The Last Month: Spring Break Part 2, and Much More...

Hello everyone! If you've followed me this far, thank you! I hope you've enjoyed reading about my adventures, both in Denmark and across Europe. I'm leaving Denmark on the 19th, which is fast approaching, and between now and then I have a million and a half things to get done, including going to see my visiting family later today, somehow writing two papers before Tuesday, attempting to visit Germany and Sweden, as well as places within Denmark that I haven't been to yet, like Tivoli - a massive amusement park in the heart of Copenhagen - and the Louisiana - a famous modern art museum, as well as taking two finals and packing up my life here to go HOME! Somehow it'll all get done, and I'm looking forward to spending these last few weeks in Denmark with my friends who I am going to miss like crazy; now that classes are done and the weather is beautiful, there's so much to do and so little time! Because of that, I won't be posting in great detail about all of the the back-logged stuff I haven't gotten to yet (like going to England and my friend Claire coming to visit) but instead I'll just post lots of pictures and tell you all about my adventures in detail when I get home.

So things have gotten a bit out of sequence, but before my travel break, my friend Claire came to visit me in Copenhagen for a week! It was great to see her and show her around the city that I've gotten to know over the past few months. It was a pretty crazy week for me academically, but we still managed to do a lot and I had a ton of fun.

Claire and I in Nyhavn 

Since Claire here for a week, she got to come with me to my practicum site. This is the view from the roof of the school - one of the best views in Copenhagen, or so I'm told. 

Rosenborg in Spring 

We also went to Christiania, a "free town" in Copenhagen that governs itself by it's own laws, which include the legalization of marijuana and the absence of cars

I had a day back in Copenhagen between Moscow and London, and I was able to meet up with my friend Dana who had been in Denmark for the week visiting a family friend. It was amazing that the timing worked out as well as it did, and we were able to spend an afternoon together, picnicking in the park and exploring the Botanical garden. 

Inside the Palm House at the Botanical Garden. You can climb up the stairs to a walkway that goes around the top of the greenhouse. I wish the Smith greenhouse had one!

Dana!  

Botanical Garden  

Botanical Garden, which reminded me a lot of Smith, actually 

The second week of my travel break, I went to England to visit my friend Monica who is studying in London. We did a ton of really fun stuff, including seeing Westminster, Big Ben, Parliament, the London Eye, St. Paul's Cathedral, Buckingham Palace, and a lot more. We even got to see Billy Elliot on the West End, and we took a day trip to the adorable town of Bath. It was my first time in England, and I had a whole week, which is definitely what you need to see London because it's huge! The weather was fantastic the entire time, which I was not expecting from England. Yes, I am wearing t-shirts in some of these pictures!

The London Eye, which was really close to Monica's flat 

Parliament and Big Ben across the Thames 

In St. James's Park, with Buckingham Palace in the background

London from the top of St. Paul's Cathedral - 530 steps to the top! 

St. Paul's 

Billy Elliot! I've been wanting to see this show forever,
and it was just as fantastic as I hoped it would be! 

The Roman Baths in Bath, England 

Roman Baths

High tea in Bath!  

Beautiful garden on the edge of the Avon River 

Pretty English garden 

The Tower of London 

Tower Bridge 

St. Paul's, this time from the ground

The Millennium Bridge, or as I liked to call it, the Harry Potter bridge 

I'll hopefully get to posting a few more shots from my adventures around Denmark and the surrounding countries before I fly home, but if not, let me just say tak for reading, and vi ses (see you later, or as the case may be, see you soon!)