Last Day - Last Post!

my last day in CPH started when i met Claire at my dorm (Porcelaenshavn) and we headed off to Norreport to look at the store where she got her "I ♥ KBH" (Kobenhavn) sweatshirt - i decided not to get one from there though
we walked to Stroget and i bought a "I ♥ CPH" sweatshirt (more expensive, but it's kinda nicer and fits better as well)
then we basically walked around downtown - to Nyhavn first then to Magasin where we ate chocolate samples again haha

ahh i'm gonna miss these pretty buildings

we were supposed to meet Mario cause he wanted to go to Glyptotek museum with us so we went to the metro station to wait for him

but then it turned out that he rode his bike there and didn't take the metro so he wandered up and down Stroget while we were standing there at the metro station - fail haha

soooo then we went to La Glace =) Claire got this cake (edit: link broken now :( ) and i got hot chocolate!

it was amazing ♥ chocolatey, not too sweet, and it came with whipped cream plus one free refill! (although it did cost 63? 69? kr - around $11 but i think it was worth it!)

Mario said that the hot chocolate his grandmother made for him was exactly like that too - ah so jealous - i just drank instant hot cocoa when i was little

next we walked to Norreport station to meet Dora and then we headed to Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek museum! (on the way to Norreport we actually saw a whole gaggle of Justin Bieber fangirls - at least i think they were cause one girl was wearing a JB shirt, but i don't think he was in CPH so i have no idea who they were following)

and i'm glad i went since i think that's my favorite museum that i went too (...which was not a lot haha) it actually costs 60 kr to get in but it's free if you're under 18 so once again i passed for 17 and didn't have to pay hahahaspent a couple hours there - i really like the garden inside =)

then back to Porcelaen, packed up some more, and then had dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe with Dora and Amy
after dinner, we walked through the park behind our dorm - i hadn't been there before, so we went

and since there's also a zoo next to it, there's a place in the park where you can see the elephants!
then we headed back to Porcelaen, stayed for a while, and went to the nightclub - Park Cafe nightclub? - where the goodbye party was

and so ended my last day in CPH =(

i got back at Porcelaen around 3:30 am and then packed and cleaned up and headed to the airport at 6:30 am @-@ and i had to lug my luggage to the metro station, then changed to the S-tog to get to Kobenhavn central station, then lugged it to another track where the train the airport was

needless to say i was suupppeeerrr tired @-@



anyways, now that i'm back in Houston, i think i'll just list a couple random thoughts/impressions

my favorite place that i visited was definitely Frederiksborg Slot - it's soooo gorgeous there esp the garden outside

most disappointing? i guess would be the Berlin trip - don't get me wrong, i love Berlin, but the overall scheduling was just horrible
i mean, a 9 hour bus ride? crazy - and we had to pay for out dinner on Saturday night, so i really have no idea where all my money went - i think it would have been more fun and more worth it if we went by ourselves in a group

it's weird how just last week my friends and i were all together in Copenhagen, and yet now, we're all spread out around the world, and it's really sad how i won't be able to see some of them ever again (at least i don't think i'll have the chance to)

ok onto happier stuff
i will definitely miss shopping at H&M and Zara! - yes, there are other stores (Vero Moda is a pretty popular cheap stores, but sadly, i cannot fit the clothes) but i mostly shopped at those two stores
all those crazy sales! next time i go to Europe, i will definitely try to go during July during all the sales haha

i found out that i'm not particularly fond of smorrebrod - pickled herring is just not that appetizing to me and i don't really like the bread either haha
but i wouldn't mind eating it again (just not with herring)

the pastries however, are amazing! Lagkagehuset ♥

oh yea, the weather is amazing too in July - i don't think it ever reached above 80 degrees - it's soo hot in Houston x_x

i am certainly not going to miss the lack of Asian food, expensive groceries and rocky/cobblestoney sidewalks though

and now i can't think of anything else...thinking about CPH too much will make me miss it too much so i guess this is the end of my blog....well till next year when i'm studying abroad in South Korea or Australia! =)

o happy day!

=D

i haven't updated in a while, but that's because i didn't do much this week

Monday - just went to class and grocery shopping

Tuesday - did some exam prep and went to Norreport and walked down the shopping street
didn't buy anything, but discovered the store Tiger, which is kind of like a dollar store since most things there are 10 kr - you can even buy headphones for 10 kr! there's just lots of random stuff like dishes, books, calculators, notebooks, snacks, etc. some of it is more expensive (up to 50 kr) but still, everything is pretty cheap!

i also discovered that if you keep walking down this street, you hit Strøget (main shopping street in downtown)

and that means that there are basically three H&Ms within walking distance of each other lol

YESTERDAY however, was a fun day =)

first, i met up with Claire at 10 am - well, she was late so i waited for her for 25 min - which wasn't that fun but it's ok!

we went to the Thorvaldsen Museum, which displays all the works of art by Bertel Thorvaldsen, who was a Danish sculptor and donated all his works to the city

remember this yellow building from the canal tour? this is the museum!

inside the museum is pretty cool

Bertel Thorvaldsen

and his grave is in a courtyard in the middle of the museum

afterward, we wandered over to the Christiansborg Slot aka Christiansborg Palace


it's really pretty inside, but since we didn't have enough time and the entrance fee was 60 kr, we didn't go in

remember this? i saw them from the other side down in the canal

theeen, we went to the Black Diamond - part of the National Library - since it was really close by

we just kind of walked around and didn't go into the reading rooms since you can't take anything inside - that and we couldn't seem to figure out how to get into some of the rooms lol

next! we hunted for lunch in Kongens Nytorv and finally found some smørrebrød to try (which apparently just means "sandwiches" in Danish)

so, i guess it was my first time tasting

Claire's sandwich - it had herring in some curry sauce

mine which was smoked herring with capers and onions

i honestly don't know how i feel about it - truthfully, i didn't really like it cause it was super sour X| kinda tasted like those Chinese sour vegetables we sometimes have - add that with sour-ish bread and capers (which are sour) and it's kinda of a sour overdose

i think other types of meats would agree more with my taste buds but that's ok - and it doesn't look like much but i was actually full after eating it all - i swear they jammed a lot of slices of fish in that tiny bowl

then the highlight of my day!!

are you excited to hear about it? :D cause i'm excited to tell you about it!

so Claire and I went to La Glace! it's near the end of Strøget and they have all these nice cakes =)

sorry it's so blurry, but it was taken through the window, so yea

i forgot what cake Claire got, but here's a picture - it's seasonal and has rhubarb it

and i got the Sportskage - you can see it in the picture above and also here - it's the house special and has "crushed nougat, whipped cream, macaroon bottom and caramelized choux pastry"

so when i was waiting to buy the cake, i was kinda worried that they would run out cause so many slices were being bought, but when it was my turn there was still some left =)

but that's not the exciting part - so the lady goes and gets the cake to cut it (or so i thought) but she came back and told me, "the slices are normally not this big, but since it's the last piece, i'll just give it to you"

:D and so i ended up with a huge piece of cake C:
huge (and beautiful), no?

side view! on top is the whipped cream with some cream puffs and the middle tastes like mousse and then you have the crunchy macaroon bottom - it was really really good :D

and when i couldn't finish it, they wrapped it up for me so yes, i was very happy C:

and i have just finished my leftover cake with some tea ♥ and it was still good (although it melted a little) - perfect!

after that i went to class (starts at 2:25 pm) and was promptly bored to death

and after class, my day wasn't done yet - ate dinner (and watched pll and miobi) then it was off to Nørrebro to partake in Danish folk dancing

it was pretty fun - esp since they only showed us the dance once and kinda directed us, so during some of the harder dances we messed up a lot

but a lot of the dances were really cute! and mostly simple but of course, as always, the downside was the heat - they didn't have AC so it was so hot x_x

and sorry, no pictures, but i'm going to get some from my friend later

now, onto today! :D

i had a really good shopping day today :)

of course, it helps when all the sales are basically coming to an end, so stuff is even more on sale - for instance, ZARA had a "FINAL MARKDOWN" sign (does our ZARA even have one of those signs? i know the ones in HK definitely don't)

so here are my purchases

black shirt - doesn't look that great in the picture, but i like it
i think the other tags on the bigger sizes said 50 kr, so i was contemplating on whether to get it or not, but it turned out that there was no 50 kr sale tag on this, so the girl just marked it down to 30 kr =D (around $5.20)

then this jacket - i really like it and it cost 90 kr ($15.50)

so now for ZARA - oh how i love ZARA here cause it's soooooo much cheaper here than elsewhere and like i said, it was the final markdown so here's what i bought

i really couldn't resist buying both of these - they're both 2 in 1s - so the white one comes with a red shirt and the grey one comes with a purple one - and they were both only 29 kr ($5) so essentially, 4 shirts for $10 =)

then i saw these shoes and it were the only pair left - and in size 36 yay! and they actually look decent when i have them on - it doesn't look too loose at the top
i thought they were 99 kr, but when i saw the total, i was like wait what? how come it's not around 160 kr?
so they turned out to be only 59 kr XD so it's even cheaper - not sure what the original price was but i know another sale sticker said 269 kr ($46.30) and on the tag it says 39.95 euros (around $51) and i got it for 59 kr! ($10.20)
and they're just a tad snug, so they'll probably fit my sister even better (you happy?)

woo hoo! i certainly know why everyone is so happy here and if these things keep happening to me, i might not even want to leave (jk of course)

yay for happy days!

btw, i hear Darth Vader was hanging around Strøget today lol
this one's for you vanessa - dunno if the kid is cute enough for you lol

random note: Danish couples really are not afraid of PDA