Planning the trip. One of the things we had planned to do while we’re in Copenhagen is travel and explore Europe as much as we can. The list of possible places to go has already far exceeded the time we have to do it. I’m always asking friends and acquaintances what they recommend. And of […]
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København Climate Strike
My best effort at correct pronunciation: “Ko-ben-hound” Many of you probably heard about the youth climate strikes happening around the world Sept 20th to Sept 27th. As a former climate movement organizer, I’ve personally become mostly cynical about protests and rallies and their impact. But in this particular case (and honestly in many other protest […]
American teens in Europe, the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, and dinner at Chin Chin.
If you have read the list “Hidden Europe: The Top 20 sights you’ll see when traveling with your teen,” (snort) you will have a greater understanding of the Saturday afternoon argument that is threatening to become routine in our family. The weather was glorious (and based on all 4 weather apps I consult, I was […]
Bikes, phones, vampires, Danish bureaucracy, and an intro to Danish pronunciations…
Vampires, wha…? (It’s there, promise!) Read on with patience and care… In our first 3 weeks we bought 6 bikes. They are all 2nd hand – bought either from DBA.dk ( Danish version of craigslist), or in local bike shops. This may be considered excessive by some (a colleague of MBH’s comment was “you might […]
Neighborhood Loppemarked!
It feels like it’s been ages and ages (In actuality only about 3 weeks) since I wrote and published a blog post. However, I’ve been taking pictures and THINKING CONSTANTLY about what I’m going to write, all the exciting (to me at least, still not sure it’s so exciting to others) things I’m going to […]
Bikes, trains, troll hunting, nude beaches, smørrebrød, and friends: A perfect day trip to Greve Strand.
We had the good fortune to connect with friends (our next door neighbors) from Cambridge, MA (We lived there summer 2012 to summer 2013). Christine, the mom, is half Danish, so I had reached out to her a few weeks ago, and turns out they were going to be visiting Denmark! So we made plans […]
The library!
Last night MBH decided to go check out the library nearest us (about a 5 min bike ride). He of course checked the library hours before going. I declined to go because yesterday the mass quantities of Advil I took only took the edge off my sore neck and wrist, and biking at all was […]
So about that fall off my bike…
I ended yesterday’s post with “I have a sore right wrist, sore right hip, and sore right ankle. But am otherwise fine.” Today, I am definitely not “otherwise fine.” Yesterday afternoon (about 2 hours after I fell – was still feeling fine) I met up with friends at Torvehallernene Market. (I challenge anyone to correctly […]
First Day of School
There is so much to blog about I now find myself thinking in blog mode constantly and adding to the growing list of blog post topics: Danbo cheese, Monday’s amazing day in Greve Strand, bike infrastructure, groceries in Copenhagen, and more) And then I go down rabbit holes that do not involve actually writing. Like […]
Swimming! Nordhavn Bassin and…jellyfish
2019.08.16 UPDATE! I asked Danish friends about jellyfish and the rule of thumb is if the ring around the top of the jellyfish is white or blue, their sting does not hurt humans (can’t get through the skin). If it’s red, the sting will be felt, but it’s nothing like a Man O War sting, […]