The Lindahl News: Abroad Edition

 It's now day #2 of our class trip to Copenhagen.  This is the view we woke up to from our hostel room - do you see the red roller coaster from Tivoli Gardens to the left? After a good, but crazy-crowded breakfast at our hostel, we headed out to  Christiania. It was like far out, man. I'll let Rick Steves explain it a little bit on this link. https://youtu.be/v57JVVD6-ag                                         We had a guided tour given by "Anders the Storyteller" as surnames are not used here in Christiania.  He led us through the area of former military abandoned bunkers which were taken over by squatters in 1971 who wanted freedom from rules, freedom to do weed and freedom to live a lifestyle of their choice. About 800-900 people live here now....

It's time for another class trip!  Students have been working up to this first overnight trip with closer destinations not requiring overnight lodging and now they're/we're ready for more.  Early Tuesday morning, two coach buses arrive on campus to pick everybody up. All are given a printout of the schedule.  Having it in Swedish makes it extra special fun. You can see I nearly wore my schedule out! The first stop was in Helsingborg to board the ferry to Denmark. Hello Queen Margrethe II and Prince Henrik! After a picnic lunch in a roadside park, we headed to our first museum, Louisiana Konstmuseum - Louisiana Museum of Modern Art. Of special interest was the Moon exhibit celebrating the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 landing on the moon. I especially liked the Gleaming Lights of the Souls by Yayoi Kusama which is only able to have four visitors view the art at one time. In a small room that has mirrors on the ceiling and walls with a reflecting ...