2 weekends ago, I visited the Louisiana Museum, an amazing modern art museum. The founder was all about hygge (http://www.visitdenmark.com/usa/en-us/menu/turist/nyheder/nyheder/kunstenathyggesig.htm), which I haven't explained but is a very neat concept. So, it was kind of cozy, with wide, open windows, and doors to go outside almost whenever you wanted. I saw Picassos, Pollocks, Warhols, all part of their permanent collection, plus two exhibitions that were very neat. Here are the links, if any one is interested/avoiding work and want to read something interesting:
http://www.louisiana.dk/uk/Menu/Exhibitions/Women+of+the+Avant-garde/Women+of+the+Avant-garde+1920-1940
http://www.louisiana.dk/uk/Menu/Exhibitions/Andreas+Gursky
I don't know if it will be as cool on a website as it was in person, but still worth glancing at at least.
Last Saturday, we visited the largest organic farm in Denmark, Svanholm, which also happens to have an "off-the-grid" community that lives on it. Here's the blurb my advisor wrote about it:
the "hippy" commune place, the oldest, largest organic farm in denmark on which 120 people live, work, eat their home-grown, community-style meals together, have a shared economy from which everybody gets the same monthly allowance out, from which they get everything provided for them, except for alcohol, that is, and where people live what appear to be very happy lives
So yeah, it was very interesting! I'm sure it's not perfect, but it did seem to work, at least on this very small scale where everyone has a similar mindset.
Then, on Sunday, I went on a hike! It was about an hour and a half train ride out of the city and was so beautiful. It was great to get out of the city for a bit. I was feeling awful the night before and didn't sleep much, so I thought I would have to miss it, but I woke up to a clear blue sky with the sun shinning through my window, so I stuffed my pockets with tissues and went for it! And it was tiring but definitely worth it.
Last night I went to the Experimentarium, which is basically a children's museum, but was so much fun. We learned about energy, gravity, the human body. I should not have gone, since I've had a paper and midterm due in the past two days, plus two midterms tomorrow, but, whatever, it was fun and a great stress relief.
So, these are the big things I've done in Copenhagen over the past few weeks! Now, after my two tests tomorrow, I get to go on an adventure! I'm going to be mysterious about it now, but will definitely post details/pictures when I return.
It's crazy to think about how long I've been here. It's already been over 2 months, and by the time we get back from travel break, there will just just over a month left... I'm not sure how that happened (time passing, what?!), but I feel like I'm in an odd "in-between" place where I feel like I've done and seen and met so many people, but also that there is so much more to do! And just the idea that I'm going to have to get used to not being around the amazing people I live with, leaving this beautiful and exciting city, having to drive places (that seriously may be the biggest thing for me ahah... Walking and public transportation, who needs cars, or foreign chemical leaching oil, or paying for said oil?! Oh wait, I live in Texas. Grr). Of course, on the other hand, I miss my family, friends, APO, Southwestern (maybe not the work load, but almost ahah), so I think (know) I will be ready to get back, but it just doesn't seem real right now that this amazing experience is just going to end so soon! Lets hope I squeeze in lots of exciting things to do before then!
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