My Beautiful School

Got a lot of snow yesterday. Can't get over how blessed I am to be learning at such a beautiful place.

The FC Copenhagen Football Game!

Again the event was set up by CBS and all of our friends went. We got sandwiches and a coupon for a free drink. Normally most students would get beer but it was so cold out we all got hot chocolate! It was really exciting with all the Danish chants and we totally destroyed the other team with a finishing score of 3-1. It was an outdoor arena and was -4 degrees Celsius. (I am getting used to Celsius and now realize it makes so much more sense than Fahrenheit! Stupid Americans…) By the end our toes were about to fall off and I couldn’t move my hands outside of my coat pockets. Here are some pictures from the game!

A City Full of Adventure...

Because I had just gotten my bike (Yay!) and my iPhone (double Yay!) I was all about taking new adventures around the city this weekend. On Friday Kyle, Teddi and I set out to go to one of the free Art Galleries in Osterbro. When we entered, the concierge was somewhat confused but told us to go on back to the party. We were even more confused when we went back and found ourselves in the middle of a classy award ceremony with tons of free appetizers, champagnes and desserts. So we did what any poor college students would do… blended in and ate! We fit in by clapping and laughing when the rest of the crowd did. Here is a picture I slyly snapped of Teddi and Kyle. Cheers to free food!

After we went to Kastellet, an old fortress shaped as a star that used to guard the entrance to the Copenhagen port. It dropped about 10 degrees while we were there and almost froze on our bike ride back home!

Saturday, I called and made reservations for Café Petersborg, a traditional Danish restaurant hidden in Indre By. Kate, Andrea and I rode our bikes because it was sunny out (don’t be deceived sun doesn’t mean warm!) On our way we passed Rosenborg Castle and the guards were marching by. We all leapt off our bikes and almost killed ourselves to get pictures in time.

Although Café Petersborg is small it is actually quite famous. Hilary Clinton chose to eat there when she was only in Copenhagen for one day. It was my first official Danish meal and was absolutely delicious! We decided to get a ton of different Smørrebrøds and share. Smørrebrød consists of one slice of rye bread, typically topped with fish, but they put anything on it. The most famous is the pickled red herring which most people have their own opinion about, they love it or they hate it. My favorite Smørrebrød was the fried brie with blackcurrent jam. Yum!

After we took a short ride through beautiful Nyhavn, where my mom and cousin, Kim, will be staying when they visit. I think it is the most beautiful part of the city.

Sunday it was time for…

A Day at the Races...

On Wednesday we went to the Horse track, Trav og Galop, right outside Copenhagen. It was an event hosted by CBS through the Sports Economics program that was only 100kr for two drinks and 50kr of betting! It was interesting trying to figure out the odds when everything was in Danish, but it was still fun cheering for the horses that we bet on. We got a tour of the horse stables and had a Q&A with a few of the jockeys. It was a fun day!

Girls Weekend in Stockholm!

Liz, Jenna, Teddi and I decided to head off to Liz’s homeland, Sweden, for a girls weekend full of shopping, relaxation and food! We left bright and early Friday morning and were out exploring by 12pm (thanks to Teddi and I’s amazing direction skills). The public transportation in Stockholm is amazingly simple and can take you pretty much anywhere around the city. By far the best way to do a weekend in Stockholm is to get the 72 hour pass for all metros, buses and ferries, which can also get you to and from the airport for only 250 Swedish kroner.

First we hit old town, the oldest part of Stockholm and walked among all the cute colored, old style houses. Royal Palace (Kungliga Slottet) was the next stop to take some fun pictures with the guards.
The Stockholm cathedral sits right beside the palace but we decided to skip going inside due to the steep entrance fee. We then caught the bus to the other side of town to go to the Vasa Museum. The Vasa ship is one sight you have to see when in Stockholm, and is well worth the 100kr. It’s one of the most complete and best preserved shipwrecks in the world, built in 1628. It had only sailed 2km before it sank in Stockholm harbor. It lay at the bottom of the sea until 1961. Fun fact: The production team of Pirates of the Caribbean came to the Vasa museum to use its design for the famous ‘Black Pearl’.
For dinner we ate at a little hidden pizza place that Jenna had read about in the airplane magazine. Pizza Hatt Pizzeria was started by the creators of Cheap Monday Jeans and is famous for its sourdough crusts. After a long day we all couldn’t have been happier with our pizzas and straight to sleep we went.

We started Saturday with a free walking tour of Stockholm. Our tour guide was Canadian but knew a lot of interesting facts about the city. We passed the hall where the Nobel prizes are awarded, the opera, and ended at Drottningholm Palace. For lunch we found this amazing market called Hotorgshallen that was right next to Hay Square. There we finally found our Swedish food we had been searching for! Lingonberry Jam and Swedish meatballs. It was absolutely divine, especially after all of our walking.
After we had regained our energy it was off to City Hall (Stadshuset) then home for a quick cat nap before the Ice Bar! The Stockholm Absolut Ice Bar is one of the original ice bars of Sweden. It was really fun to hang out with the girls with a Lingonberry cocktail in a cup made of ice!

Sunday was dedicated to exploring and shopping! We walked downtown to central station where the largest mall in Europe is located; we had to be super careful not to lose each other in that mad house! It is also home to the flagship H&M, Sweden’s second most famous store. Ikea is the first, obviously!

We then set off to find Fjallgatan, a street that Trip Advisor promised to have ‘spectacular views of the city’, and spectacular they were! It was a clear, sunny, gorgeous day and you could see all of Stockholm. It was the perfect ending to the trip. Last stop was Coffeehouse by George for a quick pick me up and some Chokoballs (which are a must-try if going to Stockholm).

Before we knew it the weekend was over and it was back to school in Copenhagen.