dad comes back to visit..

I'm probably not in the right head space to blog right now after just watching Der Untergang (Downfall) and feeling, I can't really explain, I guess closest I can say is a bit sick.. It is a very well made movie and extremely well acted but it is so hard to try to understand how that could happen and so many people died. It is a good idea to get a better understanding of what happened in Berlin in it's past so that when we are there we can see how it has been shaped by it's history. Our project is coming together slowly. We have some good ideas but it is really getting time to really plan what we are going to do so we know what we need to do and where we need to go in Berlin next week.

Work was again so busy last week and it didn't help that we had to move in the middle of it. After the disruption though it is nice to have a change of scene and a view! (I mean to the canal outside, not the new guys to look at.. hehe). Pirita came back from Canada and the States but was pretty tired understandably from coming home on Sunday night and then starting a new job on Monday so she cancelled her leaving drinks on Friday. This left me free to meet my dad after school =)

A more perfect day to arrive in Copenhagen I don't know as it was Friday and also Copenhagen Culture night. After a few tasty beverages at the Friday bar I was on bike into town to meet Dad and Misoo. It was perfect timing, I arrived the same time as their train and then we went so I could buy the culture night pass at the ticket office. Unfortunately they had run out of english programmes so we had a hard time trying to work out where to go. Copenhagenites are very friendly though and we met this guy giving away coffee in a wetsuit and lots of other people willing to help us out.

I thought I had read on the internet that there might be some interesting sailor stuff happening in Nyhavn so we headed in that direction but what is usually one of the busiest tourist places in town was unusually quiet. We had a nice beer though and then headed towards where I thought the National Museum was. On the way we stumbled into a Danish immigration happening and then an old military display near the armory museum.

Once we got the the museum they had interesting music playing and a light show and we wondered around the Danish exhibition until they kicked us out around midnight. On the way to the train station we came across a very nice exhibition from a lady whom has taken pictures of Christiania residents. You can see these photos on her website. Unfortunately by the time we had made it back to the train station the last train had been so dad had to take a taxi and I had to walk all the way back to my bike and then home.

The next day was then a slow one and in the afternoon I made my way out to the campground they were staying. What a mission!! Oh I feel so happy that I live right in town now as the train did not stop at the station I needed and the only directions I had was from that station. So then I got bad directions from a guy and got on the wrong bus.. Anyway, almost 2 hours later I finally arrived and it was a very nice evening eating and drinking in the motorhome and catching up on their travels.

yum!!


Then it was a very interesting and fun filled trip home by bus, night bus and lots of walking!!
So Sunday was another slow day, cleaning the apartment and finding a supermarket open on Sunday. Then dad and Misoo turned up for dinner and make the most of my internet connection. Then it was time to say goodbye and see you in a couple of months..

Another ting that happened last week is that I got my new bike back from Harold and lowered the seat. The first time I rode it to school it felt so strange and I didn't like it but I been sticking it out and now it is really nice to ride. I took a photo on my phone today to show how it is bigger than my other bike that I used to call the monster..

That's it for now. I have to do some research for the Berlin project. Laters..