Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Copenhagen in a week-end - Random Ideas (retro-active)

- Art Museum: Reality Check exhibition, some really shocking things, others a bit absurd, but most of them an irritating authenticity, small pieces from people's life and history, strange labyrinths of messy offices, hospital rooms - and that's only a small part of it. Didn't have time for everything, must be back soon, until January, when it will all be ending.

- Also, the permanent exhibitions are cool: seen some Matisse and Renoirs, Dutch and German paintings, and lost of Danish works of art, including modern art, a temporary gallery of sculptures, and many more... but only a Picasso. They also have an open workshop for restoring old paintings - hmmmmmmm of course, that doesn't mean that public can contribute to restoring the paintings, but at least they can watch.
- Botanical Garden, tropical greenhouses - finally, found a good place where to spend the cold winter Sunday afternoons. The tropical greenhouse is sooo green and tropical... I mean warm :)
- pizza picnic in the king's Gardens
- the apples from King's Garden were delicious 
- hate cooking, hate my kitchen, hate my Italian roommate who's cooking daily (Paolo's actually a good boy, the only reason I hate him is because he can cook, and I can't :D)
- a front-view of the little mermaid this time - I've seen it before, but only her behind (yes, the little mermaid's but!!). Actually, the first night I was out here, in Copenhagen, I met someone who warned me about it. He advised me not to have very high expectations regarding the little mermaid. And that was good.. After all, she is called like this precisely because she's not very big. Nevertheless, she really has something special, attracting many tourists from all over the world. We could barely take any pictures of her, because of all the Japanese tourists there with their cameras.
- the "Walking Street", in the center of Copenhagen. Was my first time passing by, without spending any money. I usually can't help myself, and each time I have to buy small things. This time I only stared in the shops' windows for some boots, then we continued our way fast, there were too many things to show, in very short time.
- Amber shop: there is also an Amber Museum, but this time I was too shocked by the jewels' prices in the shop, so decided to go to the museum the next time I'll have the opportunity.
- discovered an orthodox church here in Copenhagen - it is true, it's a Russian one, but still I'm going to visit it one Sunday soon, even though I won't be understanding anything they say.
- the autumn's here, it's getting colder and colder, darker and darker, and the wind blows stronger already.
- the Rosenborg Castle - the place where they keep the crown jewels!
- Kastellet - an old fortress, surrounded by water, but now a peaceful place.
- the museum of the Danish Resistance - during WW2. Some authentic things from that period, most of them really impressive...
- except for the Russian church, also seen many others: Lutheran, Jewish, Anglican. Wish I could visit one each week.. that wouldn't be such an impossible plan anyway.
- walked around the lakes.. all 5 of them, I think, and I was pretty exhausted.. and I saw many swans..
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