Pige Tur

Today my friend Dorte (you may remember her as the witch from Halloween) and her daughter Emma had a little "pige tur". It doesn't translate well in English, but it was a little "Girls Day" outting for us. :) Dorte is one of the secretaries at DTU whom really helped us not only feel at home, but helped us in so many aspects the first time we lived in Denmark. She seriously made living abroad so much easier for us for the first time than I could possibly describe. Emma turns 13 in a couple of weeks and is getting very good at English so it is fun to speak with her and watch her brain work as she listens and responds in English. Danes never cease to amaze me with their English speaking skills that they acquire at such a young age. In turn, there was a fair amount of Danish scattered throughout our meeting.

We met and the Lyngby train station and went to cafe where we got cake and various drinks. I had a great cup of coffee that complimented the most delicious slice of chocolate cake. The cafe we went to, Cafe Mig og Annie, is maybe 1 block from our flat and I pass it almost daily, but have never stopped to enjoy it properly. I was extremely pleased and actually preferred it to the other cafe a few blocks away that we usually pick. It was a cloudy day but still quite warm (50-something degrees) and comfortable and we were able to grab a table outside.It sits right next to the big flower shop on the Hovedgade (main street), so we had a pretty view of all the gorgeous flowers that are showing up.

After we ate we shopped around the Hovedgade in all the shops and went to the store center. (like a mall, it is the big black building you can see from the view of our flat if you can recall our pictures) It was a fun day and I walked away with two bottles of wine from one of the local wine shops. yum.

Emma and Dorte

Emma and Moi...and a lady in a big purple scarf