I did a lot this weekend

On Friday night I watched the Denmark vs. France semifinal handball game with my host mother. Denmark lost, and then yesterday lost to Poland, so they didn't even get third place. Oh well. But apparently handball is huge here. It's kind of exciting, it's like basketball except they carry and throw the ball at a soccer-like net with a goalie. High-scoring, fast-paced, so it's got that going for it.

On Saturday I went to the Statens Museum for Kunst, the Danish National Gallery, because I needed to pick and artwork by a female artist to talk about when the class goes together on Wednesday and we all have to do short oral presentations. It's a pretty cool place, and it was free, so.



I think I'm going to present
on this piece, called "She was never alone" by Kathrine Ærtebjerg. We need to talk a little about visual qualities and take a stab at the meaning, so I think I can do it.






I also ended up walking through the Kings Garden and snapped a few pictures of Rosenborg Castle on my way back.




On Sunday I went on a trip to Fredericksborg Castle. I believe it was originally built in the 17th or early 18th century; some of the rooms are reconstructed due to a fire that destroyed a couple of wings at one point, but the chapel, which was probably the most impressive bit, is all original. The tour guide was pretty cool as well, he kept pointing out things like a tiny piece of graffiti on the wall where King Christian V had drawn a 5 inside of a C. Pretty cool!

Can someone identify this bird for me? I see them around, and I think they're pretty interesting.