Tivoli, Tequila, and Tourists

Here are some new pics from the past few days...so many fun adventures!

 Tivoli

The entrance at night. We went mid-afternoon so we could see it during the daytime and with all the lights - the best of both worlds! Tivoli is the world's 2nd oldest amusement park, the most visited theme park in Scandinavia, and the third most visited in Europe. 

So pretty (Mom why don't our gardens look like this?)

Beautiful!

Slot machines in Tivoli. Note: you have to be 18 years old to gamble AND you're not allowed to take pictures inside (a woman was very displeased when my flash went off). 

Does anyone remember the "It's A Small World" ride at Disney? This was the equivalent devoted to fairytale's by Hans Christian Andersen. 

I feel like this should be on a Dove chocolate wrapper. Wish they had those here...

I was a little too excited when I saw this. Unfortunately they didn't have Oatmeal Cookie Chunk or Fossil Fuel. They do however have Nordic Water Dance (for $12 at 7/11 I might add..so ridiculous!).

View of the main church square from inside Tivoli. 

Me, Jennifer and Kelsie :)

Candy from a nommin candy shop right outside where we ate dinner in Tivoli. For you Mommy.

Himmelskibet = The Star Flyer = the tallest carousel in the world. It's like the swings at Funtown on some major steroids. 

We went on it! During the day (the line was too long at night) - you could see for miles and miles. I would've taken pictures but we weren't allowed to take cameras on the ride. 

Just a quick picture of the pond as we were leaving.

Chocolate fudge cake with chocolate wasabi sauce that the 3 of us split. The sauce was actually really good. 

When we finally pushed our way out of Tivoli (there was a live concert we didn't want to stay for, but the crowds were insane) we walked onto the street to find a HUGE group of rollerbladers passing by. What a green city. USA get on that. 

Tequila

Only 15DKK ($3)! Needless to say we were pumped. 

Thank god for Billy Booze (Denmark's Bargain Bar). 

Good, clean, legal fun. 

Tourist Time!

The Black Diamond (the Royal Danish Library). It's the largest library in the Nordic countries. The inside is so modern...I will definitely be spending a lot of time there come midterms (it's only a 15 min walk from the DIS classrooms). 

Closer view of the flag with the name of the library in Danish.

Return to Nyhavn for the classic picture. Couldn't resist. 

The Little Mermaid...hilariously small. Quite underwhelming. But a site we had to see!

Carlsberg was celebrating their 200th anniversary. The brewery is in Valby, so we made a stop on the way home. We didn't go inside the museum or get a tour, but it was fun to see the area and I'm sure we'll go back at some point. 

Somersby! Best hard cider ever. I wish we could take it back to the states with us and have an endless supply. So yummy.

And some random ones... 

Sunset from the bridge we take to get home to our kollegium from the train station. 

For you Dad! I think of you every time I pass this (which is every day since it's right outside Central Station). We were warned not to go as it would be extremely expensive, but I think we'll cave by December when we're craving some classic American food. 

Jennifer and Kelsie before we went on our Thursday afternoon run. Our roommate Rie told us that the last girl living with them in the kollegium from DIS gained 12 pounds over the semester. Now we're all doing Couch-to-5k. Take that all you nommin pastries (and Nutella). 

View from the walking paths behind our kollegium - reminds me of movies I've seen based in Scotland. 

Goats! 

That's all for now ladies and gentlemen but I'm rock climbing in Kullen, Sweden along the coast tomorrow (it's supposed to be 75º!) so I'm sure I'll have many more to share from that.