Things I've been doing that I haven't told you about... Part 2!

Part 2 is... Things I've been doing with Lars and Lilly, my awesome "Visiting Family!"

This is what I do most of the time at Lars and Lilly's house - help prepare the delicious food we have for dinner! I didn't even know this picture was being taken haha. I've learned many things from Lilly about how to cook, including the best way to cut vegetables. Now every time I cut onions I use her method; it's so much faster and makes all the slices the same size!

Most people in Denmark don't celebrate Halloween, which is sad, but Lilly and Lars are awesome and know what's up so they had a Halloween theme for Lilly's birthday party! They sure know how to decorate :)

One day Lars and Lilly took me to a small fishing village. Many of the houses there are still  made in the old style, with wooden roofs made of twig like things. It is really good for insulation and keeps the heat in during the winter and the cool air in during the summer, but it isn't so widely used anymore because it is also highly flammable...

The fishing boats!

Me with the boats :)

To the ship!

An old engine.

The same day we went to the fishing village we also passed by an old monastery. We stopped the car for a closer look! 

Apparently back in the day monks were also in charge of punishing people for their wrongdoings... so there are still several torture devices outside of the monastery. I think the idea of this one is you would just be forced to sit there for hours and it would be really uncomfortable... this was probably for petty crimes. 

The pillory and stocks! Lars offered to take a picture of me in it... I was tempted... but not too tempted. 

The monk's garden. Lots of interesting things here... Plants to bewitch the mind, ensnare the senses... even put a stopper to death!

Don't know what use monks have for cows, but you never know...

I also had the treat of getting to visit the Tegners Museum and Statuepark with Lars and Lilly. Tegners was a famous Danish artist, and he built a whole museum to hold many of his statues before he died. The statue park is in a beautiful part of the country!

View of the surrounding area from the statue park. 

Ditto, but on the other side. 

A view of the museum from the statue park!

One of the statues. 

Lars and Lilly also brought me with them one day to see Louisiana, a famous museum of international modern art. The museum is huge and there are several different exhibits featured at any given time. We went to the exhibit about New Nordic Architecture, which was fascinating. There were many models of special buildings around Copenhagen as well as other places in Scandinavia, and we are planning to go on an Architecture hunt at some point and see all the famous buildings with our own eyes! I also got to meet Lilly's father when we went to Louisiana. He was very nice and loves going to the museum! We will probably go back again later this year to see the other exhibits :)

I've also been to Tivoli gardens twice now, once for the summer exhibit, and once for the Halloween exhibit. Next is the Christmas exhibit, which we will probably go to soon! Danes start celebrating Christmas in November, since they don't have to wait for Thanksgiving to be over before they begin the Christmas cheer. Here is a link to the Tivoli webpage if you're interested: http://www.tivoli.dk/

Okay, well that's all I have for now!

Cheers :)