Copenhagen General: The prettiest children I've ever seen. The cutest dog-vision I've ever seen (beagle puppy hanging out of a bike basket). Everyone bikes, and it's laid out like Boston (more urban on one side of the river, Cambridge-y on the other side). It was very nice traveling with Caitlin, she was laid back and fun. It was expensive, and the people were shockingly friendly and trusting (especially on public transportation). Lots of people asked Caitlin and I if we were sisters. The food was okay, the high points being their hot dogs and the low points being their a lot of their weird candy and the free samples of port we had in a supermarket. Bought a secondhand Chloe dress and a childrens' metal water battle Lots and lots of Helvetica.

Couchsurfing: Very recommended. We got to stay for free and learn about peoples' lives. We met girls from Florida, Taiwan, Greece, and Hungary, and boys from Switzerland and Poland. Our host was Australian. The only price we ultimately had to pay was listening to boring stories, but most stories weren't boring. For example, Shan from Taiwan gasped when Caitlin and I said we were proud of our glasses - in Taiwan, you take off your glasses shamefully for pictures.

Sights: State art museum, saw a great video exhibit called Inter/View*ZAN (I know!). The Little Mermaid was little, gardens were all wonderful, went into a billion furniture stores and the Danish Design Center. Bored at the Carlsberg Brewery Tour (creepy not quite wax figures, reading descriptions on beer history) until we got unnaturally shitfaced of two complimentary beers and passed out in a public park in the rain. Tivoli theme park was the most special place in the world, great for both kids and adults - beautiful gardens, sick rides, and a ballet set to Radiohead about the little matchstick girl. A miniatures store with racist paper dolls and terrorist figurines (the only example of racism I've experienced here besides a drunk man who told me I look like Woody Allen), Rosie McGee's American Bar (vibrating dance floor, Clint Eastwood, tex-mex, John Lennon's library?), Louisiania modern art museum overlooking the water. Took our picture with a giant sculpture of boobs. Christiana hippie colony twice - it's a state in the middle of the city where drugs are legal and encouraged, a thousand people live there and everything is decided by monthly town meetings. Depressing old potheads selling knickknacks on "Pusher Street," incredible hippie food, dilapidated houses, hemp beer. Like at Bonnaroo, at the place with the most open drugs in the world, nobody offered to sell me drugs. Jackie Woman plus size chain. Clubbing awkwardly at Vega. Local bar advertising "new in Denmark: the Fishbowl: a drink for sharing." Hot dog stands. Romantic parks. The river.

Sweden: Went to Malmo, the third biggest city in Sweden - kind of like going to Lowell, MA. A twisted tower, even more design stores than Denmark. We went on Sunday at 4 so everything was closed. Babies were less cute, language was more complicated. My favorite flag ever.

Next up is London. I'm debating if I should go to Edinburgh for two days but I think a week in London is barely enough time. I'm getting travel-greedy; I want to travel forever but I'm running out of money and I miss people.