First, however, I must concur with my fellow traveller in saying that our Danish-American hosts are indeed amazing. Their hospitality has been overwhelming and they have, simply put, been awesome, which is why I'm glad we are all such friendsies.
The other day Max mentioned plans to see the Carlsburg Brewery. We hopped on the 1A bus and punched our metro cards and made our way to the brewery. Imagine an adult Willy Wonka except it's not a chocolate factory it's a factory of deliciously brewed beer. As we walked around the grounds we could see the smoke rising and felt at any moment Slugsworth or an Oompa-Loompa to pop out at any moment. We finally found our way to the visitor's center only to run into a large group of Danes who were presumably waiting to take a tour. We made our way through the throngs of fashionably dressed people and waited in line but the lady at the counter broke into Danish to explain the procedure, often looking right at us as if we, too, were part of the group, it must have been the pashminas we were sporting. Very high fashion.
After the crowd started to disperse we then made our to the counter and she said, "Oh, you're not Danish?" We replied, "No, we're American students" (students get a discount) What we wanted to say, "No, we're just here to taste the yummy fermented goodness that is European beer." But the we're students came out first and we purchased our tickets for 25 kroners, roughly 5 USD. That was good for a self-tour and two beers. Quite the deal. Tommy, Erika, and Katie, quickly rushed through as the process of brewing apparently was not as fascinating for them. Max, McKenzie, (the right way to spell it ;-) and I took our time only to realize that time was a tickin' and if we wanted our beer we had to get a move on. So, tour stops 13-23 were a blur but the Carlsburg Brewery Bar made up for any missed sights. Our time was then spent jovially over two beers of varying colors, heads, and flavors before we needed to head back. The rest of our evening, although not completely event-ridden aside from the culturally eclectic dinner was pleasant seeing as how we spent it with friends.
Now that the rest of day 2 is filled in we can begin day 3 perhaps the most touristy of our time here. First things first, papers had to be turned in so we along with Tommy, went with McKenzie and Erica to turn in their papers due at 12. We arrived around 11 and they still needed to print them out. Way to live on the dangerous side, however, all was successful. The library at CBS (Copenhagen Business School) is gorgeous, and although, I feel Lillis is quite lovely, this place, along with its students, is beyond fashionably and chic. I, however, personally dug the self check-out kiosks for books. We rushed off to meet a friend of our friends at a coffee shop dodging Danish Penguins(tiny children in snow suits a la The Christmas Story) in the metro. Tommy had to jaunt off towards his school for a presentation so Max, Mckenzie and I began our tour of Copenhagen. We saw the Rosenberg Palace, the King's Gardens, the Marble Church, haute couture shops in ancient buildings, the Royal palace in which one royal was currently home indicated by the flying of the Danish flag above the residence, and to top it all off we headed for the Little Mermaid Statue swarming with other camera-in-hand tourists.
By that time we were all tired, cold, and hungry and headed for the grocery store beneath the Magazin which is a huge department store in the middle of the city which houses a grocery underneath, the only one, according to Mckenzie, to accept cards with signature (most card purchases here must be done with a pin). Max and I were craving a pizza and headed to the pizza sandwhich shop, amazing by the by, and opted for the #16 Roma (aka Hawaiian). However, we ordered in our best Canadian accent as I'm told the owners aren't particularly fond of Americans. However, the pizza there is too good to be concerned with national pride. However, we were not asked where we were from and thus had no troubles and took our Roma pizza joyfully home.
Plans for tonight include cooking dinner and experiencing Copenhagen's night life. However, we may have to get creative as many places are not open on Mondays. No worries, though, until next time, skoal!
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