We spent two and a half days in Łódź*. *pronounced Wuh-dge Rynek (Market) Górniak: This market is held inside and around a big metallic dome. It’s a bit of a flea market, mixed with a green market, with lots of random shops thrown in (‘Why hello Mr. Butcher, next door to bins of bargain basement…
It’s been 7 weeks since we left the US, so B and I were discussing what has made the biggest impression on our trip so far. The incident which most impacted B is an unexpected one. We were in Copenhagen, traipsing to see the Little Mermaid statue. We had exited the bus in a residential neighborhood…
For the last few weeks, my coughing has been worse than usual – which is a feat. Clearly, taking pre-emptive Advils to relieve my inevitable sinus headaches is not a long-term solution. My dad suggested that I explore foreign medicines. After all, perhaps they had discovered a remedy missing in the US; not unheard of,…
Some of our observations don’t fall into any specific country bucket: I always thought that Danish was more like German and that Swedish, Norwegian, and Finnish were all fairly similar. Based on how shampoo bottles and the like group descriptions of their fabulous, volumizing products, Danish, Swedish, and Norwegian are fairly similar – and Finnish…
I knew that Stockholm was having a street festival today, but I didn’t look up where it would be. I figured that if we happened to walk into it, great; if not, oh well. After a day of walking to and around parks in a fruitless attempt to find a beach, B and I were…
Here were 11 things we were surprised by about Sweden: In Swedish, the letter ‘k’ is pronounced ‘sh.’ So, the word for chicken, ‘kyckling’ is actually said ‘sh-ick-ling.’ The Swedish and Danish languages are quite similar, but Swedes like to joke that Danish people talk with a potato in their throats. Most Swedes speak English too,…
We spent seven days in Stockholm. Vasa Museet: This is a museum designed around a ship called Vasa, built in Stockholm in the early 1600s. It was to be a crusading vessel that frightened its enemies with its glory – and its cannons. The king who commissioned her presided over the ceremony of her departure,…
We spent one day in Malmö. Folkets Park: This is a very cool park – at least, in the summertime. They have concerts and comedy and more as part of something they call ‘Super Duper Summer.’ (Which, by the way, is somewhat strange to see next to a legion of posters with no English on them…
Yes, a lower housing cost for the day is desirable. However, when a listing says ‘facade improvements,’ this is not just a note to ignore the scaffolding and to climb under plastic sheeting to get to the space. It is also a note that bedtime had better be early, because construction sounds will begin before roosters…
We can’t speak for all of Denmark, since we only visited the one city, but here were 7 things that surprised us about Copenhagen: Everyone speaks English. Seriously: everyone. Some of the people, especially those in the tourism industry, have better English pronunciation and grammar than many of the Americans I know. Everyone bikes. Women…