Saturday!
I set my alarm for 10am, woke up, found this mystery bruise that I thought was dirt a couple days ago, and then texted Taylor because we planned to watch the Denmark Gay Pride Parade today!
It was a beautiful, sunny, hot day, so I was very American and wore shorts.
Just takin' pictures of myself at the train station.
Taylor and I walked around forever and could NOT find the parade. But there was some action in City Hall Square.
Then Taylor and I went to McDonald's and I bought a McFlurry and she bought a huge wrap and a McFlurry. I packed my lunch.
The McFlurrys are made with Magnum ice cream, it was super delicious. Cost = kr. 23
Public urinals =
Trying to find the parade = walking into the Rosenborg Palace gardens
And look! A Danish Capri Sun.
And then we took a billion pictures of the gardens.
And when we were about to go home, we found a pride dance in the middle of a street, blocked off for dancing purposes.
Drinking + dancing + outfit = required
Then a cinnamon and sugar crepe for dinner!
Remind me to buy myself a crepe-cart when I get back. We need more of them in MN.
And a drag queen with rubber duckies on her dress.
Then an ABBA concert!
Pride brought in about 20,000 people.
How exciting! Super Troopers right here. Long day of Pride. Even though we never found the parade.
I finally decided to work the Danish top-knot hairstyle. See this blog for details on Danish stereotypes.
And I looked at the weather in St. Paul before I went to bed...
And then I changed it to show me the weather in Copenhagen :'(
Sunday!
Woke up 10am Sunday, made myself some breakfast/lunch.
I ate brunch outside at this table, but it had some leftover hygge on it.
Hygge:
Linda was going out to see her horses, the ranch is somewhere in Risby, and so about an hour later, Bjarne took Chloe and me by bike to visit. We biked through the forest to get there. It was surprising to me to see that Denmark had a forest, I don't know why, call me ignorant.
And interspersed in the forest, there are lakes and fields and nature.
And apparently someone has chickens, or there are wild chickens in the party area. Either is fine by me.
Me taking pictures of myself while biking...
This is a horse.
But there are horses everywhere, and the horse above is grazing in the summer area. Below, Chloe and I are where Linda keeps her horses in the winter, and if there are new horses, they go here, too. Where there are fewer people and noises.
Thank you, bike. The forest looks beautiful from on top of you.
So cute! There are about 6 women who board there horses on this ranch (is that what you call it?). They can give lessons to kids/people with special needs or disabilities as a therapy, and during the ride, the parents and caretakers all hangout in the barn and drink and socialize. Like the Danes so often do.
Molly is a hunter at heart. She hunts mice and stuff but sometimes she just plays with them. She had a lot of fun out here!
A horse and Bjarne. The clothes for the horse keep flies from eating them.
A horse and me. This one is the bad one.
This one is the good one :)
First family (sort of) photo!
Linda and her sister got back, and the horse on the left is named Fiona, like in Shrek, because that horse is a bit ugly, they told me. If she had to be a princess, she would be the ugly one. HAHA. And I said, so one day she will turn beautiful! And Linda's sister said, "And she will choose to go back to being ugly." I wish I knew how to spell Linda's sister's name. Ha. Linda's sister is such a long name for a person. It's something like Madda but not exactly.
Then Bjarne, Molly, Chloe and I biked home, and Molly ran the whole way! Like 5 or so kilometers.
Don't mind this, just an adorable church on the way home.
I'm so happy I got to see the horses! They said we could even ride them one day.
I also saw that there is a cafe and store and bar and swimming pool about a block away from our house, but it's not in the direction of the train station so I hadn't ever seen it! Notice I'm keeping with the Danish top-knot hairdo. So simple.
- Yummy Strawberry Tea (lol, they drink Lipton)
- Cream cheese, sausage, pesto/sundried tomato sauce, and swiss cheese (or whatever the Danish eat that looks like Swiss) sandwich
- Yummy, liquidy yogurt in a Jack Daniel's glass (they have a ton of Jack Daniel's glasses, like 15)
I ate brunch outside at this table, but it had some leftover hygge on it.
Hygge:
- Wiki - One of the fundamental aspects of Danish culture is "hygge": relaxing with good friends or loved ones, often while enjoying good food and something to drink or creating a more friendly atmosphere by lighting a few candles. Christmas time, when loved ones sit close together on a cold rainy night, is a true moment of hygge, as is grilling a pølse (Danish sausage) and drinking a beer on a long summer evening.[5]
Looking good, koi fish.
Linda was going out to see her horses, the ranch is somewhere in Risby, and so about an hour later, Bjarne took Chloe and me by bike to visit. We biked through the forest to get there. It was surprising to me to see that Denmark had a forest, I don't know why, call me ignorant.
And interspersed in the forest, there are lakes and fields and nature.
There is a party area, where you can rent these shelters to throw parties and hangout. This is all somewhere deep in the forest next to a field with a really tall hill where you can see Copenhagen and even Sweden from the top on a nice day.
And apparently someone has chickens, or there are wild chickens in the party area. Either is fine by me.
Me taking pictures of myself while biking...
This is a horse.
But there are horses everywhere, and the horse above is grazing in the summer area. Below, Chloe and I are where Linda keeps her horses in the winter, and if there are new horses, they go here, too. Where there are fewer people and noises.
Thank you, bike. The forest looks beautiful from on top of you.
So cute! There are about 6 women who board there horses on this ranch (is that what you call it?). They can give lessons to kids/people with special needs or disabilities as a therapy, and during the ride, the parents and caretakers all hangout in the barn and drink and socialize. Like the Danes so often do.
Bjarne in the barn.
Molly is a hunter at heart. She hunts mice and stuff but sometimes she just plays with them. She had a lot of fun out here!
A horse and Bjarne. The clothes for the horse keep flies from eating them.
A horse and me. This one is the bad one.
This one is the good one :)
First family (sort of) photo!
Linda and her sister got back, and the horse on the left is named Fiona, like in Shrek, because that horse is a bit ugly, they told me. If she had to be a princess, she would be the ugly one. HAHA. And I said, so one day she will turn beautiful! And Linda's sister said, "And she will choose to go back to being ugly." I wish I knew how to spell Linda's sister's name. Ha. Linda's sister is such a long name for a person. It's something like Madda but not exactly.
Then Bjarne, Molly, Chloe and I biked home, and Molly ran the whole way! Like 5 or so kilometers.
Don't mind this, just an adorable church on the way home.
I'm so happy I got to see the horses! They said we could even ride them one day.
I also saw that there is a cafe and store and bar and swimming pool about a block away from our house, but it's not in the direction of the train station so I hadn't ever seen it! Notice I'm keeping with the Danish top-knot hairdo. So simple.
I guess I will be swimming sometime soon :)
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