After Christiania on Wednesday, we had dinner as a group and then Gabby, Ashleigh, Cam, Jimmy, Melissa, and I walked around the pedestrian streets here trying to find a good place to get some desserts. Originally we wanted pastries, but all the bakeries seemed to be closed. Instead, we found an awesome Spanish tapas place and got creme brûlée, chocolate cake, and amazing raspberry sorbet. Seriously though, the food was delicious. The night wasn't too exciting, and we were in bed early, but it's always nice to check things out.
Yesterday (Thursday), we traveled a bit out of town to the most accessible building in the world! It's crazy to think about how much time and energy went into its creation. It currently houses a ton of nongovernmental organizations that support disabilities in some way. As it was their Constitution Day yesterday, a man from LEV came in on his day off and spoke to us. It was incredibly nice of him. He talked a lot about the history of intellectual disability and treatment in Denmark, but then we got to talk more about institutionalization and the differences in views between the government and other groups. It was pretty fascinating, and we could relate well with certain issues in the United States. Personally, I found it interesting, because he kept talking about making "reasonable adjustments," and I feel like we don't support that enough in the United States. It's so easy to make a reasonable adjustment for someone and help them succeed.
After that talk and heading back into the city, Melissa, Jimmy, and I headed over to Rosenborg Castle and Gardens. It started to rain, unfortunately, cause we wanted to hang out in the beautiful gardens, but it was still gorgeous and the castle was pretty amazing. I love seeing crazy stuff like that, and the crown jewels! After that, we found a pretty swanky cafe called Electricity (in Danish) and had some nachos, and I tried my first Moscow Mule, which was delicious (thanks for the recommendation, Jimmy and Melissa!). We headed back for dinner with the group, and then Caspar (Ashleigh's Danish friend) took us to Distortion. Honestly, that was one of the best experiences here so far, socially. This music festival switches locations every night and approximately 200,000 Danish people attend each year. There were older individuals, children, and college age students listening to music and hanging out in the streets. It was a pretty crazy experience, but I loved seeing their culture and community so vividly in one place.
We headed back on the bus and hung out in the lobby with Jordan and Meaghan (our professors) and talked for about an hour and half. It was nice to actually relax with them and discuss research, Denmark, graduate programs, and our education program at CMU. It definitely was a nice way to end the day, and I'm excited to start again this morning!
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