Internship

I think it is time for a little update about my internship. That is why I am here, isn't it :) Anyway, I have almost been there two weeks and it is great. My colleagues are so nice and they gave me a very warm welcome.

It is all new and I have to adapt to a completely new environment, new tasks, new people, new language, new culture etc. But I like it!

Yesterday I did my first german telephone call, haha. That was great, except for my rusty german - the best thing was that the person understood me :D

On my first day - it felt a little bit like first school day - I stopped a guy on the street and asked him if he could do a photo of me in front of the building (yes, I did feel a bit weird asking) that I will be working in for the next 4 months. So he did, this is the outcome:

Please ignore the goofy look :)

I have between 45 min - 1 hour to work. You can see on the map where it is located. Central London is down in the right corner (couldn't get it to fit in the picture).

Sankt Hans part 2 video

Here is a small video of the speech that Anders Lund Madsen held. It is in danish, although he tries to translate some of it into english.

I am trying to make a list of things that I have to see/visit while I am in London. Garrett whom I met at The Green Man (the first hostel I stayed at) told that the Damien Hirst exhibition at Tade Modern is worth a look - so that is on the list together with Buckingham Palace which is open in connection with the queens jubilee from 30th June - 7th October. Please let me know if you can recommend anything here in London.

Smell of Hampstead and celebration of mid summer (dansk oversættelse i bunden) ;)

Today has been a really lovely day, except that I am still coughing. It was a quite warm day with lots of twittering birds. When I walked from Hampstead to home the air was full of wonderful floral aromas mixed with a strange odor that could remind of old houses, where bricks have been warmed by the sun. Strange, but yet a nice scent. 

Saturday we celebrated mid summer here at the hostel (Sankt Hans) with bonfire in the backyard and the obligatory witch was sent off to Bloksbjerg in Germany. 


250 people had signed up for the guest list, but I think we were only around 100. It was nice and cozy anyway and we had the pleasure of Anders Lund Madsen (famous danish comedian) who held the speech. He was quite entertaining.


Normally they have some strict rules here at the YWCA about alcohol. It is not allowed to drink or store it in the house. But for mid summer they had changed it a bit and served beer + hot dogs. So I had my first danish french dog in London - with ketchup as they did not have the real sauce to put in. I survived though :) 

I dag har været en rigtig dejlig dag. Dejlig lunt og med skøn fuglekvidder. Da jeg gik hjem fra Hampstead station var luften fuld af skønne blomster dufte blandet med en underlig duft der kunne minde om opvarmede gamle huse.

I lørdags fejrede vi Sankt Hans i baghaven, hvor Anders Lund Madsen holdt tale. Vi fik øl og franske hotdogs :)

Video of my neighborhood

Made a small video of the area so you have an idea of how it looks around here. I apologize for the bad quality - hope you will enjoy anyway.

Music: Alex Clare - Too Close

Sunday in central London

After spending my whole weekend in bed, I decided it was time to go out and get some fresh air. Took the tube to Leicester Square and walked from there down Regent Street to Piccadilly circus. The weather is great, warm and sunny with only a couple of clouds. Passed Abercrombie & Fitch and decided to go in. I know from Copenhagen they have some good looking employees and since I have never been in the one in Copenhagen, I thought why not go in and see. At the entrance I was greeted by a Swedish girl and a hot Australian guy with a crazy six-pack. The girl asked me if I wanted a picture. Said yes, and thought she meant of her and the guy. Got pretty surprised when she took out a polariod camera and asked me to stand next to him. Shy and flurried I planted myself next to Gilly Hicks (apparently his name) and seconds after they gave me this:

Took a quick look around the store and quickly went out again. The perfume smell in there was way too much for my flu-infected-head.

 

Piccadilly Circus 

  

 

Regent Street 

 

Currently I am sitting at Starbucks updating the blog, phoned my dad and my friend Lone. Was so good to speak to them even though the connection here is not well.

My view from Starbucks

Morris my love

On my way out to eat dinner tonight, I spotted the coolest Morris Mascot ever. When I grow up I want this one!

Almost everbody has left the hostel to paint the town red - and I am stuck in my room with a nasty cough. But hey, I have got Ginger, Lime and Ashton Kutcher here with me.

I've got mail

I could not get my arms down when I got home from work and saw there were a letter for me. I have been checking the shelf several times in the hope of someone would have send me something. Finally today I got lucky - there is nothing better than a letter from home (or almost home).

Thank you for the letter and photos Berit, now I finally have something to put on my wall and make it a bit more home-ish and personal.

From Danish to English

I have decided to switch from danish to english as it might be good training aaand because I have one english speaking "follower" (I hope) ;)

Anyway, I have some problems with blogspot and the design. As you probably noticed I changed the layout a bit, but for some reason it is different depending on what browser is used. It should be like the one on the left side. What does it look like from the browser you guys use?

Not only has the layout been changed, but also the title ;) Last year when I went on my 4-day London trip on my own, a friend of me named me "Lone Ranger" and lately "Lone Traveller" has been used to describe me as well. So I thought why not use that name instead.

Borough Market

Et par billeder fra Borough market, hvor jeg var forbi i lørdags.

Frokosten stod på lækker sandwich (billedet taler vist for sig selv) samt en virkelig lækker juice af frisk æblesaft, ingefær og mynte.

Stemningsbilleder fra en søndag i Londons gader

Nummer to har jeg leget lidt med i iPhoto. Kunne dog godt have brugt Photoshop.. ak ak

I'm a sinner..

.. i hvert fald ifølge en meget vedholdende mand på Speakers Corner i Hyde Park. 

Dagen stod på gåtur inde i byen fra Baker Street til enden af Oxford Street, hvor Hyde Park starter. Hver søndag er der talere som ytrer deres mening om hvad som helst. Mest om religion, det var midt indtryk fra i dag. 

Folk står i klumper og lytter, diskuterer, råber, små griner og skændes. Så kan man cirkulere rundt og høre hvad de forskellige har at sige. Er du rigtig "heldig" så bliver du inddraget - det var hvad jeg gjorde. Manden som talte om Gud, Jesus og kristendom generelt spurgte mig "where do you go when you die?" hvortil jeg bare rystede på skuldrene og så fik han godt nok noget at snakke om. For hvis jeg ikke begyndte at få styr på mine syndere, så ville jeg ikke komme i himlen, "but directly to hell" og så var jeg stemplet som en synder. Jo tak!

Men underholdene var det altså og der kom også en ældre herre hen til mig og spurgte om der ikke havde været slåskamp endnu, hvortil jeg svarer "heldigvis ikke" - kækt svarer han tilbage "It's not a show if there is no fighting".

Folk hev hurtigt biblen/koranen op af lommen, hvis nogen sagde noget andre ikke var enige i.

Morgenløbetur

Eftersom jeg har min første arbejdsdag i morgen, så tænkte jeg det ville være på sin plads at finde ud af hvor Hampstead St. er, så jeg ikke farer vild i morgen tidlig. Derfor tog jeg løbeskoene på for første gang herovre, knap 4 km. på 40 min. Så langsom kan det kun gøres fordi området er indhyllet i bakker - STORE bakker. Men det føltes godt!


Her er ruten jeg tog - og jeg siger jer, området er så lækkert her. Grønne parker, søer, stier osv. 


Rigtig god søndag!

Baker Street

Eget billede fra undergrunden

Hver gang jeg tager tuben og kommer forbi Baker Street, så minder det mig om denne sang fra Gerry Rafferty.

Kort over "the tube"

Her kan I se et kort over tuben - det mest fantastiske netværk under jorden. Jeg troede aldrig jeg skulle lære at finde rundt, men det er simpelthen så nemt.

Jeg befinder mig i nærheden af Finchley Road som ligger på den grå linie "Jubilee line". Det andet hostel The Green Man ligger ved Edgware Road på både den brune "Bakerloo line", den grønne "District" og den gule "Circle line".
Mit arbejde ligger i området Mill Hill som ligger nordvest for London. For at komme derop skal jeg med den sorte "Northern line" og videre med bus. Jeg er rimelig spændt på, at se hvor lang tid det tager mig at komme derop på mandag.
Jeg var jo inde og hilse på dem i torsdags (fra Edgware Road), hvor det tog mig knap 2 timer at komme til :-/

Snapshot fra http://www.tubemaplondon.org/

Bloggens fødsel - Om livet i London

Så bliver bloggen skudt i luften for første gang. Jeg tænkte på at lave denne blog, så I kan følge lidt med i hvad jeg laver her i London. Der vil også blive lagt billeder op, så det ikke bare er kedelig tekst.

Som I ved er jeg kommet rigtig godt herover og har tilbragt en del dage her allerede. Først 2 dage på The Green Man og herefter kom jeg på KFUK også kaldet "K" :) Her er super hyggeligt. Området virker til at være lækkert. Dog har jeg ikke fået udforsket stedet rigtigt endnu, men det kommer. Faktisk havde jeg overvejet at det skulle gøres med en løbetur. Men da jeg ankom her i torsdags, stod af på Finchley Road og fandt den rigtige retning fik jeg et chok. Med 40 kilo baggage skulle jeg bestige hvad der føltes som Mount Everest. Jeg har prøvet at tage et billede af stigningen, men det er som om bakken ikke rigtig vil lade sig dokumentere - jeg vil skyde på en 50 procents stigning MINDST ;)

Her på K bor jeg i et 4-mandsværelse, hvor vi pt. dog kun er 3 piger. Værelset er fint og der er rimelig med plads.

Her er den knap så gode dokumentation af bjerget ;)