Danish Bottle Move
I picked up a bottle of Æblemost at lunch, it's basically pure apple juice not from concentrate. When I brought it back to my desk I realized that I couldn't open it, I needed a bottle opener. Søren and Mads handily showed me how to open a bottle with another bottle, by using the top of the other bottle as a lever. I tried it first but only managed to get a small hiss. Mads finally popped it off for me. They claimed it was a Danish trick, but I'm sure there are some beer loving Canadians who have mastered the same.
My integration into Danish society has been pretty slow. I have not picked up any Danish at all - although I do plan to start lessons in September. I still convert all the prices from Danish crowns back into Canadian dollars. But I've definitely started to adjust my cost standards up to Copenhagen levels, usually by comparing things to the price of a meal at Thai Palace (100DKK or 20 bucks). Otherwise, I learn things as I go, picking up on cues other than spoken or written word. It's a lot like kindergarten all over again. I didn't do so hot in kindergarten. My parents like to remind me about this. My teacher Miss Lum would get all the kids to draw a picture and describe it to her. She would then write the description and you would have to copy what she wrote. The other kids would draw all sorts of things, but every week, I would draw her the same picture: "This is me and my house". I either didn't know I was supposed to draw other things or else I didn't care. :)
You may have noticed that I don't update on the weekends anymore. Kendrick and I are without an internet connection (ADSL) until August 17. We had a bit of a delay because when I gave CyberCity my mailing address, I had neglected to write "tv". The "tv" tells the postman that our door is on the left side. The crazy thing is they sent me a letter via mail regarding this problem.
Being internet deprived on the weekends has forced us to leave the house and enjoy the weather. We biked about 20km to Vedbæk on Saturday, and it was a really nice ride. The first part is getting out of the city, then you ride along the coast on a nice wide bike lane, and finally there's a long section through the forest. This last part was pretty fun with all the dips in the road. Had to make sure to put on my sunglasses and keep my mouth closed because of all the bugs. On the way home we stopped for some fresh ice cream at Paradis (pun on the "is", which is Danish for ice). Danes are crazy for ice cream. I read that they eat on average the equivalent of 79 bars of Haagen Daaz worth of ice cream per person per year. Kendrick and I are pretty sub average right now, but you know how we love to exceed!!
My integration into Danish society has been pretty slow. I have not picked up any Danish at all - although I do plan to start lessons in September. I still convert all the prices from Danish crowns back into Canadian dollars. But I've definitely started to adjust my cost standards up to Copenhagen levels, usually by comparing things to the price of a meal at Thai Palace (100DKK or 20 bucks). Otherwise, I learn things as I go, picking up on cues other than spoken or written word. It's a lot like kindergarten all over again. I didn't do so hot in kindergarten. My parents like to remind me about this. My teacher Miss Lum would get all the kids to draw a picture and describe it to her. She would then write the description and you would have to copy what she wrote. The other kids would draw all sorts of things, but every week, I would draw her the same picture: "This is me and my house". I either didn't know I was supposed to draw other things or else I didn't care. :)
You may have noticed that I don't update on the weekends anymore. Kendrick and I are without an internet connection (ADSL) until August 17. We had a bit of a delay because when I gave CyberCity my mailing address, I had neglected to write "tv". The "tv" tells the postman that our door is on the left side. The crazy thing is they sent me a letter via mail regarding this problem.
Being internet deprived on the weekends has forced us to leave the house and enjoy the weather. We biked about 20km to Vedbæk on Saturday, and it was a really nice ride. The first part is getting out of the city, then you ride along the coast on a nice wide bike lane, and finally there's a long section through the forest. This last part was pretty fun with all the dips in the road. Had to make sure to put on my sunglasses and keep my mouth closed because of all the bugs. On the way home we stopped for some fresh ice cream at Paradis (pun on the "is", which is Danish for ice). Danes are crazy for ice cream. I read that they eat on average the equivalent of 79 bars of Haagen Daaz worth of ice cream per person per year. Kendrick and I are pretty sub average right now, but you know how we love to exceed!!
posted by Gina at 5:47 PM
1 Comments:
Do you have any idea what the most popular ice cream flavours are in Denmark?
I had always assumed that the trinity of Vanilla, Chocolate and Strawberry were universal... until I came to Japan and found that most people eat Vanilla, Red Bean, or Green Tea.
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