Hav en god fødselsdag, Dronning Margrethe!

Today is the Queen of Denmark's 68th birthday!  DIS had given everyone the heads-up, so I headed to Amelianborg with a few people to watch her come out and greet the subjects.  The crowd was pretty decent-sized but totally subdued-- the police told everyone where they couldn't crowd past, and that was that, no ropes necessary.  There were quite a few Danish elementary school classes, replete with paper flags and, in some cases, crowns.  Queen Margrethe and her family came out onto the palace balcony and waved a few times while a marching band that looked like British Beefeaters played a spiffy version of "Happy Birthday."  Very fun indeed!

In other news, Jackie, Dara, Jen, and I trekked just off the edge of the map into Østerbro yesterday in search of a fabled Jewish market.  We were successful, fortunately, and the apartment is now very well-stocked with matzahs.  I almost got brownie mix, but then I remembered we don't actually have an oven here (just a stove and microwave, weirdly enough), and they didn't have Manischewitz wine (or much else from that brand, come to think of it).  DIS is sponsoring however many students to go to both seders with the local Jewish community, so that should be fun, too.  Plus, Andy will be in town by that point-- we're meeting up in Stockholm, Sweden tomorrow, and then we'll be back in Copenhagen over the weekend, and he stays through my birthday next week!  Quite exciting.