'Here Comes the Summer Sun, It Burns My Skin'

Tuesday was another pretty nice day, but slightly chillier and windier so I stayed at home and studied.  Only left the house to food shop.  Boring.  By Wednesday I had 'cabin-fever' so I went to the library to pick up a book I had ordered and sat in the sunny empty-holiday time courtyard at CSS.  Nadine joined me an hour later, then Sam showed up, then Lis finally made it and my reading for the day was very much over.  Late in the afternoon we headed to town, then we baked Sams birthday cake at Lis'.  We then took it over to Sams where we watched the Lion King and at 12midnight I lit the candles and we sang Happy Birthday and had a piece of cake. Yum.

Thursday was actually Sams 21st so we had plans to go to Tivoli which is an amusement park in the centre of Copenhagen that was founded in 1843 (quite a long time ago).  It has rollercoasters and rides, restaurants, pretty gardens, and a boating lake.  Those of you who are avid readers of this here blog will recall me going there with Matt and Charlie to do the big rides in September.  This time I just hung out and drank a really massive beer.  The weather was insanely nice, so I donned my shorts and tie-dye and slapped on the sun cream.  It was delightful.

We ate pizza at Sams and I tended to my very very very slightly burnt skin.  I don't even understand, I was sat in the shade all afternoon.  The curse of the Evans'.  We headed to Drone for birthday Drone about 1am, after Sams friend Berny had had to be put to bed next to a bin.  Oh dear.  We all slept over at Sams, so the morning was all nice and breakfasty.  The weather was even nicer... on with the shorts again, and out for a walk.  We sat at Christiania lake for a while, was so nice with the kiddies playing in the sand.  I cycled home (after watching The Wild Thornberrys (!) at Sams) in the lovely sun, but with a cooling breeze.  I think I might have had a big smile on my face the whole way home.

Thats the thing about Copenhagen/Denmark.  Yes, the winters are very long, and yes, sometimes it is nearly unbearably cold/windy/rainy/snowy.  But I swear to ....... when the weather is nice, I completely understand why Danish people are some of the happiest on earth.  Cycling, sun and smiles is the best combination.  Friday was also my 8 month anniversary of living here, and its just incredible.  It feels like I just stepped off the train at Hovedbanegaarden with 3 heavy bags trying to memorise the route to my hotel, dinner on my mind.  Its a bit overwhelming to think about all of that.

On Saturday morning I cycled 12km south to Copenhagens largest shopping centre, and then back up to the city, and my legs might be dying a little bit.

We hung out, saw 2 amazing street perfomances.  The first was this American dude on his piano called Yul Anderson.  I have seen him about twice before, but yesterday his music and the day just matched perfectly.  Then we walked to Sams, and bumped into our favourite CPH performers, Flaskedrengene (the Bottle Boys).  This isn't yesterday, as you can probably guess from their apparel - but this is when I saw them last, playing a Danish pop hit.

Lovely dinner at Sams, then the first Harry Potter film - Snape is so awesome in that one.