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I had big plans for my first day back home (23/7). I was going to study and unpack and pay bills and make lists. But, instead I spent it lying on my bed, reading the second book in the series about the teenage witches. It made me remember other summer days, spent with Harry Potter,Continue reading “Epilogue”

I’m so tired, I think I’ll be able to sleep half the day away tomorrow. My bed is so wonderful. My sheets are so nice. My room is so quiet. And Lina made me dinner. But, coming home: I realized, when the train was approaching, just before the central station, that Stockholm must have oneContinue reading “Day 38: Home, at last”

Markus’s street in the 7 o’clock Monday mist. We crossed the bridge. The big bridge. Öresundsbron. The fields and cities of Skåne were replaced by the Småland forests and meadows with cows. I guess I should go through my photos or write stuff for the blog, but I didn’t sleep well last night (I wasContinue reading “Day 38: Last report from a train”

Waiting for the train to Stockholm to arrive, we bought breakfast. Tea and a danish. And the funny thing is, in both Swedish and Danish, a danish is called wienerbröd, which more or less translates to ‘Vienna pastry’. This is due to the pastry being an invention of Austrian bakers that were brought to DenmarkContinue reading “Day 38: Mr. P has a Danish for breakfast”

On Sunday afternoon (21/8), Markus took me on an adventure. You see, Markus is a major football fan and the team that he supports is called Brøndby IF. This Sunday, Brøndby IF was to play their first game of the season, and instead of sending me off to do something else in Copenhagen, he invited me toContinue reading “Day 37: Balls, beers and bellowing”

It matches nicely with the pattern of his fabric. Mr. P likes matching things, too. The hot dog was good, for being a hot dog.

I gave Markus’ Sunday morning off from his guide duties and took the metro to the Copenhagen Botanic Garden. It was a wonderfully calm place, with greenhouses, a pond and people sitting on the grass, reading in the sunshine. And the entrance was free – so, if I lived in Copenhagen, this would definitely beContinue reading “Day 37: The University of Copenhagen Botanical Garden”

Copenhagen was a pretty city, with so much color and the canals – but I think I was completely over-stuffed with European cities and couldn’t take in more. Except for the library, I didn’t really get excited about anything. But when we felt done with the city, we went back to Markus’s part of theContinue reading “Day 36: With Markus and Mr. P at the beach”

The Royal Danish Library, situated just by the water, was extended with a new building which was finished in 1999. It is called the Black Diamond, and it’s an exquisite piece of modern architecture. The entrance hall is huge and airy.   And by a roofed in bridge, the old library building could be accessed,Continue reading “Day 36: The Black Diamond of Copenhagen”

  There were some locks on that bridge too.