Copenhagen Cruisin'

For how often I look at Groupon, I have actually never bought anything because my conscience kicks in before the credit card does and it goes "You don't need it. You never would have spent money on that". But my Groupon virginity was taken when a deal for a cruise from Oslo to Copenhagen was only $25. Our entire floor plus others in the building bought the deal and we went to Copenhagen for the weekend.

The deal was 2 people for $50 so we booked in pairs thinking that we would have to share a cabin with one other person, but once we got on the boat and looked at our boarding passes we realized that we all had separate rooms...as in our living situation was better on the boat than in our dorm rooms in Oslo. The cruise itself was a lot of fun. We took advantage of empty bars and discotheques, climbing apparatuses on the upper deck, and "free items" on the ship.

Once we got to Copenhagen we realized that no one had a map or any clue of what to do so we just started walking around. Eventually we got a map from a mini mart and made our way to Christiania, which is an autonomous part of Copenhagen. It's grungy and no pictures are allowed inside otherwise your camera will be smashed so here is one picture from the outside.

Lots of psychedelic murals inside

The city itself is beautiful. The canals throughout the city look exactly like they do in pictures. I can imagine how lively it gets in the spring and summer time and can't wait to go again with my parents when they come to visit at the end of June.

After a confusing one hour water taxi up and down Copenhagen, we finally made it to the Little Mermaid, another statue that in my opinion is overrated. Europe really loves their small insignificant statues. It's okay though because Adrien did his own interpretation which was much more entertaining. 

There were some complications coming back into Oslo but we all made it home tired and exhausted from a very eventful weekend.