I ran a mini half marathon around Copenhagen on Saturday. While my brother competed in a half triathlon, I competed in my own 10.46 mile run along the Copenhagen Marathon course. My brother came in 5th out of 11 in his age group which is quite an accomplishment, whereas I came in first overall. If you want to be technical about it . . .his race was official . . . mine was official only to me, myself, I, and the ducks in the pond.
Running Goal 2: run one more mini marathon around Copenhagen before I say farewell!
Sunday, August 3, 2008
PPP and Budgeting
can I say it? dammit dammit dammit . . . I asked like my mom asked if she could say it so it is okay! Those words are in reference to the PPP/Econ part of this summer. The Budgeting and cost accounting was great!!!!!!
Burgers, buns, and nudity
Nudity is so en vogue here, so I decided it might be fun to try to go against what was mainstream and keep my bathing suit on! Wow! me modest- get out . . . I never would have thought! Yea not much has changed I still have bathing suit that covers everything and even nice skirt. My skirt may not be as conservative as the blue one from the past couple years, but I still have one.
The beach was beautiful . . . I mean water, sand, the setting sun, windmills, and good food . . . what is not beautiful about that. I will tell you what is not beautiful about that . . . two nude women swimming around in the Oresund Sea. Yes, you read that right 2 nude women. Now, I am not one to judge, well maybe I do to some extent, but these women we decide were more than just friends. They walked up to a spot that was directly in front of us and one of the women stripped down . . and then proceeded to talk to the other woman . . .My gosh why wear clothes if you are going to do that. The other lady was quite modest because she went in with her shirt and panties on, but no she came back out of the water and threw her top off. Yeah, pretty sure they were more than friends. Never would I do that with friend, but hey here you can do that stuff. no thank you
The sad thing is Jen and I watched this whole thing and wondered why it had to be those two women that were not in the best shape . . . I mean we would have been ok if it was someone that was fit still gross but not as gross. Anyway, all afternoon we saw people change men too . . . fortunately we just saw rear ends, but still we don't need to be graced by its presence.
Now to the best part! We grilled out with a disposable grill! The burgers were amazing and so was the corn and the chocolate and the beer for that matter! I was sitting on the beach with a new friend in Copenhagen for crying out loud. . . That was awesome!
The beach was beautiful . . . I mean water, sand, the setting sun, windmills, and good food . . . what is not beautiful about that. I will tell you what is not beautiful about that . . . two nude women swimming around in the Oresund Sea. Yes, you read that right 2 nude women. Now, I am not one to judge, well maybe I do to some extent, but these women we decide were more than just friends. They walked up to a spot that was directly in front of us and one of the women stripped down . . and then proceeded to talk to the other woman . . .My gosh why wear clothes if you are going to do that. The other lady was quite modest because she went in with her shirt and panties on, but no she came back out of the water and threw her top off. Yeah, pretty sure they were more than friends. Never would I do that with friend, but hey here you can do that stuff. no thank you
The sad thing is Jen and I watched this whole thing and wondered why it had to be those two women that were not in the best shape . . . I mean we would have been ok if it was someone that was fit still gross but not as gross. Anyway, all afternoon we saw people change men too . . . fortunately we just saw rear ends, but still we don't need to be graced by its presence.
Now to the best part! We grilled out with a disposable grill! The burgers were amazing and so was the corn and the chocolate and the beer for that matter! I was sitting on the beach with a new friend in Copenhagen for crying out loud. . . That was awesome!
Vaughan the Red goes on a Voyage
It seems like so long ago . . It was two weekends ago to be exact. Remember when you were in grade school and you learned that Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492 and he discovered America I remember that and I vividly remember the day I found out that Christopher Columbus was technically not the first voyager to discover America. The vikings?? Who what . . . no way . . . you mean to tell me that all those years we were lied to for the simplicity's sake and to sing a silly song.
Once I heard about the vikings in history class I decided that I really liked them. I always was partial to the Vikings and tried to learn as much as could about them since after all we shared the same first letter. "V" Then I found out about Eric the Red and surely that is some relation to me! Since I was Vaughan the Red. Looking back on my logic and reasoning I laugh, but alas I returned to one Viking settlement to retrace the steps of my ancestors. Perhaps not my ancestors directly, but surely in a many generations later I am what you get type of thing!
Saturday morning I set out for Roskilde, which is about a 20 min train ride from Copenhagen H. I took my Economics to study on the train and tackled PPP. The train arrived in Roskilde and my Viking Adventure Began. Please do not confuse Roskilde with Greenwood . . . there were no shiny viking ovens, ranges, or fridges that I could see in Roskilde. You may be familiar with the Roskilde Music Festival which is one of the largest in Europe.
The museum was a ways walk from the train station, so I ventured through the town. The town is not a coastal town but a fjord town. It did remind me of one of the coastal towns I have visited in England. I walked through a market and it was not too interesting, just junk but Danish junk none the less. I wound my way down the hillside to the fjord waterfront and the museum. You can see the pictures on the Picasso. I am not sure I will be able to explain to y'all how much I enjoyed my visit to the Viking Museum. The museum is basically an educational work site for archaeologists. In the yards surrounding the docks many craftsmen are building ships using the same tools that the vikings used 2000 + yrs ago. They were not wearing the same outfits fortunately. But it was so neat to go from station to station learning about all the different parts of the tree they used and how they developed the best and fastest ships this world had seen at the time!
I spent lots of time looking at the ships and admiring the water. I then joined the English tour of the museum. I was like a little kid in a candy store!! Really there is no better way to explain how I felt touring the museum.
First off let me explain a little bit more before you get totally lost. Roskilde was once the capital of Danmark back in the day when the vikings sailed. Roskilde was a very important town and many people tried to attack the city, so the people (the king) blocked the channels from invaders, but opened them for trade. How might one block a channel you ask well they sunk old viking ships to create a blockade. Very smart those Vikings, by doing that many years ago five viking ships were excavated out of Roskilde Fjord. The ships are not in their entirety mind you, but parts of the ship. They uncovered a warship, two trading ships, a fishing ship, and a ship that carried people. They have reconstructed all five ships. The last ship they reconstructed was the one with the least portion of the original remaining.
This is what I really want you to research! They reconstructed the final ship that was originally from Dublin and sailed to Roskilde and never left since it was at the bottom of the Fjord. After they reconstructed the ship the plan was to sail this ship round trip from Roskilde to Dublin. They would have crew on board, food would be prepared . . the works. They are trying to understand the Viking life on sea by making this 2007 maiden voyage. I think you should check this website out b/c I do not do it justice. I am so amazed and I was there!
http://www.havhingsten.dk/index.php?id=841&L=1
Please join me in welcoming the Seastallion back to Roskilde on Saturday! I will be in Charlotte, but still welcome home to us both!
Once I heard about the vikings in history class I decided that I really liked them. I always was partial to the Vikings and tried to learn as much as could about them since after all we shared the same first letter. "V" Then I found out about Eric the Red and surely that is some relation to me! Since I was Vaughan the Red. Looking back on my logic and reasoning I laugh, but alas I returned to one Viking settlement to retrace the steps of my ancestors. Perhaps not my ancestors directly, but surely in a many generations later I am what you get type of thing!
Saturday morning I set out for Roskilde, which is about a 20 min train ride from Copenhagen H. I took my Economics to study on the train and tackled PPP. The train arrived in Roskilde and my Viking Adventure Began. Please do not confuse Roskilde with Greenwood . . . there were no shiny viking ovens, ranges, or fridges that I could see in Roskilde. You may be familiar with the Roskilde Music Festival which is one of the largest in Europe.
The museum was a ways walk from the train station, so I ventured through the town. The town is not a coastal town but a fjord town. It did remind me of one of the coastal towns I have visited in England. I walked through a market and it was not too interesting, just junk but Danish junk none the less. I wound my way down the hillside to the fjord waterfront and the museum. You can see the pictures on the Picasso. I am not sure I will be able to explain to y'all how much I enjoyed my visit to the Viking Museum. The museum is basically an educational work site for archaeologists. In the yards surrounding the docks many craftsmen are building ships using the same tools that the vikings used 2000 + yrs ago. They were not wearing the same outfits fortunately. But it was so neat to go from station to station learning about all the different parts of the tree they used and how they developed the best and fastest ships this world had seen at the time!
I spent lots of time looking at the ships and admiring the water. I then joined the English tour of the museum. I was like a little kid in a candy store!! Really there is no better way to explain how I felt touring the museum.
First off let me explain a little bit more before you get totally lost. Roskilde was once the capital of Danmark back in the day when the vikings sailed. Roskilde was a very important town and many people tried to attack the city, so the people (the king) blocked the channels from invaders, but opened them for trade. How might one block a channel you ask well they sunk old viking ships to create a blockade. Very smart those Vikings, by doing that many years ago five viking ships were excavated out of Roskilde Fjord. The ships are not in their entirety mind you, but parts of the ship. They uncovered a warship, two trading ships, a fishing ship, and a ship that carried people. They have reconstructed all five ships. The last ship they reconstructed was the one with the least portion of the original remaining.
This is what I really want you to research! They reconstructed the final ship that was originally from Dublin and sailed to Roskilde and never left since it was at the bottom of the Fjord. After they reconstructed the ship the plan was to sail this ship round trip from Roskilde to Dublin. They would have crew on board, food would be prepared . . the works. They are trying to understand the Viking life on sea by making this 2007 maiden voyage. I think you should check this website out b/c I do not do it justice. I am so amazed and I was there!
http://www.havhingsten.dk/index.php?id=841&L=1
Please join me in welcoming the Seastallion back to Roskilde on Saturday! I will be in Charlotte, but still welcome home to us both!
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