2nd Visitor to Copenhagen!!

My first guest to Copenhagen was Candace Krieger, an AU student who was studying in Rome for the semester. Poor Candace left the Italian sunshine to come to Denmark in February...just after a large snowstorm (uncommon for CPH). So we spent our days attempting to sight see...attempting unsuccessfully in the sleet and slush. Not the most conducive atmosphere for taking pictures! But it was great to see Candace!!!

My second visitor to Copenhagen was Aaron Patterson, a friend from DC who decided he needed a break from the beltway. After a quick stopover in Iceland, he headed to Copenhagen for 5 days at the end of March.

After a short detour through the city, Aaron met me at work "christened" the apartment with my first dinner party.

(I had a tough time staying still for the picture!)

We spent most of our time in Copenhagen riding all over on our bikes....and taking a lot of pictures. There are too many to put on the blog but let me know if you want the link to snapfish.

Aaron checked out the Little Mermaid!

We hung out at Nyhavn and enjoyed the gorgeous weather, went on a canal tour, rode through Christiania - the hippie village/social experiment

Nikki was gracious enough to invite us over for a delicious "spag bowl" dinner as the Aussies call it (spaghetti dinner).

We took a day trip up to Helsingnør to explore the cute seaside town. Helsingør famous for being the home of Kronberg Castle...the setting for Shakespeare's famous Hamlet and origin of the famous line "there's something rotten in the state of Denmark"). A highlight of the trip was relaxing on the beach in front of the castle for a picnic lunch.

Afterwards we took the ferry over to Helsingborg, Sweeden...only about a 20min trip. After an hour wandering around we decided that Helsignør was way more exciting and made the international trip back!

Aaron's last day involved more touring of Copenhagen and luckily we had great weather. We climbed the Round Tower and enjoyed the panoramic view of the city from the top. Afterwards we headed over to Rosenborgslot...the former Royal Palace which is now a beautiful park in the middle of the city...to meet up with some friends for Frisbee....and of course take more pictures!