goddag

Finally... yes... made it here via a four-legged flight with many layovers and nearly 30 hours of travel. Goddag fra danmark!

As promised, a first round of pictures, though we have been trying to settle ourselves into a dorm room/studio apartment clearly formerly occupied by students who previously up and left without cleaning anything... dirty dishes left everywhere. I am working through soaking piles of silverware/dishes/plates/etc in hot water, then scrubbing... meanwhile, balancing that with walks, and a bit of sightseeing, and meeting folks.

On to the pictures! We live in the community of Frederiksberg, fairly far out from downtown Copenhagen, so you will not see any of the traditional pastel houses and boats in the first batch. Presumably that will come later as we have more time.


During our layover in Munich, we had a "traditional" German breakfast -- veal sausage, a pretzel, and a beer. No, Bruce didn't have both of the beers... one is mine. But it looked funnier with him having both, eh? ;)











I asked for a diet Coke flying from DC to Munich... and got one with Arabic on the side. I had to keep the can. :)
















Flying into Copenhagen... windmills off the coast! :)






Our room for 6 weeks. All I care to do is collapse on the bed (but we did manage to rearrange the whole room and eat).










The view east from the room down Finsensvej (we're on the fourth floor)
















And, here is the view to the west. Note the cloudy, gray skies. Yes, makes us feel quite at home. Actually, weather is a lot worse here than Seattle for now... lots lots lots of rain in the AM... I tried to wear shorts this morning. It lasted about 20 minutes.









We went on a couple hours' walk today. I've seen this parking sign all over. I have no idea what it means, but I'm wondering if it has anything to do with the recent declarations that the Danes are the happiest people on earth.






Dave and Jen, we found this place just for you. But they spelled your last name wrong. We decided that when we're hungry at the right time, we'll try the Cafe Phister. Misspelled.








That's all we got, for now. Plans are to go downtown to one of the museums tomorrow, and we'll see what the coming week brings. One of the other guys around here found a dirt-cheap airare to Krakow next weekend, so that sounds like a plan. For now... hej hej.