Week of May 24th

A short week, and TK is busy at work. Wednesday he was in Jutland, Thursday and Friday he's off to Stockholm for meetings and such. There was an article published in the Danish business paper, Børsen, talking about Valtech's new ownership... which from what I can understand, is now part of InBev, the Belgian beer company that also owns Anheuser Busch. So that's big news. The article also quotes Thomas' boss talking about the number of Danish colleagues they've sent abroad, like to the London and Paris offices, and how that's making the Danish office more 'international'. Gee, maybe they'd like to send one to the U.S.! I'll get my people on it.

So while he's working (hey, someone has to) I'm continuing my tour of Copenhagen's green spaces. Wednesday was another beautiful day, and I rode along the lakes to Øster Anlœg (the Eastern
Gardens) which is a park just behind Merete's museum.

It's an incredibly quiet place, right in the middle of the city, and is kept fairly natural, so it really feels like you're out of the city.

I spent some time there reading my History of Modern Architecture book, in preparation for school this fall. Today I read about the Avant Garde movements in Holland (De Stijl) and Russia (Constructivism). Go ahead, quiz me!

I'm excited because UIC started an online networking group for the Architecture class that's starting this fall, so we can reconnect and discuss things like finding an apartment, registering for classes, etc. I'm so ready to get started!

I rode back through one of my favorite streets, Olufsvej (fourth photo down), which has a rainbow-colored series of row houses. I guess I like it because it reminds me of Charleston.

Tonight (Thursday) I'm going to the Things, and if the weather holds up, taking the long way up the coast on my bike.