's crown jewels, including not only some magnificent | | crowns and sceptres, but also some amazingly intricate ivory and amber | | carvings. | | | | The next day I did a walking tour, leaving Dom at home, and took in | | everything from the Amalienborg Palace (where the Australian princess Mary | | Donaldson lives), to the famous Little Mermaid statue. I was frozen | | through by mid-afternoon, so finished the day in one of Copenhagen's | | heated public baths... mmm. | | | | As the home of Bang & Olufsen (and, uh, Lego), Danish architecture is a | | mixture of old European and modern design. Further out of the city, Danish | | houses reminded me rather a lot of those from New England and the other | | east coast states of America - though presumably the influence goes in the | | other direction, from the North European immigrants to the USA. | | | | We also had a day trip to Mälmo, the third largest city in Sweden which is | | a short train ride from Copenhagen. Again we spent most of our time | | indoors, wandering through the natural history and science museums, and the | | Mälmohus which is Scandanavian's oldest castle. The other Swedish food that | | we tried (meatballs and boiled potatoes) were rather similar to what we've | | previously had at Ikea! | | | | Danish food in comparison wasn't so well suited to the winter weather. | | Their speciality is the smörrebröd or open sandwich, and Danish pastries | | aren't really Danish - here they call them wienerbröd or "Viennese bread". | | The locals seem to prefer immigrant food - Turkish shawarma (which we would | | call kebabs) and hot dogs. However we did have a nice pork roast with | | potatoes, followed by a waffle and ice cream, at a Danish chain in Sweden. | | | | reply (0 comments) | | << Back | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Links: portal / wedding / calendar / honours / phd / iq / igfwatch / random | | page generated in 0.064 seconds sadlittlewebjournal 2.9.3 | | content (c) its respective creator(s) web administration | | valid html 4.01 transitional foaf / rss feed | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+