Weekend Wonderfulness

I had the opportunity to do a bit of travelling this weekend with Osvaldo, my partner-in-crime at the thoracics department. We made it to Elsinore, where we saw Hamlet's castle. From there took a ferry to Sweden (20 minutes away) to Helsingborg where we saw the remnants of a castle, as well as a very pretty Swedish town. The main attraction there was a garden which was kind of neat, though I appreciated the forest we walked through to get there much more. From what I can tell of Sweden, it's a very pretty country. The fact that there was no immigration or customs was nice; they also served beer on the fairy which I thought was funny. That reminds me, you can even have beer at the hospital. They sell it at the cafeteria, and they'll even deliver it to the inpatients. Crazy. I guess that would make your hospital experience a bit more bareable.

Anyhow, from Elsinore we went to Hillerod, which is home to possibly the coolest castle/landscaped garden I have ever seen. It was ridiculously awesome. Made the trip especially worthwhile, because we had considered heading home after checking out Hamlet's place. Perfectly manicured hedges laid out in really neat patterns, with cool-looking, though not over-the-top fountains/river/pond/waterfalls dealio running through the middle of everything.

Next day we headed west to Roskilde, where there's a massive week-long concert going on. We found this out afterwards, though on our way home we should have figured it out based on the incredible number of backpackers heading home. This is also where my one housemate has been spending most of his time, volunteering for 24 hours in exchange for free tickets.
Roskild is home to the Viking Ship Museum. This was a perfect example of don't-judge-a-book-by-it's-cover-ism, as the museum looked incredibly small and uniteresting at first sight. We ended up spending most of the day there, though, and participated in such activities as archery (I won a beer in a bet with Osvaldo), rowing, and sailing. Although rowing/sailing a viking ship around was good times, there was far less pillaging than I was expecting from this activity. The rowing also further confirms my stereotype that Danes have horrible timing, as the rowing was not exactly synchronous, and the dude behind my kept crashing into my oar about 50% of the time.

Sunday night was a social gathering for all the exchange students, and it was nice to meet people from all over the world. Took about thirty minutes before we started talking about religion, politics, etc, and it was really interesting to get perspectives from different parts of the globe. Also met a guy who's name is Anus.

Now for the bad news: I can't figure out how to upload pictures. None of the computers at home or the hospital take SD cards, and I didn't bring my camera cord. Boo hoo.

Also, Mexican candy is delicious.