“When people are amusing themselves, they do not think about politics.”

Since my day of hygge I've been enjoying some slow days in Copenhagen. Of course there has been no shortage of good food, with my personal favorite being brunch at Mad & Kaffe: Free Town Christiania made for an interesting visit. Everything I read was a bit different but it's generally a self-proclaimed autonomous neighborhood …

Finding Hygge

Before I left I registered the known part of my trip with the US consulate STEP program. This way, should something happen in a city I'm in or going to they'd alert me, and they'd know how to reach me if necessary. The very first email alert I received was about Copenhagen, saying to exercise …

Copenhagen, the not so happiest place on earth, yet…

I've been in Copenhagen just about 24 hours and all I want to do is go back to Stockholm. I've been really excited about Copenhagen, my friends raved about it, it was my dad's favorite city when he backpacked Europe 40 years ago, I even read a book about why it's known as the happiest …