Copenhagen

I love this city!! It's so beautiful and has great shopping and food and that's all I'm really looking for from a city. I have been a couple of times now and every time I go I enjoy the city that much more. I had a 100% volleyball free weekend which was unusual, but welcome because it means rest for my poor little knee. Saturday I adventured to Copenhagen with my little American Lauren and we went big! She is kind of a big shopper so I was worried I might spend too much money, but I was a good girl and just shopped with my eyes not my wallet. Our first stop was into an Irish bar to use the toilet and warm up with some Irish coffees. Wow. They were BOMB. So good we ended up staying and having two because we started talking to the guys sitting next to us. Strangers were a little more friendly here, I think it's because there are a lot of people from all over and more tourists. The waitress there told us that bars stay open till early in the morning so if we wanted we should just stay out all night then take the train in the morning back because it stops running around midnight. We loved the idea of this because we were ready for a good time. Window shopped and blah blah blah you know enjoyed the city then grabbed a drink and snack at a little cafe. Our next stop was the Dubliner, another Irish bar. We immediately met guys that bought us drinks and it turned out that one of them was the owner of the bar! Uhhh....that equaled never having an empty drink and free dinner! The owner convinced us to get a traditional Scottish dish (he's from Scotland) Haggis. Before we "dug in" he told us that it was banned in Brazil for being unfit for human consumption....what? But we tried it and I liked it, a lot. Later that evening, and by evening I mean 5am, cutie bartender told me what it was made of and how it was cooked. Really glad I did not have this knowledge while I was eating it, but safe to say I would happily eat it again. It was a wild and weird night which included dancing, singing, meeting a Giants fan, dancing on tables, drinks, rating hotness of girls, getting a key to a hotel room, and most importantly not paying for a damn thing. Old guys that are okay with paying for all my drinks while I still talk to the young attractive guys....perfection. Now that I know Copenhagen is an all night long city, we left around 5:30am and my bartender love said I was leaving too early and they were about to go party for a couple more hours down the street, we will be back soon and somewhat often. I'm just sad that it has taken me this long to find out this beautiful news.

Images above include our boy Gus, Owner (?) and the beloved Haggis