Take a morning run

The biggest surprise for me today was the zoo. I found it on a walk of Fredricksburg park near Jess' business school (I needed to get outside on this first sunny day, while Jess studied). I decided to go to the zoo b/c it had a really tall tower to look at copenhagen. I got some great views, and learned that basically all of old copenhagen is to the east of the zoo and Copenhagen business school (based entirely on the precipitous drop in towers and spires to the west). See the east view from the tower with Fredricksburg palace in the foreground, and various spires and towers to the east heading to the ocean.

The same people that go to zoos in the US go to zoos in copenhagen. Namely, parents and small kids. So, I looked pretty out of place. However, to get my money's worth, I decided to check out the animals. It was totally worth it. There were tons of cool animals. You could walk right up to the flamingoes and other birds, and the primates had good enough habitats that they were actually active and playing. I even saw a baby and mamma monkey. Pretty fun stuff. will have to take jess some time.

 

Also, today, Jess had to get up for an eight o'clock class, so I managed to get out on a 7 mile run along the Copenhagen coast. It was the first clear day I've had in Copenhagen, and it was beautiful. Because of the extremely northern latitude of the city, and the time of year, dawn took about 45 minutes, and the sky and the sea were both an amazing salmon color that made me wish I could afford to eat salmon more often in seattle.

Afterwards, I met Jess at the Copenhagen Business School. It was a super-cool glass / steel building, with a fountain running down the whole middle hall of the building. The fountain was off, presumably because it was at foot-level and people would just walk through it and track water everywhere.

I got to meet two of Jess' good friends Marta and Joanna. They were super-interesting and laughed a lot, which was great. Jess really likes her new friends out here, and it was great to see she makes great friends all over the world.