copenhagen was a great city- very relaxed and easygoing. we rented bikes on saturday and rode around and saw all the touristy places. it's amazing how much ground you can cover on 2 wheels!
what we saw on bikes:
the fortress/castle
the little mermaid (she's actually pretty little):
the opera house
the black diamond (a library)
nyhavn (picturesque canal):
the stock exchange with a spire made up of 4 twisting dragon tails
a wind farm on the water with HUGE windmills:
christianshavn
year round christmas store
stroget (longest pedestrian walkway in the world -- it was a mad house)
i'm not really used to riding a bike in a city so it was a good experience for me... more than half the population rides bikes instead of driving. it's pretty amazing to see rush hour when all the traffic consists of bikes and not cars! i was pretty sore after riding and still pretty sick, but it was still really enjoyable.
overall, the trip to scandinavia was amazing. not at all what i expected. yes, it was incredibly expensive, but we made do. the people were beautiful, but also really diverse - not just blonde hair and blue eyes. logan's friend roger really made oslo for us... we were able to see so much off the beaten path that if we hadn't, we might not have liked the city as much. also, visiting the architecture firm snohetta and visiting their opera house was a major highlight as well.
.jpg)
oslo as a city was not my favorite, but the experiences we had there made it an amazing time. copenhagen as a city was absolutely my favorite of the two... it's what i had expected scandinavia to be. my parents were absolutely on point about it, and i'm glad i was able to experience it for myself. and traveling with meredith and ryan was really fun as well... we had similar interests and that made it easy to hit all the right places. the whole trip was well worth the planning and the money saved over the summer.
so, on sunday meredith, ryan, and i got on a flight back to prague. we made it to the pension just in time to catch up with kyle, kevin, and eric for dinner. it's kind of nice to be back in prague and already be familiar with a lot of the area where we're staying... it's our little home away from home now.
the last 2 days i've spent catching up on sleep and relaxing before the semester starts. yesterday we went to the grocery store and hung out in a park. today we've just been wandering in and out of stores looking for good deals.
tomorrow, we have our first day of orientation followed by an introduction to studio on thursday. then, classes officially start next monday the 15th. it's pretty strange not being in class in the middle of september. but i could definitely get used to this.
as for all those pictures i need to upload... they're coming. i promise.
No comments:
Post a Comment