Catch Up!

Our March started with a hospital visit, a 'planned' one but still a hospital visit all the same. Emma had to go in and have them prod her with a robot and remove a lumpy that was inside. For her troubles she got to be blown up like a balloon (if you look really closely you can almost see where they secured her with a string, ok no, not really haha), really spewy, wear her favourite type of pants ever! [photo] AND have 5 incisions on her belleh.. which they stapled together instead of stitching. I went along and watched them take them out 10 days later and it was kinda cool.. they looked just like staples you use on paper! oh and apparently I looked like a kid in a candy store as well as a mother. The nurse asked if I was Emma's mother. I mean really?! Someone needs their eyes checked, coz let's face it.. I am a spring chicken looking gal through and through! No wrinkles here! right... right?!

Half way through the month, Emma is healing nicely and we even managed to head into Copenhagen for the day yesterday. A fun day out before she has to return to the usual grind of work on Monday. Also, I think it was a little reward for me being a fantastic nurse! 

The day started out like any other Friday for me with a little housework and doing the washing, I'm glad that this week was my week off from discovering that something is wrong with one of the machines down there. It is those moments where I curse the fact that we don't have our own in the apartment. Last week, the washing machine held our towels hostage for many hours. I was annoyed to say the least. But anyways, back to our awesome Copenhagen day, we headed off and chugged along on the train, having to listen to a dude with a really annoying voice talk about really stupid things... like clothing brands and walking really fast and the size of his feet. It was easier for me to shut him off but Emma had a harder time with it being her native language. Finally we arrived at the central station a little before lunch time, so we did what you are supposed to do and got a little hotdog and drink before heading off to tackle the outside world of Copenhagen!

First up on the agenda, The National Museum, where we took in some culture and saw some things like we had seen before.. I guess that is one problem with a museum, it is often the same stuff repeated.. coz you know.. history and stuff and things. The Ages stuff was pretty awesome, I will admit. And of course, we saw some things that just made us laugh and also stuff that creeped us the frak out. They really had a hard time back in the day with painting baby faces, often looking like adult faces on baby bodies. The eyes, so large and just creepy. We worked our way around the museum, it was a little back and forth, trying to avoid the noise of class trips but we got it all seen and done and it was a good way to spend a couple of hours and it didn't cost a dime, I think it is pretty awesome when a museum doesn't charge you to go and look at stuff and things. Here are a few photos..

LOOK! Even a little of NZ got in there!
& how weird is that blushy man thing on the bottom left?!

View of Copenhagen from National Museum.. [photo] & be calm.. [photo]

We departed and headed for a department store to buy some chocolate and of course get scented out as we had to pass through the perfume section. That shit is just too much, they need a way of containing all that... stench. We made it out alive, albeit with our nostrils violated a little but we got some Konnerup & Co chocolate to try out, I am still a little sad about missing out on their Christmas range last year. We got some white chocolate and chai coated almonds. Hopefully they will be noms.

Next stop was a supermarket where we grabbed a couple of jars of boysenberry jam, it is not nearly as good as kiwi boysenberry jam but it hits the spot in a pinch. We are on the last jar of our kiwi supply, delicious stuff that be.. but this stuff is pretty good too.. even if it is all smooooooth.

On our travels we stumbled across this rubber duckie house!
There needs to be more of these... just sayin!

We headed towards GRØD for a little foodage, on the way we got to experience a delightful bus ride with some male drunkies 'fighting' and an older lady telling them to be nice. It was nice for some light entertainment to make the bus time fly. We arrived at GRØD, ordered a couple of vegetarian dishes, there wasn't any meaty ones available yet due to it being still before 5.. they were both delicious and proving once again, meat is not required to make a dish great.

After downing our foodage, we headed off to the our bar, Mikkeller & Friends. It really is the best way to finish a day in Copenhagen. First up, we hit the bottleshop where we started off by purchasing 4 bottles to take home.. Vanilla Shake is the one I am most looking forward to trying. Our bounty of beer, stuff & things.. [photo]

After our little beery purchase, we headed into the bar and got started on sampling 6 beers.. you only live once, right?!

#1.. was a little kiwi influence from 8 Wired with Semiconductor. It is always nice to try something from my native land. It was nice and easy to drink but it isn't something I would particularly order again. They had a few bottles of other brews in the bars bottleshop but for over $20 a bottle, I did not partake in bringing some of those home to try.

#2.. because PUMPKIN! We got this one based purely on the fact that it was pumpkin. Brodie's Pumpkin Porter, it went down rather smooth and PUMPKIN! Me likey, we likey! I will admit, I am really loving the fact that Emma has become more willing to get into trying beer.. the girl is developing a taste for the great things in life.. great things, namely beer!

#3.. has the best name! Mine Is Bigger Than Yours! This is a barley wine aged in a muscatel barrel, done by To Øl. It was very nice, very very nice. 

#4.. was a little coffee pick me up.. ok no, it was just a coffee stout with once again, a seriously wicked name! Mikkeller and Amager got together and produced, Hr. Frederiksen Weasel Brunch. Very enjoyable and I have never been big on stouts, but I am liking them more and more these days.

#5.. sounded very interesting, produced by Mikkeller, Orange Yuzu Glad I Said Porter. (Grand Mariner barrel aged) Now it wasn't terrible, but it wasn't on the list to ever pass my lips again. The glass was drunk, it went down but it just wasn't to my liking. Win some, lose some. Don't know until you try!

#6.. rounded out our evening at the bar with a spiced beer from Mikkeller, Dim Sum. Yep, that's right folk's! The name of the beer was called dim sum! It is just a shame we didn't have any dim sum to go with it. It was a good little drop and finished off the evening nicely.

We packed up, headed out back to GRØD for a little dessert. I thought a nice little bowl of appley rice pudd would go down nicely before our trek home. Unfortunately, we misunderstood what they were serving and it was just a apple compot with cream and then a granola type thing on top. It was nice, don't get me wrong but it was nothing like what I was expecting. 

Maybe it was the booze talking, but...
I found the fact that there was a pig statue on a car absolutely hilarious!

We jumped on a bus and after a couple of stops, we jumped off and decided to walk. It was packed and the driver was just too brake happy. We stumbled across a metro station so thought what the heck! Went down and one arrived right away! It was like it was meant to be! We took it to the airport, then headed over and jumped on a train home, which was only a few minutes wait! Score! It was again like it was meant to be! Then it was a train that was going all the way AND with as few stops as possible! No changing at Malmö! Our night was looking to end on the best public transport trip in the history, ok that's an exaggeration but it was looking good. Just as we were pulling into Malmö, an announcement said that we had to depart the train and get on a new train. Foiled! So we had to get all our gear together, jackets on and scoot to the new train but it wasn't all bad, it was comfy and not crowded and soon enough we were in the comfort of our pj's at home munching on some boysenberry jam toast. Bliss.