Random things I forgot to tell you about.

Random thing #1: CHOCOLATE.
How could I have forgotten!!! This is an important thing. So. Friday. We took a Tivoli break to go to the store to buy chocolate. We went to Irma (the fancy grocery store) and pursed their chocolate selection. Gabi, whose family comes directly from Europe, tells me her family's favorite kind is Valrhona. So we each get one... i grab the 85% African chocolate... She grabs the 70% South American chocolate. It is very good. (Wikipedia says the world's finest!) I like the african better... It had a nuttier flavor while the South American had more of a flowery flavor. I look forward to trying more of these fancy European chocolates. And coming back an even WORSE chocolate snob. I mean, I already would only eat lindt and ghihardelli...

Random thing #2: Drunk Norwegian.
So. Kara and I were going to head to a bar last night. I think I told you about this? I don't remember. But, anyway, she missed her bus, so I had to wait 10 minutes for her. No big deal. Copenhagen is safe and I was in Town Hall Square. I wander around for a bit and I hear some english! Very odd... so I listen in. Its two guys... And they're talking in the middle of the square... The one is explaining to the other, with hand guestures: "Boxers are THIS long and then breifs come down to here. But boxer briefs are tight and come down to here..." I'm very confused as to why this is necessary... especially in the middle of a busy square... and in english? Whatever. SO... I found her bus stop and it had a bench by it. Some other people were sitting on the (large) bench, so I sit and watch everyone walk by. I kinda see a guy looking kinda drunk walk by, but keep watching the bright lights and the busses (Town Hall Square is the main bus... area) Then, the drunk guy is in front of me. Not close... But in front of me and he says something in (presumably) danish. I just respond with my normal, "Nej. Nej tak. Nej Dansk." (No. No thanks. No danish.) He looks confused and keeps talking so I just say (in english...) "I don't know danish!" And then he stops. Takes a step backward and looks at me funny. "Danish? Danish... I'm NORWEGIAN!" (with the emphasis.) he continues, "I'm from NORWAY. Its a BEAUTIFUL country! You should visit and see the FIJORDS!!!!" With his voice getting louder and more emphasized on the capital words, of course. So I tell him, "Yes. I plan on visiting." He just ignores it and asks where I'm from. I say "America." And his eyes get wide and he says, "AMERICA?! This is a big night for me, you're from... AMERICA?!" I say yes and he wanders off, and gets his friend, to whom he kinda shouts, "She's from AMERICA!" His friend looks entirely unamused and says something in ...danish?... before wandering towards the crosswalk. The crazy guy looks at me and tells me that he has to go with his friend... then leaves. Never to be seen again. He didn't try anything. Nothing was taken. No space was violated. Nothing bad happened. It was just... interesting??? And I was sitting next to other people... So no idea why he picked me. But... good story none the less.

OH! Other news: I *may* have found a travel buddy! Which is FANTASTIC. We're working details out tomorrow. I may have to change my destinations... But I'm okay with that. She wants to do Scandinavian countries (Stockholm, Oslo, Tallin, Helsinki...) But I want to do northern European (Amsterdam, Berlin...) So... we'll work out... something. I'll still be in London for the weekend though. :) Her study tour ends there. So we'll just meet in london. It'll be good.

Also: I went shopping... My pants are all too big because of this no-dryers-because-electricity-is-too-expensive thing... My pants fit after I dry them... So its just bad. I went to H&M... And bought a belt (so I can keep wearing other pants), a scarf (a nice European one!), and a new pair of jeans (which just happen to be skinny jeans since thats all anyone wears... in case I want to fit in one day or something.) It all came to just under 100$. Not too shabby!

Have a good day everyone!!!