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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

Swimming! Islands Brygge

Wednesday August 7th we biked down to Islands Brygge (pronounced “brewga”) one of the highly recommended swimming *baths* in Copenhagen. We had to time it just so it would be *at least* partly sunny. Although the girls are tough, I’m a wimp with cold water (66 F), esp. when it’s only 70F outside. Growing up […]