Denmark (and Sweden)

The first day in Denmark we walked around the small town of Korsor a bit, then took a train to Copenhagen. We shared an awesome flat between 9 people (7 beds! 3 bedrooms, a kitchen, and shower) and wandered around Copenhagen a bit that night. Also, I had the absolute best Chinese food I've ever tasted in Copenhagen!
The next day the group split up and some of us took a train to Sweden. More wandering. Being a small town (Malmo) there really wasn't anything to do at night, so we went to bed early and went shopping and then back to Copenhagen the next day.
Copenhagen is home to the second oldest amusement park in the world, Tivoli Gardens. (The oldest in also in Denmark, but farther away and not as cool.) Our night there was definitely the best in Denmark! The atmosphere reminded me a lot of Opryland and all the rides had themes, as opposed to just being giant metal structures like in 6 Flags parks. It's in the middle of the city, also, so it isn't very big, which means it's easy to walk around and the lines were really short.
We stayed almost until closing, and then went to the Icebar. It was neat, but overpriced and a bit of a disappointment. Everything except for the floor was made of ice (including the cups), but it was really small inside and we got there right after the rush. I felt a bit bad for the bartender; Thursdays aren't normally busy nights, but they had over 200 people in 2.5 hours! (Almost all Semester at Sea kids.) I have no idea how they fit so many people in there! Despite the boots and parkas that they provided, it was freezing (obviously) so we didn't stay long.

Our departure from Korsor was anticlimactic. Like our arrival, there were lots of people outside the ship waiting to see us leave, the the local marching band performed around the square for probably about an hour, and then our captain announced that, contrary to plan, we wouldn't actually be leaving until 4am. (Instead of going around Denmark, we got permission to go through the Kiel Canal in Germany, which saves about 1/2 a day. It's the busiest canal in the world - more so than Panama - and has over 42,000 ships pass through it a year! It was neat sailing through it because land is so close that from the windows on the upper decks you can't even see the water, and the water since the water is so smooth when you look out the window it's like being on a train.)

Being in Denmark made me want to watch "The Prince and Me," but sadly I left it at home. Also, I'm jealous of a friend who got to visit Hamlet's castle. (I was surprised that most people didn't know Hamlet was set in Denmark!) 

I have a midterm later today, and then tomorrow we're in Belgium!