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Europe » Denmark » Region Hovedstaden » Copenhagen March 25th 2007

You think I’m beautiful, and sometimes I feel it too. We’re going to Czech Republic soon, staying with the Ls in Olomouc, and then on to Praha for the rest of the week. At the end of April we’re going to Berlin, even though neither of us have much money, where we will have many more adventures. I think you’re serious, and sometimes I can see it in your eyes too. In other news: I met your mum and she loved me and I was happy. J visited and you hit it off. He reminded you of your sister. Something dramatic. Today I learned that videre means to “go on/forward” in Danish…and not the infinitive form of “to see”. I’m worried that N will throw himself into a recursive loop of depression and self-pity upon ... read more
I Can't BELIEVE it's Not Lipstick!
exploring
Royal Palace

Europe » Denmark » Region Hovedstaden » Copenhagen March 23rd 2007

Geo: 55.6763, 12.5681Our friends LnJ arrived on Friday afternoon so I skived off early to hang out and try a persian belly dancing restaurant on our road called "Persian Garden" which we had not been to before ....and was decorated totally in mirrors and was like being inside a disco ball - good in my book. The food was nice but they had no vege mains so we had selection of starters but I didn't teally care I was so mezmerised by the glitter. Then we went "Understellet bar" on Nørrebrogade (having already tried "Temple Bar" on the way down) and I really hope I never have to go there again, C likes it but I think its a horrible rocker student joint, this is the pub he had to break up a fight in last ... read more

Europe » Denmark » Region Hovedstaden » Copenhagen March 17th 2007

Geo: 55.6763, 12.5681We had 3 visitors over, a friend from London COS came on the Friday night late but stayed in a hotel as we only have room for 2 guests so we collected him for Brunch in "Carlton" on St Patricks Day which was its usual good brunch Cph standard .... Then our next 2 friends KnN arrived at 3.30pm and first things first we all had a pint in town "Bjørns" to aclimatize them and then back to the gaff for a few easter brew beers, so you can see how this day was gonna go... Then for evening meal we went to "plan b" for organised beer tasting and tapas which very interesting but very inebriating - heres what we tried (I was sober enough to make a list but look at these ... read more

Europe » Denmark » Region Hovedstaden » Copenhagen March 14th 2007

I have learned that Travelblog offers a cool functionality for displaying the travel route. It is based on Google Earth, but unfortunately you must have both Google earth and the map tool running simultaneously in order to navigate and mark the right destinations of your travel route. This is not too complicated as long as you have some obvious landmarks or citys to navigate for. However when it comes to Mongolia and other rural parts where cities are missing, this is quite a task to mark all places correctly. Nonetheless, this has been done and you can find the route map of the total trip below, where it has been split into three separate parts to contribute with the best overview of each region: Route map 1/3 Russia, Mongolia and China Please notice that the starting ... read more

Europe » Denmark » Region Hovedstaden » Copenhagen March 3rd 2007

Geo: 55.6763, 12.5681The riots continued again on Friday night and there was a few burnt out cars this time and the air was savager, C did a 4am walk as the noise was so bad (while I was in my usual sleep through an earthquake mode), it was expected to go on a 3rd night but we didn't see any more, apparently other parts of town had it though and there was sympathy demos in the rest of Scandinavia and Germany.So our girlfriend BME arrived on Sat. afternoon to witness peaceful demos in Radhusplads and we had coffee with a good view of it and then a walk home to show her all the fire sites! And then later we were reluctantly served dinner in "Mama Africa" by nervous staff but there was no trouble that ... read more

Europe » Denmark » Region Hovedstaden » Copenhagen March 2nd 2007

Geo: 55.6763, 12.56811st March 07 around 6pmThis -http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/breaking/2007/0301/breaking 34.htm is going on right now on my doorstep. It's been building all day before kicking off seriously about an hour ago. I was out in the thick of it with my camera but it's quite hairy and easy to get caught in the crossfire especially as the riot vans have taking to barrelling through the crowd at speed to avoid the missiles and impromptu road barricades. This means that you have to watch the vans, the people dodging the vans and the missiles that miss the vans. One brave hoodie got carried away in a Tiananmen moment and came with in millimetres of being carried away in an ambulance as he severely tested the braking reflexes of riot van man. The extremely direct action margin keep melting ... read more

Europe » Denmark » Region Hovedstaden » Copenhagen March 1st 2007

Geo: 55.6763, 12.5681I walk out of the house this morning and there's a helicopter over my head (not unusual in Dublin 8 I hear you say but it is here), then I look up the road and see cops & flashing lights and realise theres no buses coming down my street today and an old man tells me its something to do with Ungdomhuset. So off I go walking to the train station. I see on the news & web later later the people are finally being evicted from ungdomhuset so that explains the helicopter http://www.cphpost.dk/print.jsp?o_id=100644See my explantion on 21 Dec 06 blog entry entitled "Home alone in Copenhagen or is it Beiriut?" But basically the evictions were from a place that is not really a squat but a youth collective and C said he read ... read more

Europe » Denmark » Region Hovedstaden » Copenhagen February 21st 2007

My Other is hunkered down for New England snowstorms. Huddled in protective layers. Hibernating fugitive. Fearfully guarding hopeful warmer memories, ‘cause I’ve never been a fool when my heart was on the line. Winter is different here. There is nothing to be overcome. And February has been dramatically wonderful. I think the “other” business stems from an overload of EU theory. I’m self-medicating; applying political hypotheses to a quasi crisis of self. Valentine’s was awesome (i.e. breakfast in bed and roses). We went out for dinner and climbed to the top of this old observatory for a truly spectacular view. Bizarrely I was on the phone with mum as I got to the top. Symbolism? Irony? I caught a cold too. It’s hard to tell who the culprit was too…so many runny noses. Luckily I’ve been ... read more
reality
sunshine
perfect ratios

Europe » Denmark » Region Hovedstaden » Copenhagen February 12th 2007

Ns and I went to Christiania, the “free” city within Copenhagen, today. C and I were supposed to go, but she wasn’t feeling well. Lots of artwork on buildings, drugs sold out in the open, free spirits who took over abandoned army barracks, tax-free love dressed in bright colors. Had a great time exploring. After stopping by the Opera House, we ended up at the Black Diamond (ultra sleek part of the Royal Library). Hot chocolate and serious discussions. Introduced Ns to M and F, who proceeded to interrogate me about all the details. I also got a basket for my Finding Nemo bike. So now I can carry around my soul. Mum sent a Valentine’s Day card in the mail. Snoopy of course. It seems we’ve gotten closer since I’ve left…if that makes any sense. ... read more
gates of Christiania
nothing but porcelain
if these walls

Europe » Denmark » Region Hovedstaden » Copenhagen February 11th 2007

Planlægning Vi er så småt begyndt at få lukket aftalerne med rejsebureauerne og kigger derfor også på muligheder for at kunne holde familie, venner og klassekammerater opdaterede på vores oplevelse via nettet. Travelblog.org virker til at være det bedste sted. Nu får vi lidt erfaringer med at blogge inden afgang. Der kommer meget mere her inden da........ read more




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