København & Paris: Vienna Breads and Baguettes (Old Post)

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, gather round for the tales of a young man journeying through a city in Scandinavia and another city in central Europe. Yes, this tale--like all of the tales on this blog--is about me. A few weeks ago (March 8-10), we journeyed to Copenhagen (or København, as the Danes say) and Paris (or Paris, as the Parisians say) for the weekend. It sounds like kind of a ridiculous trip--going to two cities in one weekend. And in a sense, it was; however, know that this was a trip we needed to take in order to save our trip to Iceland. That's all I will say about it. And yet, another cool picture of the Alps. They look especially Alpy.

København

Righto. We flew Air France to København and from there ventured to our apartment (like Iceland, people don't really stay in hotels, you rent out "apartments"--which are pretty much the same as a hotel suites). Dropped our stuff off at the apartment and then ventured to dinner. We passed Tivoli Gardens which is apparently like Six Flags + Central Park, and went to dinner at a place called Tight.

Tight was indeed quite tight. If you wanted to get up to use the bathroom, you had to move mountains as it was quite a cozy restaurant. For dinner, I got a mushroom and onion soup with truffle oil and crostini and garnished with some chives (I think). It smelled quite gross, but tasted exceptional.

Jumping forward to our first (and only) day in København, we got breakfast a restaurant right by Tight. For the first time in my life, I ate a full order of lox--and liked it! Now, you are probably experiencing blurred speech, dizziness, and other signs of shock. Just take some water and splash it on your face, and you'll be tutto bene (all good).

We then walked around the city a little bit, and let me say, København is probably my favorite city visiting thus far. It was just so...Danish. I don't know. There really are no words to describe it. Well, maybe there are. It's kind of like a more colorful and spread-out version of Amsterdam (which is another European city favorite of Joel). The architecture in København is beautiful, the lifestyle is great (EVERYONE bikes), and the people are all gorgeous. The city just blew away expectations.

The bakery scene is bomb diggity. The pastries are amazing. Everything was just unreal. No bad words. Also, don't try and get a danish (the pastry) in Denmark. They don't exist as "danish". Our "danish" = their "vienna bread". Now, this begs the question, what is vienna bread called in Vienna? If you guessed Danish, you are right.

We then tried to climb Church of Our Savior. It's supposed to be awesome, but it turns out the entire city is pretty much closed to tourists until mid-April, which was slightly annoying. But that just means I'll have to make the trip back soon.

We then took a boat tour of the city. The tour guide may or may not have mentioned Carlsberg a few times. You can see pictures of a crane lowering some sort of support for a bridge (probably) into the water. For some reason, I was very intrigued as evidenced by the two pictures. I may or may not have about five more.

Ahh. Also, if you take the Metro in København and want to bring your dog, make sure to pay the appropriate fare. If there's a child's fare, I wonder if there's a puppy fare... Hmm.

Paris

Flew EasyJet to Paris. It was quite easy. My time in Paris was spent doing two things: walking around and reading in cafés. I did venture to the Arc De Triumph and I saw a blue door on the way. It was intriguing at the very least, so I snapped a photo.

~Fin~