in copenhagen

It's my first Sunday in Copenhagen, and being friendless again, I had nothing to do, so I decided to go for a walk on my own. I planned everything, like where to go, which station to stop at, which roads to turn into.. But I still managed to get lost.


The blue line is the route I took. The green line is the one I was SUPPOSED to take..

It was my first time taking the metro, but that was pretty easy, I had to take the S-tog train to Flintholm from Norrebro, then change to the metro to Norreport. It wasn't like France having to search for the station, just a matter of going up and down the stairs.

Anyway, I took a huge circle and ended up walking from Norreport station to Amalienborg Slot, the Queen's castle.


Just a small part of the castle.. And apparently this isn't the only one

I didn't go in, but there was a very nice fountain with kids splashing around in it. I think it's like a Danish kids thing cos all the parents were bringing them to play and they were running around in their underwear.


Kids splashing around and having a good time

After watching them for a while I went to stick my legs in and it was freezing! But I got used to it after a while, and stayed there for about an hour. By the time I got out I couldn't feel my feet and they didn't want to move.


Feet in the fountain.. There was a weird woman who came by and DRANK the water though she could see people with their feet in it! Then she made a face like, this water tastes funny and I was so ready to laugh at her.. She's giving a bad name to tourists everywhere!

But after taking a long long long route to I have no idea where, making lots of detours as usual, I bumped into the statue of the Little Mermaid!


There's the Little Mermaid on her rock..

That was quite interesting cos I never expected to see her and suddenly there was this crowd of people and I recognised the statue. That was quite funny.

It was pretty late by then, so I gave up finding places to go and went to Kongens Nytorv, which is a great touristy street with a canal and lots of cafes and people just hanging out by the canal. There are lots of tourist canal boats, and little sailboats, and the buildings were all very colourful.


People and boats resting by the canal


Street musicians along the canal, colourful cafes and lots of people


Close-up view of the street musicians or.. ? Hint: Spot the cute Danish guy..

There are lots of people, maybe they're Vietnamese, who go around collecting bottles and cans and going to get the deposit back from the supermarket. That's how they earn their living, and that's quite sad but I wonder how the government allows it cos they will hover around people until they finish their drinks. I sat there for a long time too, the weather was really great but now I have a weird tan cos I was wearing a polo tshirt with sleeves.

Then when I was wondering what time I should leave, Veronique walked by with some of her friends (Charlotte, Joachim and Camille from France, and Tim and Miles from the US) and they very kindly invited me to join them and hang out together. It was really fun and they were nice, and the French people were speaking in French and I could understand some of it I was so excited. It's so great here cos when you know one person you also get to meet the people they know and so on and you just get to know more and more people.. I love the way that works..

After that we were hungry so they invited me to go back to one of the residences nearby, Tordenskjoldsgade, near the Kongens Nytorv station which is right in the centre of town, and we cooked pasta and drank beer and had a great time talking..


Miles, Veronique and Camille, with the pasta

It was so fun to meet new people, and they're all so friendly. So the day ended off pretty well, we only left the place at 11pm. But though it was so late there weren't any weird people yelling strange things at us, so it felt pretty safe. Though on the S-tog there was this guy who came in and he started drinking beer. Luckily the next stop was mine..


Waiting to take the S-tog back at the Flintholm station. Red is the S-tog and the one above is the metro

When I got back I met Tanikie and Nicole (Jamaica/UK and US, who live in my residence and helped me not go to school alone on Saturday, with another girl Heather) going to raid some empty rooms, so I went to go find out what was happening and we ended up talking for a bit, then we met this guy Geoffrey who lives in the same building, and another guy on my floor, Jason. So things are getting better, being out alone isn't that bad, I can do whatever I want, get lost if I have to and just wander around anywhere.. It's great.. Tomorrow is the first day of class and I'm scared! The lecture slides look intimidating and so does the reading, which I just skimmed through cos I'm so tired but I'm afraid she's gonna ask us about it. Well, I'll worry about it tomorrow, I just need to sleep right now..