Copenhagen Adventure, Day 5

Random observances:

Everywhere you go there are Christmas Carols.  Street decorations, lights, Christmas markets selling all sorts of interesting yuletide gear, ad then some.  It's quite festive.  Magical, even.  Although there's  no actual snow.  A+ for effort though.

Dry day.  Some days it's pouring rain, some day's it's a misting drizzle, some days it's dry.  Not monotonous, for sure!

I'm overly warm everywhere I go.  I packed and dress for cold damp and rainy (or snowy) and as a result I'm layering clothing, wearing sweaters, and my jacket is a Minnesota Winter jacket.  So  when I'm outside I'm a bit too warm, and when I'm inside I'm overly warm.  I don't know if it's that the Danes are smart enough to want to be warm, or the Minnesotans are too cheap to heat well, but when I'm at home I'm always cold - especially feet.  But here I've been overheating everywhere.  It's a good problem to have, I suppose.

There are these little black and white birds Im seeing often.  They're magpies, and apparently they're so smart!  They can recognize themselves in a mirror - few animals do, and they're the only birds who do.  Plus, they're pretty.

Work has now gotten quite busy.  I'm spending a lot of time talking with people, working on relationships, and explaining things.  While I've met many or most of these folks online, and interacted with most of them, it's different meeting in real life.  And the same goes for the space!

A very festive welcome

Treats!

Busy with meetings and such, time flew by.  Another great lunch, this time a more traditional Danish Christmas selection, with Ham and Potatos and such.  Very tasty and substantial!  Also, more currant juice.  I feel like I'm at IKEA!

It's 50 degrees today, and we even got a glimpse of sun!

Sun!

Office Organization

I've been getting rides from my boss to and from work sometimes, and traffic is bad enough that I have him drop me at a close by metro stop and walk from there.  Tonight the rain made everything shiny and wet, even though it had stopped coming down.  It made for some really beautiful scenes.  Copenhagen doesn't need much help in that arena, but the rain takes it to another level.

I will have dreams about this moment

Christmas lighting - even cooler the next few nights!

Tuborg and some impending pasta

Ok, I have to admit something.  I suck at finding food.  My social anxiety makes it so easy to avoid going into restaurants, and eating alone makes me feel like a sadness magnet.  But sometimes I push myself and get rewarded.  Tonight I needed proper carbs and protein, so I sought out Italian.  Finding a well reviewed place near the center of town, I headed out.  It was small, but oh so italian and I ordered a proper Danish been (Tuborg) and some good old spaghetti.  It was simple, expected, and traditional, but so tasty, so filling, and so worth whatever that crazy Danish money cost.  While I'm thinking the expense report is going to have some peaks, it'll have enough valleys where I wimped out on food.  Seriously, there were a couple days where I just didn't eat enough food.  But then, I was also trying to figure out what that odd feeling was on my belly  It was the feeling of a shirt that wasn't stretched tight.  I can't wait to get home and weigh myself!  (I'm guessing I'm one of the rare people who loses weight when travelling to such a great food city)

After coming back home I kicked open the laptop and worked on my travel journal.   All the while watching my new favorite Danish TV channel -- the kids channel at night.  It's just shots panning across different children's show characters sleeping.  Because, you know, kids should be sleeping, not watching creepy giant hook handed pirate bear with the mouth that looks like it's screaming.  Also, have you ever seen a sleeping puppet fart?  Yeah, it's as awesome as you'd think.

Scroll down to see video -- if it's not region locked.  Not sure yet.  :)