Getting to class...is not so easy

I mentioned in an earlier post that I am taking a class. This class is about perl programming and taught at the Denmark Technology University (DTU) in Copenhagen.  This class met Monday’s and Thursday’s for 13 weeks for four to three hours. 

Honestly I did learn a lot in this course and even though there was many times I was so frustrated at all the work, it was still worth it. But I think the most interesting part of this whole class is where it took place and the adventure I had every Monday and Thursday getting there. The perl programming class took place in Lyngby, which is North of Copenhagen.

On every Monday and Thursday I got a train in my small Danish town and rode the train all the way Nørrport, which is just North of Copenhagen. Each time this particular train ride took one hour and 15 minutes and sometimes longer depending on delays. Most of the time the train was so packed that I would be lucky to find a seat. After going through Roskilde and Copenhagen I got off the train at Nørrport station and I make a short detour to the local café for a café latte to go.

Once I have my café latte in hand I wait about 5 to 10 minutes, I get on a bus to DTU. After a 20 minute scenic trip through Nørrport, where I passed the Rosenborg Castle, Botanical Gardens, and the Statens Museum I get off at  DTU.  I repeated this trip twice a week and then had the joy of traveling another 1 hour and 35 minutes back home.

Each time I would pass those neat tourist sites I kept thinking that I have to visits all those sites once this class is over. Well this class is over on June 2^nd at 1pm and my first stop will be Rosenborg Castle

Beautiful flowers

 When I walked around town a few weeks ago there were so many unique, beautiful flowers and the air smelled as fresh flowers. I took out my camera and took some pictures of some of these beautiful flowers.  I hope you enjoy all the pictures.

Cute Chocolate and Farmer's Market

 On Friday (5/6/11) a friend of mine at work came by the office and gave me some chocolate. The chocolate was so cute and unique I just had to take a few pictures of it.  As seen in the picture the chocolate as in the shape of a bottle. The best part was that inside the bottle shaped chocolate was hollow and filled with Orange Liquor. Yumm.....

This Saturday is so nice outside, so I just could not spend the entire day in my apartment working on my perl programming project.  So I went out to the farmer's market in the city center to get some fresh air and fresh veggies. 

In this farmer's market, I can find lots of fresh flowers, fresh fruit and vegetables ranging from strawberries to green beans. There are also two small shops where you can buy fresh fish (fisk in Danish) and another shop were you can get freshly made cheese.  Some but not all of the people selling items can speak  English and all are very nice.  I think many of them do not mind that I do not speak Danish that well, they just appreciate the business.

Well back to work on my project.  Thank for all the love and support.

Sorry for not posting lately.....

Sorry for not posting lately but I do have a valid reason why.  For the past 12 weeks I have been taking a perl programming course. Some of my close family members may have heared me complaining about this course. Yes I have learned a lot at the cost of of sleep, exhausted brain cells and pure frustration.

Anyways a big perl programming project is due in a few days so all my free time right now is being spent on this. So just letting every one know: yes I am ok.

I was able to get a whole bunch of great pictures of all the flowers blooming in the area near my apartment. I plan to post those as soon as I hand in this project.

Again thanks for all your love and support.

Danish Krones

While talking to my brother, he asked what does the money look like? Then I thought other people might be interested in what Danish Krones look like. Typically a Danish krone is about 18 US cents or about 5.5 Danish krones equal a US dollar.

Unlike US dollars,  Danish krones paper bills come in different colors and sizes, at first I thought having bills in different colors and sizes was odd but I discovered that have different colors does make sorting my cash easier.

 I have also seen Danish krones paper bills in 1000 kr. and 50 kr.  I am not sure if there are paper bills larger than 1000 kr because I have seen anything larger then 1000kr.  I did not have any other bills in my wallet when I took these pictures.

You can also see that the other side of the bills have different image on the papers bills, however I do not know what the images on the paper bills are.

When I first arrived in Denmark it was really difficult for me to figure out which Danish coin was which because the 20 kr and 10 kr look very similar AND the 5 kr and 2 kr look very similar.

In this picture the top row is the Danish coins in this order: 20kr, 5kr, 2kr, 1kr and then 50 øre (.5kr). The gap between the 20kr and the 5kr is where the 10kr is supposed to me but I did not have one when I took this picture. The second row is the US coins I still had in this order: quarter, penny and a dime. I just wanted to show the Danish coins next to the US coins for a size comparison. 

20 krone coin next to a quarter for size comparison.

10 krone coin next to a quarter.

5 krone coin with a quarter.

2 krone coin with a quarter.

1 krone coin, Penny, 50 øre (.5 kr)

Recently a friend of my noticed that she had a special issue coin, she told me the history behind the coin. This particular coin was designed by Queen Margrethe II for her 25 wedding anniversary to Prince Henrik in 1992.

This is the coin design done by Queen Margrethe II. You can see the 25 in the heart above the door. I am not sure what the house, door, sun and moon are supposed to represent.

Queen Margrethe II and Prince Henrik

I hope everyone has a great Easter and enjoy the spring weather!! Thank you for your love and support.

Ouch........

So many of my family members know I have been sending letters and cards to family back in the United States.  Since I moved here the price for stamps to send letters has been 9.5 krones (~$1.75).

 But now the price for stamps has increased to 13 kr (~$2.37). 

The price increased by 3.5 krones (~$0.65).  After going through such a huge increase in price those 4 cent stamp increases do not seem so bad.

Spring in Denmark

While waiting for the bus after a day at work I noticed how clear the air was around the bus stop, I could see for miles.  Before this day I did not know that there were windmills in the distance.  People at work wonder why do I carry my camera with me where ever I go...to capture moments like these is exactly why. I hope you enjoy all the pictures. 

Thank you for all the love and support.