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September 29th 2009

Published: October 6th 2009

Picture this. A place where people are all extremely proper, polite and almost distant; to the point of seeming a little cold, but polite nonetheless. It took the city of Boston hours of nonstop scraping, scrubbing and painting to make Brigham Circle look presentable enough to host the president and hoards "dignitaries" for Ted Kennedy's funeral. In Scandinavia, however, Norway especially, crews... Read Full Entry

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Vor Frelsers Kirke

Alter

Vor Frelsers Kirke

Huuuuuuuge organ (compare the size to the man kneeling below)

Vor Frelsers Kirke

Stairs to the top of the tower

Layout of the church

Vor Frelsers Kirke

There were about 8 bells in the tower that could be seen during the trek up the stairs. I was literally praying none would ring.

Vor Frelsers Kirke

Steep stairs at the top

Vor Frelsers Kirke

Ironically, my Ipod was playing Stairway to Heaven at this point...

Proof of making it to the top

The stairs keep getting smaller and smaller until they disappear

Copenhagen

Oresund Bridge between Denmark and Sweden in the background

Copenhagen

From the top

Need some wings?

Building looked to have something to do with WWII, but I couldn't read the Danish sign

Christianshavns

Sort of an artsy, younger community. Saw a Camera Obscura show here one night.

Inside the Rundetaam

A tower with no stairs, basically just a walk in circles. Apparently, the royal guy who had it built was so lazy he wanted to ride his horse to the top, so asked that it be built in a big, uphill, spiral.

6th October 2009

Jessi
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You'll just have to go back another time to earn the gold! We'll make a field trip out of it, I'm sure you just didn't have the proper encouragement and support.

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