The Royal Wedding

I, like many, spent the day watching the Royal Wedding and all of the coverage that followed. Although I am slightly embarrassed to admit it, I have been fascinated with all things Prince William and Kate Middleton ever since reading through a Hello! magazine at my grandmother's house this past year. Once they got engaged, all hope was lost. Now I have a postcard of their engagement photo on my wall. Ill stop before I embarrass myself more.


Anyways, I just wanted to share how much I enjoyed watching the wedding. It made my homework a little more bearable, and was a great excuse to drink champagne at 12pm on a Friday afternoon. I thought that Kate's dress was beautiful and the whole event was so classy.

Sunny in Scandinavia

I'm back in Copenhagen after a whirlwind of a spring break, and I have to say it is so nice to be back, especially when the weather is 70 and sunny. Thank you Denmark, I knew you couldn't be cold forever.


I'll be back with a recap of spring break, but for now I'm off to go make a dent in the mountain of schoolwork that I seem to have magically forgotten about until now. Ignorance is bliss, people. I'll leave you with a few pictures from the trip...

Ciao, Bella!

I'm leaving for Spring Break 2011 tomorrow afternoon...here we come Florence and Paris! We have a two week "travel break" and everyone has been anxiously anticipating their respective trips. My friend Kayleigh and I will be meeting my friend Emily in Florence from Saturday through Thursday, with a day trip to Siena thrown in, and the Emily and I will take the train to Paris where we will meet her mom, my mom and Amandine. It is going to be the trip of a lifetime and I am so excited I get to travel with so many of my friends.


Hopefully there will be a lot of this 

and this 

and this

Beautiful views only Europe can offer

and this

Just kidding...kind of...

So long North Face jacket and leather boots. I won't miss you

Momma Skibs in Copenhagen

This past week my mom came to visit, and it was so nice having her here. I showed her around my favorite sports of the city and we also saw and did many things that I have yet to do. 


But first, we had to stop for lunch at my favorite places in the city, Paludan Bøger. I think she liked it almost as much as I do, good thing considering we went two more times! 


Luckily, she brought the sun for a few days. On Saturday we were able to rent bicycles from her hotel, and see the city the way the Danes see it. We spent all day riding around the city and just enjoying the weather. 

We stopped at a few places along the way, including the Black Diamond Library and Rosenborg Slot. I had been here before, but never inside. We toured the rooms of the castle, which was built by Christian IV as a summer castle. It was extremely ornate and dark, and while not my idea of the perfect summer home, was still beautiful.

On Sunday we went to Malmö, Sweden. It is a short train ride away from Copenhagen Central Station, and looked very similar to Copenhagen. It was a dreary day (surprise), but we still had fun walking through the old part of town and city gardens. While the gardens were nowhere near full-bloom, it was obvious that in the summer they would be beautiful. We sat in a greenhouse under the rain, and enjoyed a latte for mom, tea for me, and as scone to share. 

While walking around Copenhagen, we came across Royal Copenhagen, a luxury porcelain company. My mom instantly recognized china in the window display as being the exact china that belonged to her mother, who is part Danish. What a coincidence! The shop was beautiful and fittingly was attached to a beautiful flower shop. I could not stop taking pictures of the flowers

The china on display 

Mom went to Frederiksborg Palace in Hillerød, which was built as a residence for Christian IV, one of the most well-liked kings of Denmark. She said it was amazing, and took many pictures. 


We packed a lot of activity into 6 days including a dinner with my friends, a trip to the little mermaid (mom: "that's it? she's so small!"), a canal tour, a fancy dinner at the world's best restaurant Noma, and many walks along Strøget (with some shopping thrown in).
I am so glad that she came to visit me, and in about a week I will see her in Paris!

Dad, we missed you, but we found you located in Copenhagen Cathedral:

Andreas!