Thursday, July 17, 2008

Sleeping Beauty


The major thing I have been doing the last days, apart from school and reading is sleeping. I don't know why I am so tired, maybe the last year is finally catching up with me. But it's okay, I have time for that right now. On tuesday I even didn't go to class, because Sleeping Me convinced me it would not be that bad not to go. Yesterday there was no class, so I could be sleeping beauty as much I wanted. Today then there was class again and I forgot to put an alarm clock (I suspect sleeping me of doing that unconciously), so I got up half an hour late. It seriously becomes about time that damn prince comes along to prevent me from sleeping further.

In between sleeping I made and ate sushi on monday night, also check the pictures because I was really good at it and I can't wait to try different versions. On tuesday I finally went to explore Norrebro, the part of the city I am living in. It is the momentary "In"-district of Copenhagen, but apart from the cemetery and the main street around my bus stops I always neglected it because I was doing other stuff elsewhere. But, since tuesday I know how much there's to do there, it's also a little bit less expensive than Central Copenhagen (not much unfortunately) and there are tons of nice places. the most apparent thing about Norrebro is it's cultural diversity. There are so many different food places, a lot of Middle Eastern shops, and sooooooo many different people. It's not one of the safest places at night compared to the Central Area but it's also way more exciting. I still have the whole area around Norrebro station left to explore and I am really looking forward to it. I will take my camera.

Yesterday I went to visit the Thorvaldsen Museum. As on wednesdays all museums are free in Copenhagen. I never heard of him before, but I definitely missed something. He lived from 1770-1844 and apparently was THE sculptor of his time. The museum displays models of his projects he made for public places, e.g. the grave monument of Pius VII which stands in St. Peter's Cathedral in Rome, sculptures of Schiller and Gutenberg and also impressive equestrian sculptures. Apart from famous persons he also pictured a lot of mythological scenes in his work and there's one hall where Jesus and all his disciples stand. Quite impressive, check the pictures.
Yesterday night the Summer students had a BBQ, where I had a lot of fun and right now I am looking towards another weekend, starting with a visit to Tivoli tonight, then the obligatory visit to Kulorbar on thursday evening and I'll see what the rest holds for me. The minor inconvenience about the weekend is that our professor postponed wednesday's class to friday, soI will have to drag myself there tomorrow at 9.

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