I know, I know. You all (all 5 of you) rushed home from work yesterday to check what new and exciting things I had posted and then much to your dismay found that I had slacked off and not posted a single word. Sadly, this is how it will usually be, for I feel my days of exploring and writing up my adventures will slow down after this week. As I pointed out to Marcy, this past week she has known more about the every day happenings of my life than she has for the past 3 years.
However, don't you fret. I have one more exciting blog to post before they become fewer and farther between. And because of my slacking, I have two days to fill you up on! Yesterday I finally went to explore the city of Roskilde. It is only one train station away from me, and is full of history and stores! For those of you who don't know, Roskilde was one of the earliest permanent Viking settlements. Justly so, Roskilde is the home of the Danish Viking Museum... and naturally I ventured there. The museum I must admit was not that exciting, but apparently when the weather is better you can go out on a reconstructed viking ship for a ride! While I didn't get to do that yesterday, I did get to dress up like a Viking. Once I have my camera cord I'll be sure to add pictures.
Along with the viking museum I also saw the Cathedral of Roskilde which is where all the kings of Denmark are buried. The cathedral is right off of the walking street in Roskilde which is littered with shops and expensive restaurants. How anyone can afford to eat out here is beyond my comprehension. The prices for everything here are astronomical. After I returned from my hours spent in the freezing cold of Roskilde I came back to my room to thaw out.
Today I decided to make the journey to my gym. It took my about an hour to get there which was unfortunate. The train barely runs on the weekend so despite the fact that I thought I timed my trip well, two friends and I ended up spending 25 minutes waiting for the train at the station. Luckily it is a very short walk from the Norreport station to the gym. Something cool about the gym i joined, is that occasionally they brings DJ's in liven the spirits of the poor souls forcing themselves to workout. Another fun fact is that you can plug your iPod into the machine your on, and then your iPod can keep track of all your workout sessions, so whenever you plug it into the computer you can when you worked out, how long, how many calories your burned... and so on. I was very amused by this for some reason.
Tonight some friends are coming over to watch the early football game because sadly we will be sleeping through most of the second one. (YAY for my slingbox which makes this all possible, I don't know what I would do without it!) One of my friends is a Packers fan, so I might just have to root for the Bears to spite him.
Hi Lis!
ReplyDeleteYou're right; I was a little disappointed when we didn't hear from you recently but we all understand now that classes have started and you have homework and stuff that you won't have as much time to write. Remember, though, as Marcy and I discussed, that your blog is your journal in addition to a way of keeping in touch. It will always be on a shelf in cyberspace to remind you of your trip to Denmark. Maybe you could even print it out and put it in a notebook or bind it or something. I'm sure more than five people read your blog; they just haven't registered. Study hard and keep having a good time!
Love, Aunt Kris