Copenhagen - Day 3

Sunday was our final full day in Copenhagen. We decided to venture outside the city to the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art. A 30 minute train ride (after our first train ride did not take us to our desired destination...whoops) allowed us to see a bit of the Danish countryside and a really interesting museum. I am the first to admit that I am not much of an art fan. I lack even minimal knowledge about really any type of art; however, modern art is much more accessible to me. The museum that we spent our day at was perched on the shore of the Baltic Sea with grounds that were as interesting as the actual exhibits. It was really cool.

We happened to see a man jump in the ocean on this particular day. He looked a bit chilly.

Oddly enough, one of the exhibits at the museum was all about the arctic. It had works of art associated with the exploration of the arctic over the years. It had life-size stuffed polar bears, stories about famous explorers, videos of some of the most vivid Northern Lights footage, and an underlying message about the harmful changes associated with global warming. There were also numerous pieces associated with an immersion into the elements of the arctic. We stood in a pitch black room with only the sounds of glaciers melting. We watched a haunting video of a man hiking at night through inner Iceland with the actual sound of the wind (a concept I more fully understood later in our trip). It was really interesting and added to our excitement about our upcoming three days in Iceland. We both left the museum with what the exhibit referred to as "white fever;" the undeniable interest to experience what was once an untouched part of the world, despite the understanding of how dangerous it could be. And man, we wanted to see the Northern Lights. 

Sunday night was spent playing Canasta in our warm and comfortable hotel lobby. The Chicago Bears were playing the Packers in a very important NFL game and by some stroke of luck, the game was being showed on Copenhagen cable. It was nice to sit by a fireplace in a cozy hotel lobby and watch a little football. Cody especially appreciated that his world traveling did not require him to miss any NFL football...although it turns out that the Bears can suck no matter what continent on which you watch them. 

One last thing about Copenhagen that we thought was pretty funny involved Cody's latest gadget. We recently bought a Go Pro camera to play around with. Cody ended up being in charge of the footage from our trip and decided to spend some time with a camera strapped to his head. People in Copenhagen looked at Cody as if he had two heads. It was pretty funny. After a while he wasn't even filming stuff and instead freaking people out. Silly Americans. 

In their defense, he does look sort of creepy.