Day 4 - Like Children For a Day

I woke up early to make the pancakes I promised to my neighbors last night. However, I had to estimate the quantities because I looked up a recipe that wasn't measured in metric units and the only things in the kitchen to measure with were of course metric. The batter seemed a little thin, but they turned out alright. I formed an impressive stack as two of my neighbors joined me in the kitchen. Dang and Simona invited me to go into Copenhagen to explore the Experimentarium and Bakken amusement park. We all had plenty to eat and then walked toward the bus stop. I was pleasantly surprised when they told me that my clip card to ride the bus only needs to be clipped once and then it's good for an hour for any of the public transportation. So we took a bus, the train and then another bus from the train station to the Experimentarium all with one clip! Now you may have guessed, but the Experimentarium is primarily for kids and it has all sorts of hands on science things to study (or rather play with). At the front desk we received the student discount and also a suggestion to go check out the bubble display because it was only out for a little while longer. We made some enormous bubbles and Dang and I both put each other inside a bubble tube. They also had things about wind and water physics, puzzles, anatomy, toys and more. We spent nearly four hours there and would have spent more if they didn't close at 5:00. Thus we set off toward Bakken (pronounced like Baggen). We had packed food for lunch/dinner and ate just outside. None of us actually rode any of the rides, but it was still fun to see a Danish amusement park. It was amusing to watch the bumper cars because it's just so uncharacteristic of the Danes. There was a nature preserve area just outside the park and we walked its paths for a while. It reminded me of home actually except for some of the extremely large, old trees. Dang was hoping to see some deer which we eventually did. It seems the Danes really appreciate their deer. The first group we saw consisted of about 10 deer and three were completely white. Further down one of the roads we stopped as three deer with antlers crossed just ahead of us while eyeing with either suspicion or curiosity. We were a little worried they might be protecting the area or their other deer in the area, but they continued on their way. We hadn't noticed the larger group of deer behind them but these ones had enormous antlers and Dang said these were called something in Danish which meant crowned deer. Our last destination was the beach of the Baltic Sea which was within walking distance. Dang really enjoyed the wind, but he may have also been trying to take it in one last time because he was leaving to study abroad in the Czech Republic within a week. We took the train back and concluded the day with some tea back at our apartment. What a great day!