Elsker London / Love London

Før min ferie var det hele 10 år siden jeg var i London sidst! Jeg havde fuldstændigt glemt hvor meget jeg elsker at være der, og faktisk havde jeg slet ikke lyst til at rejse et par dage før jeg tog af sted. 

Det gode ved London er selvfølgelig at jeg kan sproget. Der er ikke så langt derover og jeg føler jeg har kendt det altid. Og så er der al historien! Er der nogen som brænder efter at få Henrik d. 8. og alle hans 6 koner til at hænge på juletræet?

Before this vacation is was actually 10 years since I went to London last time! I completely forgot how much I love being there, and just a couple of days before leaving, I felt like staying at home....

The good thing about London of course is that I know the language. It's not very far and it feels like I have known it all my life. And then there is all their history! Are there anyone who cannot live without Henry the eighth and his 6 wives for the Christmas tree?

Jeg fandt Harry Potter statuen på Leicester Square. Jeg kender ingen andre byer med sådan en statue! 

Det er fantastisk med alle de forestillinger og musicals man kan gå ind at se, og for nu at blive ved kongen med de 6 koner, så opdagede jeg (efter jeg var kommet hjem, altså...) at man kan gå ind og se en musical om lige de her hustruer. Den hedder Six. Den MÅ jeg se en anden gang!

I found the Harry Potter statue at Leicester Square. I know no other cities with such a statue!

It's amazing with all the shows and musicals you can get to see, and to continue talking about the king with the 6 wives, I discovered (after I got home....) that you can find the musical about said wives. It's called Six. I HAVE to see it some other time!

Busserne er jo ikoniske! Denne gang vovede jeg mig op i busser op til flere gange. Der er en herlig udsigt ovenpå! 

Da jeg var lille havde jeg sådan en lille legetøjsbus. Selv nu tror jeg knapt at busserne er rigtige. 

The busses are iconic! This time I dared taking the buss on several occasions. The view from upstairs is wonderful!

When I was small I had a small toy buss like that. Even now I barely believe these busses are real. 

Engelsk cider smager virkelig godt! Denne gang fik jeg det med fish and chips. Det er også meget lækkert, selv om det engelske køkken ikke er berømt for at være specielt lækkert. Pardon my French. 

Der er virkelig mange spændende slags mad, takket være bl.a. Commonwealth. Hvis man går sulten i seng må man takke sig selv! 

English cider is really delicious! This time, I had it with fish and chips. It's also very delicious, although the English kitchen isn't exactly famous for being delicious. Pardon my French. 

But there are so many exciting kinds of food, thanks to Commonwealth, among other things. If you go to bed hungry, it's your own fault!

Og så er der bare de helt vildt mange traditioner. Jeg var til evensong i Westminster Abbey. Det er så fint! På billedet er det en "beef-eater" (eller yeoman) fra Tower.

Historierne fra Tower er virkelig grumme, men det er fantastisk at se de gamle mure og høre historierne. 

Jeg håber virkelig jeg kommer tilbage indenfor en overskuelig fremtid! Nu har jeg Six på ønskelisten, ihvertfald. Måske bare en forlænget weekend?

And then there are the incredible amount of traditions. I went to evensong in Westminster Abbey. It is so pretty! The photo shows a "beef-eater" (or yeoman) from Tower. 

The stories from Tower are really horrific, but it's amazing seeing the old walls and listening to all the stories. 

I do hope I will come back some time soon! Now Six is on my wish list, at least. Maybe I can come back for a long weekend?

Garn / Yarn

Jeg købte jo alligevel lidt garn i London. Altså - man kan jo ikke helt lade være! Jeg tog ud i Loop London og købte - - - altså. Strømpegarn! Det er jo ligesom det jeg bruger mest. 

De tre bundter er fra Irland og hedder LITLG, life in the long grass. Det er så fint! Jeg er sikker på at det bliver flot! Desuden kom der et Uneek Sock Kit med hjem. Ens strømper med striber. Det er en sjov ide!

So I did buy a little yarn in London. Well - it's hard to not buy anything! I went to Loop London and bought - - - well. Sock yarn! It's what I use the most anyway. 

The three skeins are from Ireland and are called LITLG, life in the long grass. It's so pretty! I'm sure it will turn out pretty! I also brought home a Uneek Sock Kit. Identical socks with stripes. It's such a fun idea!

Hos John Lewis købte jeg fødselsdagsgave til min niece. Hun ønskede sig garn i grå eller mørkebrun. Så det fik hun! Men jeg købte også det her stribede strømpegarn fra West Yorkshire Spinners. Det er måske ikke helt så spændende, men rigtig fint. Det skal nok blive godt!

At John Lewis I bought a birthday present for my niece. She wished for yarn in grey or dark brown. 

So that's what she got! But I also bought this striped sock yarn from West Yorkshire Spinners. It might not be the most exciting, but really nice. I'm sure it will be good!

3 kirker / 3 churches

I går tog jeg til Skt Paul's Cathedral. Jeg har været der før, men denne gang ville jeg have hele pakken! Op i kuplen og alting! Det er en imponerende kirke. Også udefra. 

Yesterday I went to St. Paul's Cathedral. I have been there before, but this time I wanted the full package! Going up the dome and all! It's a very impressive church. Also from the outside. 

Der er 528 trappetrin op til toppen. Min telefon mente at det svarede til cirka 27 etager! De første knapt 300 trin gik rimeligt, men trapperne blev mere og mere smalle og underlige, så den sidste bid til toppen var hård! 

Udsigten var til gengæld HELT fantastisk! Her er udsigten mod London Eye. 

There are 528 steps all the way to the top. My phone thought it was about 27 floors! The first almost 300 steps went fairly well, but the staircases got more and more narrow and weird, so the last bit to the top was hard!

But on the other hand the view from the top was AMAZING! This is the view towards London Eye. 

Man skulle også lige se sig for på vej ned. Se, hvor forskellige trappetrinene er! 

Det var noget af en omgang, men det var virkelig det værd!

You also had to be careful going down again. Look how different the steps look!

It was really a work-out, but totally worth it all!

Nede i kælderen er Lord Nelson begravet. Vi har vel alle lært at han totalt ødelagde den danske flåde, så jeg kan IKKE LIDE HAM! De havde endda den frækhed at nævne slaget ved København på deres mindetavle. 

I kælderen finder man også Florence Nightingale og sir Ian Fleming som opdagede penicillin. Dem kan jeg godt lide.....

In the crypt, Lord Nelson is buried. We all learned in school how he totally destroyed the Danish fleet, so I DON'T LIKE HIM! They even had the audacity to mention the battle at Copenhagen on his memorial. 

In the crypt you can even find Florence Nightingale and sir Ian Fleming who discovered penicillin. I do like those people.....

Ikke langt fra Skt Pauls ligger Londons ældste kirke, St. Bartholomew the Great. Grundlagt i 1123 som et kloster og stadig i funktion som kirke! St. Bartholomew er en helgen som forbindes med helbredelse, så lige ved siden af kirken ligger St. Bartholomew hospital som er startet cirka samtidigt med kirken. 

Ind imellem blev dele af kirken brugt til andet. Blandt andet havde Benjamin Franklin et værksted der. 

Forresten - tjek lige deres sildebensparket! Sjovt, ikke?

Not far from St. Paul's is London's oldest church, St. Bartholomew the Great. Founded in 1123 as a cloister and is still a working church! St. Bartholomew is a saint that is associated with healing, so next to the church is St. Bartholomew hospital which was started about the same time as the church. 

During some periods parts of the church was used for other things. For instance Benjamin Franklin had a room for his experiments. 

And check the floor! This time has been very hot in Denmark for the past few years. Funny!

Udefra ser kirken ret beskeden ud. Den ligger inde bag nogle andre bygninger, men hvis du kommer forbi er den et kig værd!

From the outside, the church look kind of humble. It's hidden behind some other buildings, but if you happen to pass by it's worth a visit!

Den sidste kirke jeg nåede ind i var Southwark Cathedral. Vældigt fin kirke som er renoveret på en måde hvor det nye og det gamle smelter sammen på ydersiden. 

Nå ja, og så har de deres egen kat! Hodge flyttede ind i 2020. Jeg så ham dog ikke. 

The last church I visited was Southwark Cathedral. Really pretty church that has been renovated in a way that makes the new and the old melt together on the outside. 

Oh well, and they have their own cat! Hodge moved in in 2020. I didn't see him, though. 

Men det jeg så var mindevindue og statue over Shakespeare som boede i sognet. I vinduet kan man finde en del af hans berømte karakterer, så det er ret sjovt! Jeg kunne dog kun genkende Hamlet. Men jeg er nok heller ikke den største Shakespeare ekspert! 

En sidegevinst var at jeg kom rundt nogle steder og gader hvor jeg ikke har været før. 

Bagefter gik jeg i Liberty. Igen. Man må jo udnytte at man er her! I dag skal jeg dog hjem. Jeg håber ikke der går for mange år før jeg kan komme til London igen!

But what I did see was the memory-window and statue of Shakespeare who lived in the parish. In the window you can find quite a few of his famous characters, which is fun! I could only recognize Hamlet. But I'm not very into Shakespeare, to be honest. 

I even ended going around in streets and places where I haven't been before. 

Afterwards I visited Liberty. Again. You have to take advantage of being here! Today I am going home, though. I do hope I can go back some time in a foreseeable future!

Stonehenge

Denne gang i London ville jeg prøve nye ting. Altså - det er ikke lykkedes helt, men en del nye ting er det blevet til! En af de nye ting var en bustur til Stonehenge. Det var faktisk en meget fin tur. 

Busturen frem og tilbage tog et par timer hver vej. Da vi kom frem, kunne man vælge bus eller at gå. Jeg valgte at gå og havnede hos de her får som gemte sig i skyggen! Der var utroligt meget fårelort, men det var en del af oplevelsen, tænker jeg.....

Faktisk nåede jeg til et punkt hvor jeg overvejede om jeg nogensinde ville finde de der sten!

This time in London I want to do new stuff. Well - I didn't totally succeed, but there are quite a few new things I did! One of the new things was a busride to Stonehenge. It was a very nice trip.

The busride there and back took about 2 hours each way. Once we got there, there was either a busride or a walk. I chose to walk and ended up with these sheep hiding in the shadow! There was so much sheep poop, but I guess that was part of the experience.....

I actually came to a point when I was wondering if I would ever find those stones!

Men pludselig var de der! Jeg må indrømme at jeg troede de var lidt større, men nu kommer man heller ikke helt tæt på. Det er umuligt at forestille sig hvordan de her sten er transporteret og sat op for så mange tusind år siden! Specielt overliggerne. Hvordan er de kommet derop?

But suddenly there they were! I have to admit that I imagined them being a bit bigger, but you don't get that close, really. It's impossible to imagine how these stones have been transported and put up so many thousand years ago! Especially the rocks on top. How did they get there?

Der er en fin lille udstilling ved deres visitor centre, som viser hvordan solen rammer ved solhverv, henholdsvis solopgang om vinteren og solnedgangen om sommeren. Den kommer lige imellem stenene (nok ikke de her sten, altså). Jeg kan bare forestille mig glæden om vinteren når man ENDELIG så solen kommer op her og vidste at nu blev dagene længere og lysere. 

Nå ja - og så købte jeg Stonehenge øreringe! Der er sikkert ingen ude i virkeligheden som kan regne ud hvad det er, men de er seje! Jeg tror jeg skal lave en post med de øreringe jeg har købt......

There is a very nice little exhibition at their visitor centre showing how the sun shows winter- and summer solstice, the sunrise in the winter and sunset at summer. It's coming right between the stones (not the one on the photo, though). I can just imagine how happy people were in the winter when they FINALLY saw the sun rise here and knew that the days would now become longer with more light!

Oh well - and I bought Stonehenge earrings! There is probably no-one in the real world who can guess what it is, but they are cool! I think I will have to make a separate post about the earrings I bought......

Museu da ÁGUA

Da min kongres var afsluttet i Lissabon havde jeg en halv dag før jeg skulle hjem. Min kollega ville gerne følges, men jeg ville på museum. Hun ville vandre. Så det gjorde vi så hver for sig! 

Jeg ville finde et sådan rimeligt lille, sjovt museum og endte med at tage hen til akvædukten på billedet her. Altså - et museum om vand ville være sjovt, ikke?

When my congress ended in Lisbon I had half a day before going home. My colleague wanted to do stuff together, but I wanted to go to a museum. She wanted to take a long walk. So we did! Separately! 

I wanted to find a quite small, fun museum and ended up going to the aqueduct on the photo. You know - a museum about water sounded fun! Right?

Det kostede kun 4 Euro at komme ind. Prisen burde måske have nedjusteret mine forventninger lidt! 

It only cost 4 Euros to enter. The low price might have adjusted my expectations to a lower level!

Ej, det var rigtig fint at se! Bygget i 1700-tallet for at sørge for vand til byen. Det fineste byggeri med en lille smule hældning så vandet løb den rigtige vej. 

Man kunne gå inde i akvædukten eller på en af siderne (med forskellig udsigt). Det var det. 

To be honest, it was really amazing! Build in the 1700's to make sure the city had water. Very nicely build with a slight slope to make sure the water ended up in the right place. 

You can walk inside the aqueduct or on either sight (with different views). That's it.  

Inde i bygningen var der forskellige skilte med oplysninger. For eksempel det her. Skal vi bare sige at det var en lille smule spooky at gå derinde helt alene og at lige det her skilt om en massemorder ikke gjorde det mindre spooky? Hans metode var dog at få folk til at falde ned fra akvædukten. Ikke at snige sig ind på dem indenfor. Heldigvis! Hans hoved står i formalin på medicinsk museum i Lissabon. Jeg har det fint med at jeg ikke så det!

Inside the building were different signs with information. For instance this. Let's just say that it was a bit spooky walking inside the structure all alone and that this sign about a mass murderer did not make it any less spooky? His method, though, was to make people fall off the aqueduct. Not sneaking up on them inside. Fortunately! His head is conserved in formaldehyde in the medical museum in Lisbon. I am feeling very happy that I did not see that!

Der er den fineste udsigt fra akvædukten. Lissabon er en rigtig fin by! 

Det er så også lige det område som flyene mere eller mindre letter over, eftersom lufthavnen ligger midt i byen. Det gjorde mig taknemmelig for Tårnby, hvor jeg trods alt ikke få flyene i hovedet på samme måde. (Kun ved afbrudt landing)

Museet ligger så også i nærheden af en stor park med udsigt over vandet. 

Så alt i alt syntes jeg at jeg valgte rigtigt!

There is an amazing view from the aqueduct. Lisbon is such a pretty city!

It was also the area where the planes more or less took off over, since the airport is in the middle of the city. It made me happy for Tårnby where I live, because the planes are not flying over my head like that. (Only if they have to abort a landing)

The museum is also near a big park with a pretty view over the water. 

So all in all I do think I picked the best thing to do!

Udenfor kongressen / Outside of the congress

I går var jeg ikke kun på konference. Min nevø og hans familie skulle mellemlande i Lissabon på vej hjem fra ferie, og så skulle vi jo lige mødes! 

Derfor kom jeg ind til byen for første gang, og altså - Lissabon er så hyggelig! De gamle sporvogne er så fine, men det er vist mest turister som kører med....

Yesterday I was not just at the congress. My nephew and his family had transfer in Lisbon going home from their vacation, so we met up!

So I came to the centre of the city for the first time, and you knot - Lisbon is such a cozy place! The old trams are really pretty but i think it's mostly tourists riding them.....

Vi fik frokost og is og gik en dejlig tur gennem gågaden ned til vandet før de skulle tilbage til lufthavnen og flyve hjem. Det er ikke sådan at jeg ser dem hele tiden, så det var ekstra hyggeligt lige at møde dem!

We had lunch and ice cream and took a nice stroll through the pedestrian street down to the water before they left for the airport and their flight home. I'm not meeting them all the time, so it was extra nice meeting up!

Aftenen brugte jeg i selskab med min gamle kollega fra Island, og for første gang hernede fik jeg aftensmad på et rimeligt tidspunkt. Og mere is, altså. 

Da jeg rejste ned havde jeg absolut ingen forventninger til at det skulle blive en god konference. Men det blev det. På alle mulige måder! Nu skal jeg lige have den sidste halvdag med og så skal jeg lege turist indtil jeg skal hjem i aften. Der må være nogle souvenirs jeg bare SKAL have med hjem!

I spent the evening in the company of my old colleague from Iceland, and for the first time here I had dinner while it was not too late. And more ice cream, of course. 

When I went here I had absolutely no expectations of it becoming a good congress. But it turned out to be good. In so many ways! Now I'm looking forward to the last half day and then I'll be a tourist before going home late in the evening. There must be some souvenirs I HAVE to bring home!

Lang dag / Long day

Den årlige, europæiske kongres om cystisk fibrose er nu. Den startede i går, samme dag som der var erklæret generel strejke i Portugal hvor det skal være. 

Al offentlig transport var nede, og en del fly aflyst, så jeg var noget nervøs da jeg skulle afsted! Specielt fordi jeg kun kunne få mit bookingkort halvdelen af vejen!

Billedet er Amager. 

The yearly, European congress about cystic fibrosis is happening right now. It started yesterday, the same day that there was to be a general strike in Portugal where it is. 

All public transport was down and quite a few flights cancelled, so I was quite nervous when I left! Especially since I only got a bookingcard for half of the trip!

The photo is Amager. 

Utroligt nok løste alt sig og jeg kom godt frem. Min taske var ikke engang forsinket efter jeg blev tvunget til at tjekke den ind! Her er udsigten over den store bro over Lissabon. Det er så fint. 

Incredibly, though, everything worked out and I arrived well. My bag wasn't even late after I was forced to check it in! Here is the view over the large bridge at Lissabon. It is so pretty. 

Og her er kongressen! I går var lyset slukket til det første på programmet, så det var mere eller mindre umuligt at strikke det mønster med snoninger jeg laver lige nu. Jeg håber det bliver bedre!

And here is the congress! Yesterday, the light was off at the first part of the program, so it was kind of impossible to knit the pattern with cables I'm working on. I do hope it will be better!

Så fint / So pretty

Jeg synes Air Greenland's fly er så flotte. Jeg VED godt at det er helt ligegyldigt hvad farve et fly har, men jeg synes de er vildt seje! Da jeg arbejdede på Rigshospitalet fik vi ret ofte børn fra Grønland som blev sendt ned med flyet. Da jeg så selv skulle flyve med det sidste år fandt jeg ud af at der nok er andre fly som er mere luksus indeni, men altså. 

I do think Air Greenland's airplanes are so pretty. I do KNOW that it doesn't matter what color a plane has, but I just think they are so cool! When I worked at Rigshospitalet we got kids from Greenland ever so often who got send down with the plane. Once I was travelling with it last year I discovered that there are probably other planes more luxurious on the inside, but who cares....

Flyet flyver op om formiddagen, lander igen i København sent om aftenen og står i Kastrup om natten. Med den nye station i lufthavnen kører toget lige forbi hver morgen! Jeg synes det er så hyggeligt! Det er næsten lige før jeg vinker...... 

Det kunne være sjovt at komme til Grønland igen på et tidspunkt. Hvem ved?

The plane flies up in the morning and lands back in Copenhagen late in the evening and then stands there in Kastrup over night. With the new train station at the airport, my train passes it every morning! I love it! It's so nice! I almost wave at it....

It could be fun going to Greenland again at some point. Who knows?

Stockholm

Mandag og tirsdag blev brugt nord for Stockholm, til børnerespirationsdagene. Det er ikke så ofte jeg er med deroppe! For at komme til Stockholm kørte jeg tog gennem en hel masse skov. Der er virkelig meget skov i Sverige! Jeg bookede billet sent og måtte derfor tage "Snälltåget" hvor det er utroligt svært at arbejde. Så efter at have prøvet et stykke tid gav jeg op. Og strikkede istedet!

Monday and Tuesday was spent North of Stockholm, for the pediatric respiratory days. I don't go on that meeting very often! To go to Stockholm I took a train passing through a lot of forest. Sweden has so much forest! I booked the ticket quite late and had to take "Snälltåget" which is incredibly hard to work on. So after I tried for a good while I gave up. And knit instead!

Mødet var mest om ventilation og at få børn til at kunne trække vejret. Noget man kan bruge er en trakeostomi! Dukken som blev vist så virkelig ikke specielt glad ud! 

Jeg lærte nye ting og fik præsenteret det jeg skulle. Og fandt ud af at jeg kender mange. Det er hyggeligt!

The meeting was mostly about ventilation, making kids to breathe. Something you can use for that is a tracheostomy! The doll shown here did really not look very happy!

I learned something new and presented my data. And discovered that I know quite a lot of people. It's nice!

Da vi skulle hjem igen skulle vi gennem Stockholm. De andre blev på stationen, men jeg gik en tur. Altså - jeg vil gerne have mine skridt, men jeg synes også virkelig der er så fint i Gamla Stan! De smalle gader og fine butikker! 

Den svenske konger har lige haft fødselsdag og fyldte 80 år. Måske er denne her nye løve en gave til ham? Den står meget smukt foran slottet! 

Allerede næste uge skal jeg til Stockholm igen. Glæder mig allerede!

On the way back we were passing through Stockholm again. My colleagues stayed at the station, but I took a walk. You kno - I do want my steps, but I also just love Gamla Stan. It's so pretty! The narrow streets and really nice shops!

The Swedish king just celebrated his 80th birthday. Maybe this new lion was a gift for him? It was looking very beautiful in front of the castle!

I'm going to Stockholm again already next week. I'm excited already!

Göteborg

Denne uge er mærkelig. Tirsdag stod jeg virkelig tidligt op så jeg kunne tage toget til Sverige kl. 05.24. Jeg skiftede tog i Malmö og hoppede på toget til Göteborg, hvor jeg skulle på kursus i ventilation af muskelsvage. 

Det var ikke sjovt at stå så tidligt op!

This week is strange. On Tuesday, I got up really early so I could catch the train to Sweden at 5.24 a.m. 

I switched train in Malmö and got on the train to Gothenburg, where I was going on a course on ventilation in muscle weakness. 

It is not fun getting up this early!

I Göteborg havnede vi på et hotel lige ved Liseberg, den store forlystelsespark i Göteborg. Det var et sjovt hotel! Næsten som at være i Disneyland! Der er en rutsjebane cirka halvanden etage ned! 

Ja, jeg prøvede den. Og ja, jeg skreg lidt. 

In Gothenburg we were at a hotel right next to Liseberg, the big tivoli in Gothenburg. It was such a fun hotel! Almost like going to Disneyland! They had this slide which was one and a half floor tall!

Yes, I tried it. And yes, I screamed a bit!

Efter den første dags undervisning måtte jeg ud at gå en tur og bare mærke at jeg var i Göteborg. Der var ikke langt til kunstmuseet som ligger for enden af en stor vej. DET var den by jeg kendte, og det var flot at se alle julelysene! 

(Jeg blev også mindet om at der er vildt mange trapper i den by!)

After the first day of lessons I wanted to go for a walk and just feel that I was really in Gothenburg. The distance to the art museum wasn't too great. The museum is located at the end of a big road, and THAT was the city I know! It was lovely seeing all the Christmas lights!

(I was also reminded that this city has such a crazy amount of stairs!)

Om aftenen spiste vi middag inde i Liseberg, hvor der ellers ikke var mennesker. Deres julelys er også fine! Kan I se alle lys-dyrene?

In the evening we had dinner inside Liseberg, which was empty of people. Their Christmas lights are really pretty! Can you see all the light-animals?

Vi spiste på en restaurant hvor indretningen var tog. Vi trak sedler med vores plads, og jeg havnede på første klasse alle gange. Ikke HELT så luksus som tog i dag!

Nå. Men jeg nævnte i starten at det er en mærkelig uge! I morgen skal jeg nemlig også alt for tidligt op og til Göteborg. Denne gang skal jeg hjem igen om eftermiddagen. Denne gang et helt andet møde. Men først venter der en dags arbejde i dag!

We ate at a restaurant that had railways as their decoration. We took notes with our seats and I ended up in First class all the time. Not QUITE as luxurious as today's trains!

Well. So I mentioned in the beginning that this is a strange week! Tomorrow I will also get up far too early to go to Gothenburg. This time, I'm going home in the afternoon, and it's a completely different meeting. But first I have a day of work today!

New York City

I min ferie havde jeg to dage i New York City. Der er ret mange ting jeg ikke kan lide ved den by! Der er SÅ mange mennesker! Over det hele! 

Eller - næsten over det hele. Jeg kan godt lide at være ved Hudson River hvor jeg sad og nød udsigten til Frihedsgudinden og strikkede. 

During my vacation, I spent two days in New York City. There are many things that I don't really like there. There are SO many people! Everywhere!

Or - almost everywhere. I do love being at Hudson River where I sat enjoying the view to the Statue of Liberty while I was knitting. 

Jeg så også det nye World Trade Center, hvor der heller ikke var helt proppet med mennesker. Det er virkelig imponerende!

Endnu mere hyggeligt var det at finde en rigtig, stor hobbybutik hvor jeg kunne kigge på stof! Det var meget trist da JoAnn lukkede....

I also passed the new World Trade Center, an area without too many people. It looks so impressive!

Even more fun was it when I found a real, big hobby store where I got to look at fabric! It was ever so sad when JoAnn closed the shops......

Men min absolutte yndlingsting på Manhattan er at tage svævebanen ned til Roosevelt Island. Hvis du får chancen - så PRØV DET! Det koster en almindelig billet til undergrundsbanen, så mindre end 20 kroner, og det er så vildt at svæve hen over al trafikken! 

Det er nok den ene ting jeg gerne vil prøve hver eneste gang jeg får chancen!

But my absolute favorite thing to do in Manhattan is taking the cable car down to Roosevelt Island. If you ever get the chance, then TRY IT! It will cost you a plain underground ticket, which is quite cheap, and it is really amazing getting to soar over all the traffic!

I do think it's the only thing that I want to try every time I get the chance!

Milano / Milan

Der er virkelig fint i Milano! Jeg kom ind og så lidt om aftenen og den sidste eftermiddag. Centrum var helt proppet med turister, og det kan jeg godt forstå. Vejret var sådan rigtig sommervarmt (der bliver sikkert varmere i løbet af sommeren!) og det er en hyggelig by.

Her er domkirken, som jeg godt nok kun så udefra. (Billedet er taget hen over hovedet på alle de mennesker som stod på pladsen...)

Milan is really pretty! I got to see a bit in the evenings and the last afternoon. The city center was totally stuffed with tourists, and I fully get it. The weather was really nice and summer warm (it will probably be warmer during the summer!) and it's a very nice city. 

This is the cathedral that I only saw from the outside. (The photo is taken over the head of all the people standing in the square....)

Jeg nåede også at se Galleria Vittorio. Som de fleste nok har set i Willy Wonka? Det var jo fantastisk! Så smukt og gammelt! (Også helt proppet med mennesker, men lidt færre inde i midten.) Der er en meget smuk boghandel hvor man ikke måtte tage billeder. De andre modebutikker gik jeg ikke ind i.

I also got to see Galleria Vittorio. I guess most of you have seen it in Willy Wonka? It's amazing! 

So beautiful and old! (And totally crowded with people, but a bit less in the middle.) There is a very pretty bookstore where no cameras were allowed. I did not visit all the fashion shops.

Der er faktisk også rimeligt grønt! Her er et hus som nærmest har et vandfald af grønt! 

Det er nemt at komme rundt i byen. Man bruger sit Visakort i busser, tog og metro, og mere end tre indtjekninger på en dag udløser automatisk en dagbillet. 

Den københavnske metros tvilling kører rundt i undergrunden i byen. Dog med airconditioning! Der er nye og gamle sporvogne. Jeg brugte Google Maps og så var det faktisk ingen sag at komme rundt!

Jeg spiste helt utroligt meget pasta. Gad godt derned igen.....

The city is also fairly green! Here is a house that has almost a waterfall of green!

It's easy getting around. You use your Visa card on busses, trains and metro, and more than three check-ins in a day automatically becomes a day-ticket. 

The twin of the Copenhagen metro is driving around in the underground. With airconditioning! They have new and old trams. I used Google Maps, so it was no big deal finding my way around the city!

I ate an incredible amount of pasta. Would love to go back.....

New York City

Tirsdag tog min søster og jeg til Manhattan. Vi tog toget. Pendlertoget! Det ser sådan her ud! (Min søster var IKKE imponeret over mine fotografiske evner.....)

On Tuesday, my sister and I went to Manhattan. By train. Commuter train! It looks like this! (My sister was not impressed with my photographic skills.....)

Vi startede med frokost. Jeg havde lyst til afrikansk mad - bare for at prøve noget andet! - så vi tog subway'en til toppen af Central Park og fandt en senegalesisk restaurant i Harlem. 

Det var UTROLIGT autentisk! Maden var rigtig god og lå godt og tungt i maven resten af vores tur. 

We started with lunch. I felt like African food - just to try something else! - so we took the subway to the top of Central Park and found a Senegalese restaurant in Harlem. 

It was SO authentic! The food was really good and kept us full for the rest of our trip. 

Det var en meget hyggelig tur. Vi gik ned gennem parken til "The Met" museum. Der var så fint og grønt med masser med mennesker ude. 

It was such a nice trip. We walked down through the park to "The Met". It was so pretty and green with a lot of people outside. 

Vi fik kaffe og kiggede på bådene i den lille sø.

We had coffee and looked at the boats in the pond. 

Vi tog også min yndlingstur med svævebane ned til Roosevelt Island og derfra tog vi båden til Wall Street. Det kostede næsten ingenting og der var den fineste udsigt!

Vi kom stort set ikke i nogle butikker (vi kiggede bare i museumsbutikken) og det eneste jeg fik med hjem var en Starbucks kop. Men SÅDAN en dejlig dag! (Og jeg fik strikket.)

We took my favorite ride with the cable car to Roosevelt Island and from there the ferry to Wall Street. It cost next to nothing and we got the most beautiful view!

We didn't look at shops (apart from the museum shop) and the only thin I brought back home was a Starbucks cup. But SUCH a nice day! (And I knit.)