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So this is Xmas

And what have you done

Another year over

And a new one just begun

Merry Christmas! After a whole month of Christmas festivities in Copenhagen, the real deal has come and gone and we can finally get on with our lives without the red and white hearts and cuteness. The Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band got together for our Christmas dinner last night at Andres' place. Wonderful food contributed by everyone and even individual party hats for everyone..

From left to right: the bishop, the viking, the angel, santa, the princess/reindeer, the king! and the queen

Danish frikadellas and Spanish omelette

Tiramisu and strawberry soup for dessert

On real Christmas day (the 25th!) at Cafe Stella with a mainly Australia-NZ contingent

Sarah ice-skating in Kongens Nytorv

One last time at the infamous studenterhuset..the place to be on a Wednesday night in Copenhagen..

Its coooold!

Yum Cha in Copenhagen..unbelievable but true! =) You have no idea how excited I was!

Saying goodbye to familiar sights and landmarks..

Goodbye to Norreport Station..our usual meeting point..where I was always guaranteed to be running late..

Goodbye to the black diamond (royal library) and the beautiful canals

Taking down the memories collected on my corkboard over the past 5 months: postcards and posters from travels to Bergen, London, Oslo, Prague, Berlin and Stockholm; tickets and program from Swan Lake at the Opera House, Billy Elliot in London and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre at Tivoli; my certificate from danish language class and of course pictures of beautiful Copenhagen.

Chilling out at Turbinehallen on Adelsgale. The only place in Copenhagen not decorated in hyggelig candles-everywhere style. Instead they have phrases such as "Fear is Here" and "Fear thy Neighbour" painted on the walls..

More cultural experiences. Philipp and Tristan making Vietnamese rice paper rolls

Our very long awaited laksa..yes it finally did happen! Turned out more a combination of prawn mee/laksa/mee siam but something rather Malaysian tasting to thats good enough I reckon!

Jee and I managed to catch Frederiksborg castle on a beautiful winter's day

One to add to the "only in Denmark" collection. A painting in the castle (part of the national museum) of Danish UN peacekeepers...with one soldier lighting a cigarette in front of a tank (??)

So this is it..the princesses signing off from Copenhagen..

Thanks for following our blog over the past few months..hope you've enjoyed keeping up with our adventures in Copenhagen. I'm going to miss everyone terribly and the short pseudo-life I've created here. Its hard to know what is reality anymore...

As I leave Copenhagen and switch back into my former life, so too will I revert to my former virtual universe - you can find me here and Sarah here.

Love y'all!

Over and out

=)

The End of the Road

We're packing all our things up today to send home today. Its sad taking down all the photos and decorations in our room. Almost everyone has moved out of our kollegiet already. It feels like the days when we arrived and there was barely anyone else around. This past week and a half has been a constant stream of sad goodbyes and trying to fit in last-minute tourist efforts. Missing y'all who are back home already - this place is not the same without you guys! A final post and a few photos before I pack up my computer and place into my suitcase to ship home. The next month I'll be travelling with Jee to Spain, Morocco (fingers crossed on this one because I still haven't gotten my visa), Italy and Japan before reaching home on the 2nd February. Let me know if you're going to be in any of those places!!

International Party

Christmas at Tivoli

Thai dinner at Eastern Corner

Arken, Modern Art Gallery in Ishoj

God Jul and Farvel!

xxx

Xmas Party

It's all over, red rover. I'M FINISHED!!!! Its the end of an era. After 3 years of kindergarten, 6 years of primary school, 6 years of high school and 5 years at university it all came down to a 15 minute oral exam on Human Rights and International Development. Too easy, really. I've been the queen of bs-ing about globalisation & economic growth etc since Yr 12 so its not hard to throw in some babble about poverty, human rights & development to get a good grade. But who cares? The beautiful thing about exchange is that you just need to pass...and I did, and now its over!

Last Friday we had our little Julefrokost at Rosa's place. I'll let the photos do the talking.

Good Times =)

The People

I will miss all you beautiful people..

We pledge allegiance to the Kingdom of Denmark..say what?!

Strike a pose. The best I could get out of a "hip-hop dance group pose" request.

Foozball..table soccer..whatever its called..its definitely an international sport

Hrmm..no one told me about the black and blue coloured party theme..

Rosa, Jens Christian (another JC!) and Rosa's little sister, Magarida

The Food

Russian salad (?) and trifle which I helped make!

Thank the Lord for Italian food - risotto and lasagne

Candles are all you need to make it all hyggeligt

Jurek, the crazy Polishman

Tuck in boys!

Philipp has just told Sarah that he has never heard of the 2000 Sydney Olympic song and she is appalled!

The Presents

Its time to exchange our our invisible friend presents! In Australia we call it a secret santa or kris kringle, but this time its an invisible friend! =)

Oh look, Santa arrives to specially to handout the invisible friend presents. Co-incidentally Philipp is missing when Santa arrives...strange that..

Santa brings Tristan alcohol..woohoo!

Florian is like a 5 yr old child in a candy store; Dani is thrilled with her bath and shower set

Sarah, Whats in the box, whats in the box today?; Jurek is like a 5 yr old child in a toy store..LEGO!

Julien receives a very tricky puzzle..too intellectual for me!; My invisible friend gave me a small compass..I think its because I'm always "lost" hehe..nah its very sweet and it shall come in very handy on my last month of travels =)

Magarida receives a beautiful necklace from Santa; Santiago scores sexy Christmas underwear

Cute black earmuffs for Rosa; Robert receives a bicycle pump..its what every young Danish boy wishes for every Xmas

Anne lands a sleek scandinavian design bottle opener; Olivier is thrilled with his danish coffee and coffee mug

Claudia receives a cute little Danish pig inside a beautiful box; Santa gets an invisible present too..a Japansk phrase book - Arigato!

The two kids sit in the children's corner and put together the Lego.

The Partying

And then its party time! SKAL! Danish schnapps..urgh..nasty!

I'm always the butt of all jokes at Christmas time but hey after all these years I'm used to it..hohoho!

Random Danish people crashing our party with their cool moves on the dance floor..

Go Sare! Haha I love this photo =)

Handcuffs? Tattoos? Hrmm..the rest of the photos after that aren't publish-able on this blog sorry hehe..*Hi Mum!* =P