Jægersborg Dyrehave, the Deer Garden

Last Saturday was a beautiful day. It was warm. I wore short sleeves and didn't wear my jacket at all!

Me and my Singaporean friend, Pei Yun, went to Jægersborg Dyrehave or in English, the Deer Garden. This garden/park/forest is really huge! The whole area is 11 square kilometres. We didn't walk around the garden. We took the shortcut. ;p But still it was a nice long walk.

Many people come to this place to play golf, horse rides, picnic and see the deers. Yes, according to the wikipedia, there are 2000 deers in this place!But......we didn't see any. We asked around and a lady said that probably the deers are in the forest. It's suppose to be their mating season. Maybe that's the reason why. Because usually, the deers stay next to the mansion (see the picture below).

The park was really close to the coast near Klampenborg. Sweden is really close to Denmark. You can actually see Sweden from here.

Have a great week, everyone!

Legoland Billund

I'm always fascinated by these little bricks. I remembered I had my 1st lego duplo set and when I was ready to move to the next level ;p, I built houses, an ambulance, and a farm. Lego is amazing!I usually play Lego with Polly Pockets (yes, Barbie is too big for Lego).

Lego is originally from Denmark. The word Lego came from let godt which means "play well". Wikipedia has some interesting facts about Lego. Check it out!

Two years ago, I went to Legoland California. It was a little bit boring. I only enjoyed 3 rides. Most of the rides are for children under 12 years old. And by the way, you should try their fried apples with their cream cheese dip. Mmm, yumm....

Anyway, I really enjoyed my trip to Legoland Billund! They have a 4D Lego movie (not in Danish but in gibberish..haha), 5 different theme rides, a Lego tower and a huge concert place!This year is actually Legoland's 40th birthday. They have concerts every weekend for this month.

Billund is located in Jutland island. I went there by bus with other CBS exchange students. It took us 3 hours from Copenhagen to Billund. We passed Funen island, an island between Jutland and Zealand. Too bad I missed the bridge!! I slept in the bus the whole time! ;p

The main entrance. Welcome to Legoland!!

Me and the miniature of Nyhavn at Copenhagen. Everything is made out of Lego bricks!

Sleepless Legoland!

The Statue of Liberty.
The model is 9 meters high and is built with 1.4 million Lego bricks!Wow.....!!

Now, I can tell people I've been to Amsterdam! ;) The windmill and the boats can move. Even the trains too...

It's a huge castle! It's too big for a restaurant and a mini rollercoaster. Not made from Lego though.

Mini Mount Rushmore in Legorado Town.
I forgot how many pieces they used for this.

Yummy mini doughnuts!Oh my...They don't have apple fries but this doughnuts are good too!

The "Extreme Riders"...hoho...it was quick and fun!

Greetings to you, my friend!

This is the miniature of Norway.

At the Legorado city, children (and adults too) can trade their golds into a Lego medal.

Hmm, should have brought marshmallows so I can make smores! ;)

I think this is best roller coaster picture ever because I opened my eyes!! Woohoo....

The Legoland trip was really really FUN!!One of the happiest place on Earth!Hoho... :)
Got to go now. My potatoes are ready! I'm going to make a potato salad with greek yoghurt. Mm, hope it will turn out good.

Thank you, Skype!

A week ago, I got a mail from my mom. She usually sends me magazines and newspaper articles from Indonesia. "To keep you updated", that's what she said.

It's amazing where ever I am, I'm not disconnected with my friends and families. Thanks to Skype, MSN, facebook and postal service! :) Using Skype, I can call my mom 2-3 times a week since now we only have 5 hours difference. No need to buy calling cards. I use Skype Credit. It's more cheaper. She needs to get a better internet service though so we can talk for free!

That's a lot of stamps! Rp. 68,000! Haha...Thanks, ma.

Skyping (haha) with Yvonne. It was her birthday, so I called her and we blew the candles together! Happy Birthday! The cake was "great", Pong!

I had a long weekend. I attended a 3-day conference, Ethics and Economy conference hosted by the Goethe Institute and Copenhagen Business School. After the last day of conference (yes, i was really tired-my brain received too many information), I went to my favorite place, my kitchen. I made crepes (with nutella) and berry sauce. It's easy, quick and yummy. I need to find the danish word for whole wheat flour. I have to make a healthy version of these crepes if I continue to have this as my snack (or dinner).

5 Hours of Fun at Tivoli!

Thanks to the Intro Week bracelet, CBS exchange students can get discount for Tivoli's ticket.
Usually the entrance and multi-ride pass cost 285 kr (about $ 57). With the bracelet, it costs only 180 kr ($ 36). Yippee!!!

Tivoli is one of theme parks in Denmark. Located in the central city, it becomes one of the popular tourist attractions. When it's dark, the lights are so pretty. This place is really colourful and has beautiful gardens. There are some nice restaurants (with nice price of course...) and free concert every Friday!

I went here with Anja and Stefanie. Both of them are from Germany. We were in the same class at the Danish Crash course. We met at 5 pm and went home around 10.30 pm. Lots of walking, eating and talking! ;)

Tivoli has many concerts throughout the year. This week, the New York Ballet Company is playing in Copenhagen. Heard that tickets were sold out!

It was fun but too bad they only did it once!

One of the beautiful views in Tivoli. My friend from Germany, Stefanie, said "This place is really romantic."

This ride is soooo awesome. It got a little bit cold and windy though. Brrr....Too bad I can't wear my glasses so I can't really see the city really well. I saw the City Hall, the Central Station and even fireworks from somewhere around the central city.

After the ride
Anja looked so happy and me.....looked shocked, probably because the wind. ;p

Food, foods and foods! Yup, you can't get hungry here.

Welcome to China town! There was a food place called Asian Station. I was so excited to have rice with chicken or sushi. But, instead of serving Asian food they have hotdogs, french fries and fish. Oh well.....

The Pantomime Theater. That day, the show was The Little Match Girl, a fairy tale by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen.

More rides.....

The main entrance

Isn't it pretty?

I like this one. There's a nice restaurant here.

Hmm.....candy shop!

Yes....they have Cold Stone!!
When we entered Tivoli, Anja told me that there is an ice cream place from US where you can create your own ice cream. I was like...was she talking about Cold Stone?And yup......the one and only Cold Stone in Copenhagen!

Stefanie and Anja with their first Cold Stone ice cream. I had dark chocolate mint with pecan and banana. Mmm, mmm.....yummy yummy!!

We ate our ice cream and stood next to the water fountain (all the seats were taken ;p ). I said, "This is a nice way to end our day." And both of them agreed.

Frilandsmuseet: The Open Air Museum

Frilandsmuseet, the Open Air Museum is located at north of Copenhagen, Lyngby.
It is one of the largest and oldest in the world. In this museum, you can see more than 100 buildings from 1650-1940.This museum is on a 86 acres land! Many people came here just for a walk or even to ride a horse coach.

Here are the pictures of Frilandsmuseet:


















This museum is really beautiful and well organized. In Jakarta, there is a similar concept called Taman Mini Indonesia Indah. It's like Indonesia in a miniature park. If you have Google Earth, type Taman Mini Indonesia Indah. You can see a miniature map of Indonesia on a huge pond. There are also traditional houses from each province in Indonesia and many museums too. I haven't been there for a long time. The last time I came there, it was not really clean. :(