Can I Say Wicked in England?: Copenhagen:The world's happiest city!

Last weekend, I was lucky enough to make my final Eurotrip to Copenhagen. It was amazing! I had the best weekend with Margaret and Meimei and we shared many funny moments.

Friday night, I arrived at about 815, and we took the train to the city to get a drink at this little pub. I had delicious Christmas beer and we all caught up on stories about our travels. Then, Meimei and I went to her house in the suburbs! Her house is in the cutest little Danish village called Ganlose, and you have to take a bus and a train to get there. I didn’t mind the commute at all but I can imagine Meimei must get tired sometimes from the hour-long commute everyday! Arriving at her house, my first impression was that it was SO COOL! Its triangle shaped, and bright yellow! After waking up the entire family because their dog-Maggie barked at me for so long, I got to meet Claus, Meimei’s host dad who was so welcoming! We had a really pleasant sleep that night and we woke up nice and early ready for a day of sightseeing in Copenhagen.

Haha we had many funny times on Saturday, the first being missing our bus to get to the train station! So while we were waiting, we walked all around the little village and saw the store, the library, and the windmill…basically the whole town. It reminded me a little of Holland and I loved it so much. After finally making it to meet Margaret, we went to see the Opera House, New Hau, Parliament, the Marble Church, Copenhagen Cathedral and the changing of the guard ceremony. I loved seeing everything despite the Hurricane weather that we endured! The colors at Nyhavn were amazing, and the canal was full of little riverboats. Also, the Marble church was cool because it looked so much like the Pantheon in Rome.

One of the craziest moments occurred during the guard ceremony in front of the whole crowd. We were watching the ceremony in the first row and we were all standing. Because of the hurricane winds that were insane, as well as the buckets of rain, we were all very cold, kind of hungry, and all wondering if it was a mistake to sightsee in such conditions. BUT- then, my umbrella snapped in half, flew like 15 yards away to a huge opening where the guards were walking towards. Although we were in a crowd, my umbrella flew just beyond it, making me run to pick it up before it flew away again or the guards walked there. I felt so lucky when I caught it with little problem but, as I was reaching for it, I slipped backwards and fell in front of everyone….You are probably thinking….classic Lauren moment right there. Haha it was so funny that me and Margaret and Meimei were laughing hysterically and it wasn’t even embarrassing. So that made our moods a lot lighter and it was a great morning. That afternoon we did what girls do best, shop at H and M and other stores on the main shopping street! I loved that and it reminded me of when Margaret and I went to the huge forever 21 last summer in NYC.

When the day ended, we all went to Meimei’s house for a home cooked dinner by her host parents! It was the best dinner party ever! We had pork, cheesy potatoes and a yummy salad accompanied by a few bottles of wine. Yummmmmy! I loved talking to her host parents and getting to know about their Danish lives and culture. I feel like I learned so much just over that one dinner and it made me appreciate my weekend in Denmark even more. And I just loved sitting with two of my best friends for the whole night!

The next day, we went to see the old castle ruins under the most amazing palace where the royal family lives! The ruins were very impressive (I love castles/archeology) so it was a wicked cool Viking history lesson. Meimei and I walked around some more and explored Copenhagen by shopping at the Christmas market! It was also a really nice day out so we went back to Nyhavn to take more pictures J

This was such a great weekend and I’m so thankful that I was able to take one more trip and see one more country. Between two great friends, two cups of Baresso coffee (the most delicious coffee in the world) and so many fun times, this trip was well worth it!

With that being said, right now I’m traveling as well and I’m actually on a bus going to a castle after our trip to Stratford (Shakespeare land). I have one week left here and I don’t know what to do! It’s like an amazing dream that I’m trying not to wake up from so I keep pressing snooze on my alarm clock….

We are almost at the castle but I will post about this trip when I get back tonight!

here are some pictures!