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I went to Copenhagen for the second time this past weekend. It seems like a very cool city, though like all of Denmark it might be more fun with a Danish salary. Denmark is known for cool design, and Copenhagen has got lots. A lot of cool modern architecture mixed with historic cool architecture, fun-looking shops, hipster window displays, cozy cafes, and much more.

A few highlights:

Saturday night I went out to dinner with "Cousin Ida", who is actually the cousin of my roommate Tia's mom and good friend of tha Pegsta, Ingrid. Anyway, I like referring to her as Cousin Ida and she has certainly welcomed me like I was a cousin! First we stopped by a very cozy little brewpub with rotating taps and sampled some tasty Danish brews - it was quite a treat to try something different from the Carlsberg (or worse) that I've been drinking regularly in the 'borg. Then off to a tiny restaurant in a funkier part of town (from what I was told), where we ordered the two person menu - a bunch of small plates of whatever they've made that night.  It was very fun and tasty - and to me - danish, alhough Cousin Ida told me that many danish wouldn't even recognize the things we were eating. Some of the plates I remember... beets with creme freche, poached egg with capers and couscous, white fish with crunchy toasted onions and dill, beef, thinly sliced root vegetable with mussles, root vegetables in brown butter... and some other things I don't remember.

Sunday we went to the Louisiana Museum - a bit outside of town but a beautiful setting for a museum, right on the water look across to Sweden. The grounds are an attraction in themselves; see the Calder piece and view above. The Klee and Cobra exhibit was also very interesting though. A big theme of the exhibit was the inspiration these artists drew from children, which I thought provided some food for thought.

Then of course there was a lot of walking around, as there is any time you're in a new city. I tried some of the toasted sweet almonds, which you can smell wafting up the main pedestrian street - the longest in Europe.

The weather was a mixture of sun, rain, freezing cold, hail.... so below are a few pictures of one of the sunny moments, in the park/castle near the hostel, in the latin quarter of town. You can always click the photos to see a larger version. You may notice that with the arrival of the new camera I've been doing some "experimenting", with mixed results :)

Another highlight was thanks to my good friend Amy Chamb, who provided some great recommendations from her many visits - but most important was her suggestion to visit Sank Peder's Bageri. It was so bomb we went there twice in one day. A few photos and the surrounding area below.

I have a lot more pictures so I'll post some more in another post or set up a way to make a gallery or something. For now I'll end with me chillin Danish style.