Monday, in between my classes, we found lunch on Nyhavn and took a canal tour, both awesome. This is such a gorgeous city, and I had yet to see it from the water. Plus, rather than the haphazard history that all the DIS junior staffers are stocked with, we got the full-on tour. Now I can tell you that the three crowns atop the stock exchange spire represent Denmark, Sweden, and Norway; which building is the oldest on Nyhavn, and what the back of the Little Mermaid statue looks like. After my later class we had some downtime (and I had work to do), which included a lovely in-house dinner of spinach soup and matzah with various spreads. Yum.
My 21st birthday on Tuesday began with two big, kosher-for-Passover cakes on my desks from the roommates! (Dara's parents are here for the week from Long Island and may have had something to do with that.) Three classes and a spot of chocolate layer cake later, I had registered for fall classes at Brown (not without Banner mishaps, mind you), spoken to grandparents, siblings, and parents, and received a card from my loving Taunte Rachel & co. in Los Angeles. Andy, who had spent the morning checking out the Nationalmuseet and the Rådhus, met me at home with two big chais from Baresso in hand (with a pump of vanilla like I like at home, even!) and a set of amazing-looking British teas, complete with a new tea ball. (This guy is good!)
We wandered to the Botanical Gardens and the King's Gardens up by Nørreport; the former was closed and the latter not super-exciting. The Danish Design Museum merited some peeking-in, but they were also on the verge of closing when we got there, so I ended up taking Andy to see Christiania, which is of course quite the experience. We admired the public art and the playground's swing set and seesaw, sampled raspberry juice (bottled), and avoided lingering for too long by any of the fire-burning trash cans.
For dinner, Jackie and Jen joined us at a place that just opened across the street from our apartment-- and by "just," I mean it's new enough that they don't have English menus, a marquee sign, or prices up on their little sandwich board outside yet. But it was yummy, and involved a crouton-less salad and champagne! And the commute was certainly appealing.
Yuri and Ilana met us at home to devour the rest of the cakes (which were actually quite good despite their lack of flour), and then, with a few more additions, we went to the Happy Pig, a bar just around the corner from Skindergade that's a frequent DIS student haunt on Tuesday nights. It was so much fun-- good music, good friends, and (as you can see here) great photo opportunities. Definitely a great birthday!
And now, time to actually get some work done so I can have fun with my parents in Oslo this weekend!
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