adventures with sally ball

sally and i went to copenhagen and malmo sweden.

day 1 4/29/2009
*got into the hostel about 6 pm. it seemed like a nice place, however upon staying there it was dirty and kind of gross.
*went to the gas station to get a drink. they have coin machines you pay with rather than giving the attendant your money. sally and i were very confused by this and when the girl started talking to us in danish we were consumed with a giggle fit. the girl working thought it was funny too.
*figured out the trains and went into the city center. walked around and watched all the super hip people. it seemed like everyone was fashionable to the max.
*stopped into sam's bar for some cheap chinese food. became entranced by danish karaoke. we asked sally's friend sophie what this song was about, apparently it is about a parrot from america.

day 2 4/30/2009
*went into the city and walked around again.
*sat in the king's gardens and had coffee. then found a grocery store and bought an ice cream each.
*walked down to the water's edge and saw the opera house.
*walked back to the center of town and found a little courtyard filled with locals drinking beer. sally and i sat for a bit, then some gentlemen at the table next to us accidentally threw a cork at us. in an effort to apologize they poured their beer into our beer glasses and created a super beer.
*sat in a public square and ate pizza then headed back to the hostel.

day 3 5/1/2009
*before going to malmo this was the only thing we had seen.
*caught the train to malmo, sweden (which only took 20 min!). since we both loves trains we were a little disappointed the trip was so short.
*malmo was a quiet city, we forgot may 1st is a public holiday so a lot of places were closed.
*walked for a few hours then had some wine at a nice restaurant. bought some food from the grocery and cooked at the hostel. had ballerina cookies.

day 4 5/2/2009
*walked into the city along the malmo stad. enjoyed looking at the lake and seeing all the street.
*stopped in the lilla torg for some coffee at the rock and folk cafe. exchanged drinking stories.
* went to the design and form centre.
*found internet and tried to book our hostel in copenhagen, but we were unsuccessful. decided we would just wing it once we got back there.
*had lunch at falafel 1.
*sat in the park for a bit before going back to the hostel. once at the hostel we were hit on by a disgusting polish man, he was waaaaay too interested.

day 5 5/3/2009
*caught the train back to denmark. thought about taking the ferry, however once on the train i was glad we didnt because the water looked super rough.
*found a hostel with room but couldn't check in for a few hours. so we went and sat in a public square and had lunch.
*bought some wine from a bottle shop then went back to the hostel so jesper could pick us up for dinner.
*saw sophie and jesper's house. it was super super cute. it was part of an apartment building and had a giant courtyard out the back. they walked us down to the water, near the oprah house. we also saw the little mermaid, we were worried she was not going to be there since she is taking a trip to china soon.

day 6 5/4/2009
*jesper picked us up about 11 to go to the viking museum in roskilde. it was about an hours drive from copenhagen.
*sally and i tried on viking clothing and sat in viking ships. its amazing that they can trace their history back so far!
*after arriving back in copenhaged jesper took us out for open faced sandwiches and beer. we ate them in the courtyard behind his house.
*after lunch jesper dropped us off at the round tour in the city. sally and i climbed to the top then got our daily danish ice creams and headed to the hostel.
*sat and read for a bit then made our way to bobi bar. this was probably one of my favorites places in copenhagen, the atmosphere was comfortable and it was full of locals.
*had sam's chinese again then went to lades and back to the hostel.

day 7 5/5/2009
*the weather had been wonderful the whole time we were in denmark, then on the last day it was rainy and cold.
*walked down to christiania. had a danish danish! and coffee along the way.
*walked around the center of town and did a little shopping. i bought a new bag from a german company (which was good because my main bag sally was borrowing broke at the airport...). we went to marimekko and i found a wonderful little black dress. sally bought a mustard coat.
*stopped in thomas's sandwich bar for a sandwich.
*had to head straight to the airport after lunch. got back into london pretty late.

final day in england. 5/6/2009
*walked around london for a bit with sally. visited the orangery for tea, anyone who visited me in london knows this is one of my favorite things to do.
*met with david for dinner at bistro one.
*went to the commercial tavern with sally and then back to her house for bed.