And it continues..

Nyhavn, Copenhagen

Making it from Amsterdam to Copenhagen was quite the relief. This meant a new map, new monuments, and a new culture were all at our fingertips.. That is if we could afford to be there. Copenhagen apparently is one of the most expensive european cities and rather than using the Euro, they decided to continue using the Danish Krone. The krone is equivalent to above 20 US cents which means that a meal could cost you 60 or 70 kroner.. if you really find a good deal.

Spray Art

Our second day in Copenhagen, Alice and i were joined by a roommate from our hostel in a trek across the entire city. The image above was painted on the side of a small building in an area called Christiania. This area is recognized as a commune just outside of the city where police have very little influence and art in all its forms is free to take place. Aside from Christiania, we also spent time at the Opera, The Playhouse, and just wandering through housing projects taking photos of whatever caught our eye.

                                       

Our last day in Copenhagen was spent being very cold. Breakfast on the water was very nice and i learned perhaps the only danish phrase i will ever learn.. Roraeg med bacon. It means scrambled eggs with bacon. It is pronounced "war-egg" and implies a heaping pile of steaming hot eggs. After breakfast we explored the Botanical Gardens and made our way back to the airport. Having almost missed previous flights, we decided to give ourselves extra time which proved futile in that our flight to Berlin was delayed for a good hour. Berlin was very promising right from the beginning. Leaving the terminal we met a bus driver who, along with a worker at the airport, explained the finer points of the Berlin Metro. Arriving at our hostel a little before midnight, our only real option was to enjoy an ice cold Erdinger and call it a night.

Olympia Stadion

I would gladly trade an arm and a leg for another day Berlin. In a single day i visited Unite d' Habitation which is by a pretty famous architect, Le Corbusier. I guess you could say hes pretty influential, being the father of the modern architecture movement and all. After exploring the premises like a kid in a candy shop, i dragged alice across the street to the olympia stadion which we could not enter because they were preparing for a soccer match later that day. Feeling a bit discouraged we made our way back into the city to visit The Berlin Jewish Museum, a Daniel Libeskind design. As Alice wept her way from exhibit to exhibit i ran around taking countless pictures of the angles and gashes which give this building its distinct character and undeniable power. Leaving the museum, we spoke with a security guard who informed us that the Soccer match later in the day was unlikely to be sold out and we made it our mission to attend. So there i am, in Berlin, Germany eating bratwursts, drinking my pitcher of Carlsberg, and taking in all of the sights and sounds ( angry men yelling in german ) when i realize that this was the first professional soccer match i had ever attended. 

The last day of this amazing trip was spent monkey-ing around with these Orangutan's at the Berlin Zoo. I can't say enough about how impressed i was with these creatures. It was next to impossible to take a quality picture of these guys because of how agile and quick they are. I couldnt help but feel overwhelmingly jealous of their physical capabilites but then again being a Human has its advantages. For example, it is unlikely that these fellas ever venture past the confines of their enclosed jungle gym where as i had the chance to explore three seperate countries in a week and had the comfort of returning to a fourth country which i currently call home. Thinking about home makes me sad because i know i wont be going back for another month and a half but i ll be back never the less. In the meantime i ll be continue to explore my new home as well as make trips to some of the other wonderful places Europe has to offer.