The northern countries and towns are so very different from the rest southern Europe. the Denmark History museum was fascinating, but it seems like they had more rivalries with Sweden than with anyone else, Denmark seems to have stayed out of the major wars and didnt really dive into any sort of industrial revolution. it appears as if they watched everyone else and then followed. this fact may or may not be exemplified by the fact that 80's clothing is super big here. .. even the receptionist at the hostel was jammin out to an old micheal jackson song. only a couple decades late. he will be dead before they hear the news that he is accused of being a child molester.
but the people are beautiful i must say. bleach blonde natural hair, blue blue eyes, striking features. they are very tall and this is the only town steve and i even remotely fit into. he is actually short here, if you can believe it, and i... well im universally tall.
there is a section of copenhagen that is called Christiani. apparantly, some years ago, some students crawled into abandoned warehouses and began to be squatters (well, i guess they already were squatters, now they just found a more permanent...squat) eventually, they proclaimed their own state within Denmark. pretty much, so they could buy, sell, and smoke pot freely. they dont have complete segregation, but the government mostly leaves them alone. Just like every other tourist, we thought it would be interesting to see Christiani, which has now become a sort of attraction. entire families were there walking kids around in their strollers, eating organic pizza, it was Hippie-ville and really fun ... until ... my bike got stolen. Copenhagen has free bikes, where you put in like a two euro piece, ride the bike, and when you return it to the lock you get your money back. do you think you can trust the peace lovin hippies? well you cant. they stole my bike when i was paying for thai food. this wouldnt normally be a big deal, someone obviously needs the two euro more than i, but, Christiani is roughly two miles from our hostel. at the furthest possible location for ´the bike to be stolen, it was... the last of the Danish Crowners spent on the warm Thai sauce spread over the meal. it makes for a good story though, and im not bias at the hippies. i love hippies, it just makes the story better when you exaggerate. until next time!
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