Procrastination at its Finest

Helloo! I have my first test tomorrow, so naturally I'm blogging instead of studying. The last few days have been busy and full of fun! Also, today is a very important day because it is the Danish Parliamentary election day! The results will be released later tonight, but from the earlier polls, it was looking like Denmark might have their first female prime minister. The Danish Parliament is full of many parties and they end up forming coalitions to support one another to get laws passed, and it's basically divided into a "red" side and a "blue" side. Currently the "blue" side( the more conservative and pro-capitalism one by Danish standards, but still extremely far left by American standards) has the majority, but the "red" and more socialist side might gain the majority tonight.

Here's what else I've been up to....

Eating delicious and adorable cupcakes from a new market that opened nearby
with Alexis from high school

Making friends with statues of seals outside the City Hall 

(while on a scavenger hunt/assignment for class)

Frolicking through the Royal Library gardens--anyone who visits me will be taken here, weather permitting, they are perfect and quiet and beautiful. And used to be part of the old harbor and completely underwater!

Climbing the Round Tower. This thing was amazing. King Christian IV built it for his father because he had such a love for astronomy. There are no stairs--it is a spiral ramp going to the top so that a mini horse-drawn carriage could get to the top. Way too much walking for royalty, obviously.

This is the inside of the tower...

And the view from the top! With some friends from my Urban History of Copenhagen class

Then I baked my own pop-tarts for tea with Cyndi on Wednesday! Overflowing with blueberry jelly...whoops. They were insanely easy to make, especially because I just used a pre-made pie crust....just fill with jelly and bake! I'm not quite at the making-your-own-pastry-dough-level of comfort here yet with cooking...silly me even forgot that the ovens here work in Celsius not Fahrenheit! It took me a few minutes to figure out why the oven would only go up to 250! Dumb...

Tomorrow I have my test and then I'm cruising off to Norway! I'll only be in Oslo for about 8 hours before we take the overnight cruise back to Copenhagen. I'm so excited, though. Even though I don't really know any of my Norwegian side of my family except for my grandma since it was so long ago, my nerdy history-loving side of me is freaking out and I think it's cool that I get to go to a place where part of me is from! My aunt told me that I will be the first one of my family (from Norway) who will have been there in 134 years! Thanks Barbara! I'll keep my eye out for the names you gave me! And I'll be sure to take lots of pictures!

Hope everyone at home is doing well!