CopenHELEN: A Simple Saturday

Today we went to a street festival on the pedestrian street, Stroget! We got some delicious candied almonds from a little nut stand and walked around. There were lots of little artisan stands and food and music playing, it was really fun! Then we met up with some friends at a café and walked around some more it was a perfect day! It is a little sad that these nice sunny days will be coming to an end here soon, but all the more reason to enjoy it while it lasts!

I have also started biking which is amazing!! A ten minute bike ride versus at 35 min walk/metro trip to school is a pretty easy choice. My bike (his name is Carl) is great! Hopefully I can go back to the bike shop on Monday and get a basket, they didn’t have any left when I picked my bike up on Thursday. The bike lanes are so well developed her in Copenhagen, I’ve heard New York City officials are looking to the Copenhagen model for bike lanes in the states. This doesn’t surprise me at all as the bike lanes here are extremely safe and efficient with their own turn lanes and traffic lights, it’s awesome! And biking is a great way to both get to know and see a lot of the city, I’ve really enjoyed it and am looking forward to having more of the city at my disposal now that I have a quick mode of transportation!

Next week is core course week so I will be spending all my time with the Sociology majors and we are taking a 3 day trip to Sweden! (I think to counter-balance the sociological overload they’re giving us a trip to make the week sound more fun.) But we will be traveling around site seeing the first two days and on the third doing a hiking, kayaking, picnic day in Swedish nature, it should be really fun and I’ll be sure to bring the camera!