On this Saturday the whooole family got together at my father's aunt and uncle's house! It is a very nice house with a backyard, but it was raining so we weren't able to lounge outside, instead opting for the living room...

There were some cakes laid out, and I don't quite remember the name of one of them, but I think it may have been a Mazarinkage? My father's aunt told me that police in Denmark have the stereotype of eating these cakes, just like the stereotype of police eating donuts in the USA! That was funny, I think. I can't blame those policemen though... That cake was good...

Unfortunately, I am not very fluent in Danish, only knowing a little bit, so I am often unable to follow conversations between my family members closely. I think my father's aunt recognized this and asked me if I would like to have a look at her yarn collection (knowing that I , myself, crochet). She let me go through them and pick some to take home! Score!! Of course, I chose my favourite colours green and brown... For the rest of the day, I crocheted a headband with laser focus, promising some of my family members to finish that piece within a few hours!! I did... Yay!

My father and I also gave some souvenirs from our country to the family and my father's aunt gave some to us, as well. To my father, a shirt and to me, a moomin cup she bought in Sweden! I LOVE MOOMIN!!!! ANOTHER CUP TO MY COLLECTION!!!!

Normally, my father's uncle would cook some flæskesteg, but due to his arm injury he couldn't this time. So, we ordered some pizza! I don't really remember the name of the one I ordered, but it had pepperoni, onions, and I think basil? Well, it was good, whatever the toppings were.

Last thing... I met a very nice orange kitty named Eva! She was the neighbour's cat, but she waltzed into the house like she owned the place and carefully plopped herself against the front door. I wanted to pet her for the rest of the night, but I had to give the kids of the family a chance, too... Darn...

Today I went to Dragør! My father's friend since highschool lives there, so we decided to meet at a cafe down by the water. Dragør is the countryside of Denmark and is very beautiful with rows upon rows of old yellow houses with red tiled roofs surrounded by naturally growing flowers (again, will attach photos later).

As we caught up with my father's friend we, again, ate some food. Not Danish... But I drank a chai latte and ate some lasagna. I just love lasagna too much... I couldn't resist... We were in Dragør for a very long time, but all we did pretty much was chat!

Oh, another thing to add, I am finding a lot of "Chai Lattes" on Danish cafe menus, which I found to be fairly interesting! Where I'm from, the default is Matcha...

We basically didn't do anything today, just took it easy as we were still recovering from jetlag, though now I kind of wish we did do something. Oh well, at least we walked over to the bakery to buy a cake for my grandmother! The cakes I've seen so far in Denmark are decently priced, which was surprising to me as everything else is... So expensive. If you go to a restaurant, you will always have to pay for water, as well... That's crazy! Well anyways, we sat with her on her apartment balcony, drank some tea, and ate some citronkage--lemon cake!

Today was (probably) the first day that I am going to Tivoli Gardens!! I went with my father and some family friends we coincidentally met at the airport and subsequently made plans with. When we were about to leave the house, my father and I looked out the window and saw the very big, very yellow, very pretty sun and concluded that it would be a very sunny day that day. Unfortunately... We were very wrong.

At first, it was just as we predicted, so we were able to go on the rides at the amusement park with incredible ease--the lines being easy to deal with. Then later on, it started to really downpour. Like, torrential downpour. It was horrible. I didn't think I needed a jacket, so I was stood there with my small foldable umbrella and no hood, getting drenched in the rain. I was especially drenched because the rain started just as we were going on a rollercoaster. I was splashed FACE FIRST with water, going however many kilometres fast. Though, I was pleasantly surprised when I saw that my makeup stayed on almost perfectly. So, kids, if you want your makeup to stay on fairly well in a rainstorm just wear the e.l.f. Power Grip Matte Primer, the LUNA Fixing-Fit Concealer, the CANMAKE Abloom Finishing Powder, the Heroine Make Waterproof Mascara and Gel Eyeliner, and lastly the Kosé Waterproof Setting Spray!!

After the rollercoaster, we had some obligatory Danish-French Hotdogs (I'm not sure if these hotdogs are actually French, I think the one I ate is just called that since it's a wiener stuffed into a baguette) and they were deeeelicious! Yum. I will definitely eat more in the upcoming days...

For some reason, as the time went on, the rain started to clear up for 10 minutes, then started to rain again for the next 20, so it became a race to look for cover every few moments. So, in one of the times the showers cleared, we went to get some giant soft serves... Will attach a photo later.

Even with all the time that passed since the rain started, it was still super irregular, so we decided that we would go home, as my father and I also had some dinner plans. We then went our separate ways and I made my way to the nearest MATAS... Wanna know why?... I ran out of my Heroine Make Gel Eyeliner!! It was so terrible!! I was thinking to myself before my vacation... "Maybe you need to buy another eyeliner, you know, just in case,". But the devil (in this case) on my shoulder told me to stay frugal and this is where it got me!! In the end, though, I couldn't decide on an eyeliner and left empty handed... Sigh, the feminine life is hard.

After some downtime, my father's cousin picked us up to go eat some traditional Danish food at a restaurant with the rest of the family. The place used to be an old... Something... 300 years ago... I can't remember, I'm sorry. BIG YELLOW TRADITIONAL BUILDING. Is that a good visual for you? I also can't remember the restaurant name. I promise that's the reason and that I'm not a gatekeeper, haha...

I loved the whole aesthetics of the restaurant, being a sucker for anything historical. I wanted to order the fiskefilet on rye bread, but unfortunately it was on the lunch menu! Fortunately, we were able to get the waitress to beg to the chef on our behalf to make it for us! Saying that we came from abroad in all... I am so lucky! I was also... Very stuffed at the end of it all.

To all the deep snoozes tonight!

Today was the day I arrived in Denmark! Of course, I didn't do much as I arrived pretty late into the day. I just ate some good ol' Danish rye bread and am about to go to bed at a very reasonable time--9:00pm. How daring. What's even more daring is the 24 hour clock. That's the thing here that I just can't quite get used to.