Days 73-74 - March 14-15

A song for you to listen to while you read, which you will understand soon:


Benny and Helle picked me up in the morning for a lovely day at Helsingør and Kronborg Castle (more famously known as Elsinore and Hamlet’s caslte). The weather was amazing – sunny and almost warm, at least compared to recent weather. We made it just in time for the English guided tour, which was fun and interesting. I learned that in the time of King Frederick II/medieval times, they shipped lemons for royal dinners, and one lemon would in today’s money cost about 5,000kr (which, in turn, is about $1000!). For one lemon! I’m so astonished by that fact that I think it might actually stay in my head. See, this is what happens – I don’t remember any of the important dates about history, but I do remember random facts like this. Or why people in Britain/British colonies drive on the left side of the road.








Showing us the secret staircase.


Largest ballroom - in Europe?






Legend says when Denmark is threatened, he will turn into flesh and blood and defend his kingdom.


Oh, hello, Sweden!


Thanks for a fun day!



We had lunch in a cute café, and then drove home again as it started to get windier and colder. Back in Copenhagen, it still looked deceptively warm, but the wind had started up again in full force, and just walking back to my room was rather chilly.


Cute Helsingør

March 15, which I want to say was exactly 5 months after my first MIKA concert, brought the wonderfulness that is MIKA to Copenhagen. Somehow or other, I discovered that Angela was a huge MIKA fan as well, and mentioned offhand that I’d seen an ad for him coming to Copenhagen. I figured I wouldn’t go again, because I’d already seen him, but then Angela really wanted to go, and the tickets weren’t too terrible a price, and it was such a good concert, that I thought – why not?

Now, the e-mail stated there was no cameras allowed, and I’d been to somewhere before that actually forbid you from entering if you have a camera, so being the good person that I am, I left my camera at home. And when we got there, absolutely everyone had cameras, except for the four of us (Angela, Claudia, Daria, and I).


I, of course, did not take this photo, but as MIKA is so colorful, and this section of the update would have had no photos otherwise, I thought it deserved a photo.

What was neat was to see that there were all ages and types at the concert. There were young, elementary age children, which I was kind of surprised at, but even more surprising were the older, 50 and 60 year olds. The best part were the multitude of men, and straight men (my favorite was the combination – a 50/60-year-old man who was dancing like crazy while his wife just kind of stood there). Thank you for Denmark understanding that a man can fully appreciate bouncy, happy music without being gay. Of course, I don’t have this problem, but personally, I think everyone should love MIKA :)

That’s because I just love him so much. He is an amazing performer, I love his songs, he’s hilarious, and he has awesome/amusing/fantastic fashion sense. I told the other girls that I really, really want to find out that he dresses like that (waistcoat with coattails and top hat) in real life. It would make my week. Basically, I just want to take him home with me so that he can hang out in my living room and dance and sing, and when I’m feeling sad, he can sing me “Love Today” and instantly cheer me up.