We're nearing the end. On Saturday I wanted to give Collin a chance to sleep in since he spent most of the night watching the Bulls. So my parents and I took Charlie for a long morning walk. We walked through Nørrebro, the Copenhagen neighborhood to the north of us, to the Assistens Cemetery. My pictures here are limited because I forgot my camera and just had my sad iPhone 3. The cemetery itself is probably one of the most beautiful cemeteries I have ever seen. The way they plant flowers and actual plants, and have little wrought iron fences, etc around the actual grave sites is really pretty. And the main pathway is lined by these giant trees just coming into bloom when we were there.
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While looking for Kierkegaard's grave we saw this one belonging to Natasja Saad. Based on all the trinkets and do-dads in front of her grave, and the fact that her picture was on the tombstone we figured she was SOMEONE and looked her up...she was a Danish rapper who died tragically young in a car accident in Jamaica.
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After our walk and lunch we headed back over to the Frederiksberg Have again, this time to see the Modern Glass Museum which is housed underground in a cistern. It was a really neat venue for a museum and very cool and very wet down there. I can see why they only have glass and sand-stone statues. Although I am surprised the statues can stay down there. Pictures are not allowed, but you can go to the website I linked above to see what it was like.
That night my parents and I decided to try mass at the Cathedral (St. Ansgars) which we saw the day before. We were a little early so we stopped by the Marble Church to take some interior pictures first.
After church we headed back home for a dinner of apple-pork ragu with pappardelle courtesy of Stephanie Izard and the "Girl in the Kitchen" cookbook my brother and sister-in-law gave me last year. It was an interesting mix of ingredients but turned out really well. It's nice putting my mom to work while she visits too!
Day 9 of the visit.
Sunday was my parents' last day. It's also the day that the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek is free. so after my mom and I had our final morning run together, we all headed downtown once again, past Tivoli and its amusement park rides to the Glyptotek. I actually have no pictures from this museum...maybe Collin does and he can add some later. The Glyptotek is known for its wintergarden in the middle of the museum full of palm trees and feeling very warm and inviting. The French exhibit was closed for renovations but we saw a lot of ancient antiquities from Egypt, Greece and the Mediterranean. They had an interesting exhibit called the Ishøj Prince which consisted of a gravesite containing the remains of a man who was killed by an arrow shot through his skull. I also enjoyed the Degas exhibit including the "Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer".
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After the Glyptotek we headed down the block to the National Museum which is always free. Here we just visited the pre-history exhibit from the Mesolithic period (12,500 to 3900 BC) up through the Viking Age (800 to 1050 AD). My favorite piece here was the lurs of the Bronze Age (around 1000 BC). It's amazing to think how universal and ancient music is.
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After the National Museum we walked past the Rådhuspladsen again to check out the Hans Christian Andersen statue, and my dad posed for a picture!
Our final meal together was at one of the first restaurants Collin and I went to when we moved here -- Madklubben in Vesterbro. It was a nice end to a great visit. The next morning my parents left at 6 am via metro for the airport where they continued their holiday in Paris for another week before returning to Chicago. I'm really happy they were able to come here and see where we live and experience life in Copenhagen with us, and I look forward to a return visit! The rest of you are welcome as well!
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