Blondes, Bikes and Beers

We had our first full day on Copenhagen today and after a brief orientation in the morning were able to explore the city a bit and even sample some of the local foods.

Walking through the city you quickly notice that it is both very old and very "liveable" as the locals like to say. Bicycles are everywhere and the roads are very accomodating to their use. Many of the streets have a sort of "second sidewalk" that is raised higher than the street level but lower than the walking path just for bikes. All the cyclists obay all the rules of the roads (unlike back home) but WILL NOT stop to avoid pedestrians. We have almost lost a few students already to collisions. Also, the people all stop at all crosswalks and only will cross when the little man turns white. Aside from other tourists I have yet to see one instance of jaywalking.

I've sampled the local favorite Carlsburg brew and, well, it's beer. Not all they build it up to be really, just beer. But they sure do drink it anywhere and at any time of day here. Apparently the guy we saw drinking a bottle on the train at 9 in the morning was not out of the ordinary or frowned upon. Oh, and the sausage-in-a-roll thing you see in my picture almost made me sick. I had much better luck with the mediterranian food we had for dinner.
My only real complaint thusfar is the absurd design of our bathroom facilities here. Our 7x7 room has toilet, sink and shower, only the shower is just in the corner with only a rinky-dink curtain marking off its territory. All the water just floods the whole room before making its way to the room's lone drain which s located in the far corner by the toilet. This makes no sense and just results in everything being wet.