KØBENHAVEN

Spend 2 days in Koenhaven (that's the way the danish spell it), strollling from the Town Hall Square down Copenhagen’s famous high street Strøget – with bohemian street buskers, peach-coloured Hare Krishna processions, families with small children, Japanese city breakers and long-legged blonde girls – leads you to the fountain, Storkespringvandet; an informal gathering point. On rainy days, a lot of people go to the legendary Café Europa for very expensive coffee. From the fountain you can see the artist Bjørn Nørgaard’s gorgeous mosaic paving – but also of the crème of classic Scandinavian shopping: Royal Scandinavia with all its storesrithon this historic strip – silverware from Georg Jensen, porcelain from Royal Copenhagen, glassware from Holmegaard. And right there is Illums Bolighus where whole storeys of the best of industrial design are on display, and where furniture exhibitions feature works by, among others, Hans J. Wegner, Arne Jacobsen, Finn Juhl, Poul Kjærholm and Verner Panton, almost like a museum. I hope I can make it to the Royal Library in Copenhagen, which since its inauguration in 1999 has become the new symbol of the town and apparently is the new attraction outshining the Little Mermaid as the most depicted motif from the Danish capital. The Black Diamond – a black prism dissected by pane glass sections – is in stark contrast from the original library building from the beginning fo 1900.

Budgets, budgets, the only things I bought was a water container (I mailed to myself) and a few Nessas (the christmas elves) so cute. We went to TIVOLI, a park in the middle of the city, itøs so beautiful, and now as it's Christmas it's all decorated in the danish christmas tradition with Nissas, hearts, we ate waffles with chocolate on a stick, and a french hot dog...quite pornographic one, you'll see the picture. We saw the elve's country, had a beer and hot chocolate while wathcin a laser-fountain show, and then we met Gunnar at an excellent steak house in downtown, after a fab dinner we went to a downtown church to hear Anna sing in her Gospel Choir Group, really good, lively and animated. That night we stayed up until after 3 am, drinking a lot of wine and Bailyes and talking and laughing, of course today i open my alcohol marinated eyes until noon!!!