Saturday, June 29, 2024

27 June 2024 Copenhagen: Celebrate the Final Exams!

 


A country wide tradition of celebrating the end of High School is happening all around us. First there is the traditional graduate's hat the studenterhue. This is a sailors hat and the graduates will wear it non-stop for two or three weeks. This will garner congratulations from the people they meet as well as discounts and special features.  Then comes the studenterkorsel, a drunken ride in a huge military truck.  This truck takes all the kids to each other's homes for a celebratory drink.  The Danish drinking age is 16 for anything less than 18%.  So these kids already know how to drink and they will party all night.  There is a long list of traditions that go with the hat.  the score of your final exam gets written inside the cap.  If you make it till dawn you can cut a triangle shaped notch from the sweatband and if you swim naked with the hat on you can add a wave to the hat.  a square shaped notch in the sweatband means 24 drinks in 24 hours, a notch in the sun shade means those drinks did not stay down and if the entire sun shade is torn off the drinker needed a stomach pump. A heart shaped cut in the band means sex with your current partner but with the hat on and a lightning bolt is sex with someone new, also with the hat on.



Stylish hats.  I would buy one


But they cost from $100 to $700



Driving down the street with banners


Line up for inspection


Heading in for drinks and then back out again to another house
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On the morning of the 28th we have another truck!


They were whooping and hollering except one guy looking poorly at the back of the truck


At the top left corner of Leslie's iPAD is the trail of vomit!


Around the corner they go!  We can still hear all the music.




It has been 2 years and 22 days since we began our Migration

Friday, June 28, 2024

27 June 2024 Copenhagen: Lunch at Aamanns 1921

 


Our fine dining experience at Aamanns 1921,  had local open faced Danish sandwiches called smorrebrods.  We each ordered the lunch plate which is two smorrebrods and a desert.  We ordered a herring in marinated elderflower vinegar, a smoked salmon, the special smorrebrod of the day with pork meatballs and a chicken salad sandwich topped with multiple kinds of greens.  We shared the sandwiches for the most part but I hogged the meatball smorrebrod.  A tasty chocolate and apricot desert finished off lunch nicely.  We were early of course and I popped into a camera store.  It was an impressive storehouse of all things camera related.  After lunch we walked around this neighborhood looking for some batteries. Mostly we were looking at all the Danes going about their days. 


At the Metro Station


Toe shaped art?


A bit confusing to the eye


Lovely stone work on the sidewalk


Its Fritz


"The" Jane


Early with some time to waste


Here is looking at you


Film!


High end large format cameras


No hassel Hasselblad

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Jars of goodness


Nice art


Open and light


A nip of the Zinfandel


Anniversary celebrants get Danish Flags


Cheers!


Hmmmm, I think I like this!


Herring marinated with elderflowers


Salmon with dill foam


Pork meatballs and cheese


A chicken salad with lots of greens


Specially bottled liquors


Dessert is a toasted brioche topped with hot apricots and a thin layer of chocolate


1921 from the other side


This was an odd store so we went over to look


It was like bring in Japan with all the emphasis on anime


Nice look for the Danish Futball fan!


Who might these outfits appeal to is unknown


Old Copenhagen looking fine


Supplying the market for Aboriginal masks 


Football uniforms


The fanciest bronze sconce ever


Milk Maid


It has been 2 years and 22 days since we began our Migration

26 June 2024 Copenhagen: On the Water with Captain Polly

 



We have seen three types of rental boats out on the water.  FriendShips, Go boats and MyCaptain boats are all different styles and speeds.  Go Boats were too small and looked to be uncomfortable.  My Captains were too large and may have included a Captain so that made the choice of FriendShips easy.  We arrived early so we were able to start early as well.  It was a warm day, bordering on hot.  It was hot enough for all the Danes to be laying about in the sun.  More than once we got the impression of seals or other sea mammals lined up on the beach sunning them selves.  The side canals that we boated along were small, especially so when the large tour boats decided it was time to pass.  We rented the boat for two hours and we managed to travel further than our original plan.  We got very close to where we are staying before we turned around and headed back.  Great fun on the water.


Getting close


This is the place


Lucky #8 for us


Our handy navigational chart


Our path in red, the tracker did not realize we were on the water and it's green path makes no sense 


A pontoon bike


Dead end


Vera!


Our Captain


No room on either side


A bit of turf on the deck


Maybe the barge was already docked to photograph the restaurant


Maybe they were here to photograph the pontoon bike


Either way they had lots of cameras and people


Another photoshoot going on waterside


A very nice rowing boat


Swans in the shade


Hmmmm, which way to go?


Round bridges


The water opens up here


Every space is filled


In the water and on the docks


The water patrol keeping people out of the navigation lanes


A couple of boys in a boxy boat


A light house ship


Bright light


Putting along around the Palace Grounds


Great bridge


Lots of character


These bridges are small


But a big canal boat is possible to fit


Just barely at that


Patine tower


Ride the metro!


Another fine bridge


What time is it?


Back out on the big water


In process


Is there no propeller in the back?


A dandy look


Just when we thought that the sidewalk work was done, they brought in an entirely new load of pavers


Happy drink!


It has been 2 years and 21 days since we began our Migration