Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Days 107-108 - April 17-18

April 17

What happens when you find Bisquick at the British store? You have an American Breakfast for Dinner party, of course. It consisted of bacon, eggs, hash brown-y things, and, obviously, pancakes. I had forgotten how delicious pancakes were. Seriously.

I had extra potatoes so I tried to make hash browns, but the recipe I used made the mix a little thicker than just potatoes and onions – it had an egg and flour, too, and it ended up being a sort-of-potatoey-oniony-mush. Oh well, the real point of the dinner was to have American pancakes, and they were devoured. I need to buy more mix asap.





Squeeze-draining shredded potatoes is rather unpleasant.



I discovered multitasking was really difficult on gas stoves - the hash browns were supposed to sit five minutes on each side, but I think they lasted a minute maximum.

Pancakes!

This picture is making me hungry again.

Extra mild orange juice?

Round Two: in which my place in the kitchen was taken over and I stood there helplessly while other people cooked.

Happy eaters.




April 18
I went to Rosenborg Slot (the castle smack in the center of Copenhagen) with ESN, a group of Danish and international students that organize events and get discounts. Good thing, because while Rosenborg was really cool, it’s kind of a rip-off with price. Plus, on top of the entrance fee, if you want to take photos, you have to buy a photo pass for 20kr ($4). Really?

I was grumbling a bit about it, because I might actually have forked over the money, but they also don’t allow you to bring in any bags bigger than a book, so I’d stuck everything in a locker already, and I wasn’t going to go back for the money. They should warn you ahead of time! Well, Julia said it didn’t seem like anyone was looking, and so I took a risk and pulled out my camera. But right as I did someone walked in and yelled at me. I felt bad for a while, since technically I had willfully broken rules, but then my righteous anger at them trying to squeeze money from me took over. Living in Copenhagen is a strange mix of splurging and being super stingy. You find ways of doing things really cheaply – I never go out for food and take advantage of free things even more than I did in Boston – but at certain times, you think “Ah, screw it, I’m already paying a ton anyway” and just go all in.

The castle was actually really neat. If I HAD money, I’d go back again and buy the photo pass, but I’ll just have to rely on my poor memory. There were some really cool clocks, a mirror room, a room full of china, a room full of glass…and it also houses the royal treasury, with shiny crowns.





Annoying tourist...



A photo worth $4





The weather had taken a turn for the worse and was rather cold, so afterwards we took shelter and had some food and hot chocolate at a café called Café Klimt. The hot chocolate is a tad bit pricier than some place, but it’s a larger amount, and for the quality – it was pure heaven. The sides were dripping with chocolate sauce and it was super thick and amazing.

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