Sleepless Nights

On Friday I was awoken at 9am by builders sat on my windowsill outside laughing and joking.  The mind boggles as to why they could not sit outside another of the 7 street-facing windows and not the one where they could see someone asleep outside.  I hit the books pretty hard as I am starting to stress slightly about the amount of work still to do before Christmas.  In the evening I met Max, Lorelaie and Paul (all Frenchies) for a drink and then we went on to FredagsBar on campus.  The theme was meant to be HALLOWEEN but the music was mainly British 80s pop-rap and Wham!  Anyway a lovely time was had by all and I met a rather dashing young man.

The Superheros (Lorelaie and Paul)

On Saturday I woke up with a banging head, drank loads of water and decided that what I needed was to ride my bike.  Rode down the road to Maxs andwe cycled down to Vesterbro to a flea market I had heard about.  It was real nice but kind of made me miss home somehow, I don't know, lots of trendy folk, it was very Brick Lane.  It had a bar serving cake, hot toddies etc, and a huge hall full of people selling their wares.  Outside there were some guys practicing Parkour and a place called Street Mecca where kids were playing basketball.

We then went to Istedgade, the top half of which is Copenhagens red light district (where I stayed when I lived in a hotel for my first week here) and the bottom half is all independent designer shops, specialist food shops, cafes and bars.  The weather was insanely nice (probably 14C, sunny, not windy), we locked up our bikes, bought lunch and went walking, just looking into shops as we went.  Basically the perfect activity with a hangover.  After a while we decided we both wanted an ice cream, so went to this place just off Vesterbrogade and the banana ice cream was one of the best thing I have ever tasted.  Went a-walking through some residential streets, played in some autumn leaves etc. 

Went home to have a nap and then went to the re-opening of Studenterhuset (Student House) which is this cafe/bar/gig venue/study hall mash-up.  It has been under renovation since I have been in CPH but I think it is going to be right up my street.  They have a darkroom, music practice rooms etc and loads of room to sit and study or stand and party.  Very cheap drinks.  We watched a band who were basically the Danish version of Pete and the Pirates - it was good but did not blow my mind. And then they played a ballad, just the keyboard player and the singer and it was insanely beautiful - I was very impressed, kind of had a Sigur Ros feeling to it.  Matt came along and then was going to this Kollegium (halls of residence) party in Norrebro.  It was pretty close to where I live so I thought why not?  Bumped into a couple of people I knew and had the cheapest beer I have ever had - 10DKK.

Slept a long time today + my extra hour.  Now this day is wasting away so I must go and study.