Flødeboller

One of my Danish colleagues from work has been teaching me a Danish tongue twister.

"Fem flade flødeboller på et fladt flødebolle fad"

Which means in English:

"Five flat cream puffs on a flat dish cream puff"

Well I have been practicing this Danish phrase for over a week and have it down pretty well. I can not say it too fast but at least my pronunciation is pretty good. 

But this whole time I have been wondering how do these flat cream puffs look and taste like. So when I saw in the Lidl grocery ad that flødeboller were on sale I just had to buy some. These flat cream puffs are pretty good. It taste like a marshmallow cream covered with a bit of chocolate. The bottom taste like a wafer. Over all they are not that bad.



Here are some pictures for you.

 

 

The Church of our Lady

I first want to apologize to all my friends and family for not posting for over a month and a half. Over Christmas (C) my boyfriend was visiting me for two weeks.  Then I returned home to the States for ten days to handle some personal matters.  Once I returned from the States I was throw back into the mix of things including taking at course on bioinformatic computer programing.  But now that things have calmed down and I have got up with my work I am posting.

So while (E) was staying with me in Denmark (in the month of November) we spent the weekend in Copenhagen. After spending over three hours at the National museum we decided to go a church close by since it was starting to get dark. We went to Copenhagen's Cathedral - The Church of Our Lady. This post will mostly be pictures since I took so many. =)

The tower is 60 m high and houses the four church bells that weigh over 4 tons and is the largest bell in Denmark. The smallest bell in the tower is the oldest bell in the country, dating from 1490.

The building length is 83 m (272 feet) and the width is 33 m (108 feet). The nave is 60 m (197 feet) long and over 25 m (82 feet) from floor to ceiling. With all galleries open, the church can seat more than 1100 people.

The famous Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen was assigned to decorate the interior of the Cathedral by creating the sculptures of Christ and the twelve Apostles together with the font.

A closer view near the alter, they were preparing for 5 o'clock mass so the lights near the pews were turned on.

A full view of the church with all the lights on.

The statue of Christ above the altar captures the attention and creates a peaceful atmosphere for the entire church with its gentle welcoming gesture. In front of the altar is the beautiful baptismal font made of Italian marble and shaped like a guardian angel that holds the font. The font and the rest of the marble works in the church was Bertel Thorvaldsen's personal gift to the church. 

 The twelve apostles are placed in the nave and each statue represents a symbol that is associated with each apostle.

The great Cathedral organ with 87 stops and 5 manuals and pedal, was inaugurated on Easter Sunday 9 April 1995, with a choir organ added in 2002. The entire organ unit is build by the world’s oldest organ-builders Marcussen & Son, who are based in south Denmark.

 Near the entrance of the church where is this beautiful spot to light candles.

 So I paid the 4 kroner (about 75 cents) to light a candle in honor of my friends and family in the States. 

The candle I light is in the middle of the heart in the sand.



This place was truly magnificent, the detail in the statues, in the wall art, on the alter. To truly take in the beauty of The Church of Our Lady you have to come a see it yourself.

Thank you all for your love and support. I will try to do better about posting on my blog. =)