Blogs from Hillerød, Region Hovedstaden, Denmark, Europe

After frisbee we (Katrine, Myself, Katja, Kaja, and Kia) piled into the family car and went and visited the second castle. This particular castle sometimes houses the royal family, but not today. Since it was so cold out we decided to go shopping at a nearby center. The place was kinda like a mall, it even had underground passage that connected you across the street into more of the shopping area. We browsed a few stores, but its only my second day and Im not ready to buy presents yet! We returned back to the Jensen house were Pia (Katrine's mom) had made us hot cocoa and danishes! So yummy!!! After we all put ourselves into a suger coma we just laid around the house watching tv, like many lazy sundays I've had before. At 6 ... read more

Got up early and ate breakfast buffet (primarily pastries, meats and cheeses) and then walked to the train station for about a 40 minute ride to Hillerod where we toured the Fredriksborg Castle and chapel. Some amazing and VERY OLD art work. There were 2 weddings and 1 baptism so we walked into a little cafe and got something to eat, which we took back outside and picnicked along side the castle moat. Then we walked back to the castle to tour the chapel. Amazing! Judy, Roxie and I spent the evening at Tivoli Gardens strolling through the park, listening to music, watching the rides we dared not get on, people watching, taking lots of pictures and eating at a fabulous restaurant recommended by Rick Steves. Closed out the evening watching a ballet pantomime (beautiful dancing) ... read more

Started with the need for a tree fix. I heard from Linzy, a friend at school, that there was this quaint little town in the north west of Zealand called Tisvildeleje. How on earth you would say this I will never know. A little investigation found that we could get a 24hour regional ticket for 120DKK which was much cheaper than the return fair. So Adrien (Mexico), Denisa (Albania), Kristen (America) and I hopped on the train with our bikes, some food, some wine a blanket each and I brought my tent. We had no plan except to find beach, find forest and not pay for accommodation. We stopped in Hillerod because the others hadn't seen the frederiksborg castle yet. Then it was back on to Tis..... I think I found the longest hill in Denmark ... read more

I could spend a page relating to you the difficulty in deciphering the Danish bus schedule, the problems in finding Annex B off of Norregade, or how I was instructed to not try to out drink the Danes...they are legal at 16 and thus alcoholics at 13, or even how you are more likely to offend a Dane by using extra water than insulting his mother...but I have a much more eventful story to tell. My first experience with socialized medicine. Having scraped my ankle a couple of days ago and suspecting infection, I asked my friendly front desk at school where I could see a doctor. Seeing as the doctor's mostly close early, at 4 pm I called the Night Doctor hotline and silently listened to Danish hold music for 20 minutes. I was so ... read more

Hej Alle, Først og fremmest her for at prøve det hele lidt af vil jeg skrive vores rejseplan. Den første rejseplan jeg fik sendt ud var blevet lidt uigennemskuelig, så her kommer den for 2. gang. Vi starter d. 16.10.07 fra Kastrup kl. 11:20d. 17.10 lander vi i Singapore kl. 5.30 (dansk tid 11:30), hvor vi bliver kørt ud til vores hotel Furama midt i Chinatown. Desværre har vi først vores hotel fra kl. 14:00, men vi kan heldigvis ligge og slappe af ved poolen da det jo faktisk er midt om natten vores tid. d. 18.10. flyver vi kl. 9:30 fra Singapore ankomst d. 18.10 kl. 18:55 (10:55). vi bliver afhentet af en fra vores lejlighedskompleks som kører os derhen. dette ligger i Sydney centrum ca 25 min gang fra Operaen og Darling Harbour. 25.10 ... read more