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Saturday, May 16, 2009: 
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Drove around the vicinity of the cabin: To the ever-expanding Annas Kuriosa (while Birgitte went browsing, I sat outside in the sun, reading my Will Self novel) and the museum village of Huseby Bruk. Then back to the cabin for an evening drink by the lake.
Friday, May 15, 2009: [Link to this | Comments]
To escape the brouhaha, hullabaloo and whatever around Birgitte's birthday, we escaped to Småland, Sweden. To our surprise, the owners' description of the cabin's "view of the lake" was not an exaggeration. Very nice. We then drove off to the original IKEA in the company's hometown of Älmhult for some köttbullar and a bit of browsing.
Monday, May 4, 2009: 
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And so, on the day of our departure, we managed to squeeze in a vist to our most wanted art collection: The Van Gogh museum. And although of course they don't have all the works of the master (I missed most of his self portraits), it was exciting to see some of the greatest works in real life. (And the cafeteria had pretty good cakes, as well...)
Flew back to Copenhagen in the evening after quite a relaxing trip. But Amsterdam somehow comes across as just a (slightly) different Copenhagen - certainly not exotic (for us), and lacking the kick and wacky energy of New York City, London or Berlin. But nice, very nice...
Sunday, May 3, 2009: [Link to this | Comments]
Went to the Amsterdams Historisch Museum. Interesting to see how Amsterdam actually only flourished for a relatively short period in the 17th century. And as Danes, we realized how relatively benign the German occupation of Denmark during WW2 was - compared to the brutal oppression of the Netherlands.
And after looking through the windows of the Eetkamer van de Jordaan (and finding it absolutely full last night), we enjoyed a last, brilliant meal in Amsterdam. Dutch classics with a modern and exotic twist. (Though we wondered why such a fine restaurant would have that rather shabby wine list...)
Saturday, May 2, 2009: [Link to this | Comments]
Set off for Museumplein, but were discouraged by the sheer number of tourists (probably to do with the first of May holiday in many countries) - the lines for both Rijksmuseum and the Van Gogh museum were endless. We strolled home through some of Amsterdam's less charming areas (Leidseplein looked like a deliberate attempt to create the ultimate tourist trap) and more canals.
In the evening we met with Susanne again, found a very nice restaurant in Jordaan and ended the evening at a classic "brown" café. Over a lovely Zatte from the IJ brewery and a cold genever - while smokers climbed the stairs to the smoking room upstairs - Susanne told us the wonderful story of how the Dutch got around that pesky smoking ban...
