BEER! and some greenery! oh yeah AND THE SUN CAME OUT TODAY!

Do you see that? Ah yes! That would be the sun! (And a tree trunk, but that is besides the point). Yay for vitamin D! Today we had a nice sunny break from the barrage of cloudy days in Copenhagen, and in the past few days there have even been a few signs of Spring! The birds have been singing, there have been small flowers growing, and the sun has been setting around 5:45 instead of 4:30. So, either Snow White has migrated to the area or it is almost springtime!

Today was a busy day that began with a class visit to a Impressionist art museum (gotta love that Manet and Degas), then consisted of some thrift shopping and a stop at the Carlsberg Brewery. We also visited a park (see below).

hmm....maybe Snow White has come to Copenhagen...but where are the dwarves!?

The Carlsberg Brewery tour was incredibly fun. And the 70 dkk entrance fee came with two beer tickets! Dad, get ready because I am bringing you back here! 

This is the original little mermaid model. I'm not sure what she is doing at the Carlsberg brewery though....

The biggest beer collection in the world.

This was the symbol on Carlsberg beer bottles until WW2 when they chose a new symbol for the brand.

The Carlsberg Special.

Carlsberg produces beer in many countries around the globe and is currently the 4th largest brewery group in the world. The company was founded in 1847 by J. C. Jacobsen in Copenhagen, Denmark. Jacobsen named the beer after his son Carl, who later took over the company when his dad died.

Monday night I went to Abigail's kollegium to make Derby pie for our visiting family. Long story short we doubled the batch so we could make two pies but couldn't find any pie pans. So we ended up just putting both batches in a broiler pan and using two crusts....haha SUCCESS! It was thicker than it was supposed to be so it didn't cook all the way through BUT it was still good. Plus: Danish fun fact of the day: There are no chocolate chips here. aaaanywhere. what is wrong with these people? I feel like the Danes would benefit from having tiny pieces of chocolate...even though it was fun chopping up chocolate bars with knives....one piece for the pie - one for me - one piece for the pie - one for me!

Tuesday after class, Abigail and I took the pie (and ourselves) to Ishøj. Morten and Linda made a mexican dinner (SOOO GOOOOOOOOOOOD - I don't think I realized how much awesome mexican food we have in America until I left). He also made a really good version of guacamole! It's more like a sauce but I promise it was so good: avocado, lime juice, any seasoning you want, salt, sour cream, chili powder? or salsa < I may be inventing that one. Then put it in a blender and put it IN your burrito or on your tacos. Morten also lined tortilla chips up on a cookie sheet and put a small amount of cheese on each chip with some seasoning. Then he put them in the oven so when they came out the cheese was completely baked onto the chip and you can dip them in salsa or the guacamole mixture! The pie was very sweet but I think they liked it. If they didn't they hid it well which was nice haha. I drank 2 cups of coffee after dessert because it was the Alterra coffee I had given them, then drank 1 more because they wanted us to try Danish coffee compared to the Wisconsin coffee......I was literally bouncing up and down on the bus ride home. I also couldn't stop twitching, which may or may not have scared the other passengers......damn you caffeine!

I hope you are all having a lovely week! Talk to you soon!