A day on the train

Yesterday we traveled and the way from Copenhagen in the south east of Denmark to Aalborg in the north. It is almost as far as you can go in Denmark from one side to the other. The trip took 5 hours on the train. Again, a very pleasant trip. And now, here we are in Aalborg - another world to discover. A much smaller port town with a nice old core. More on Aalborg in the days to come.

Louisiana Museaum

On Flor's recommendation, I spent our last day in Copenhagen off at the Louisiana Museum. It turns out that they have an exposition on right now called 'Eye Attack' which is exploring artists of the 50's and 60's who were exploring the effect of colour and shape on the eye and on our sense of perception which is exactly what we are doing in PRISMES. The coincidence seemed too amazing to miss so I took the 40 min train ride up along the coast to this magical spot.

Departing from Copenhagen.

Louisiana sculpture garden

 Giacometti and a exquisite room.

Richard Serra. One of my favourite from Bilbao. I love his big slabs of metal imbedded in the land.

Serra and the Sea

I don't remember who the artist is for this white square but it also speaks beautifully with the sea.

This is the poster piece of the eye attack exhibit by UK artist Brigitte Riley. I could spend hours in front of this black and white creation.  I don't know if it will work as well on the screen but if you look at it for a while you see all sorts of colours appearing and the volumes of lines seem to reach in to and out of the canvas. The lines also dance about if you move your eyes. Riley spent years only painting in black and white but it is amazing how much colour appears in her works.

 More of the sculpture garden.

Calder

Henri More

The trains station home again

Astoria art deco

Hotel Astoria must have been built in the 1930's. Very simple rooms full of art deco charm.

These curved revolving doors are apparently the oldest in Denmark.

With our renovations at home very fresh in my mind I found myself thinking of Flor often and how well much of these designs would fit in her new home. Qu'est ce que t'en pense Flor?

Ceiling light

Wardrobe  

Train station again

...and again with the Hotel Astoria

First two shows - Bellerup

Our first two shows were in Bellerup, on the outskirts of Copenhagen. An easy 35 min on the train and then a walk across some fields to the theatre. I am hot sure exactly who comes to this theatre, is it people who live near-by or do folks travel out from Copenhagen? We did meet a pair at a restaurant in Copenhagen who came out to the show. The first night the audience was largely older people and I don't think that they quite knew what to make of PRISMES but the second night was a mixed croud - old and young and we all had a great time!

The obligatory bike parking at every train station.

This is the theatre 'Baltoppen Live'.

A familiar poster!

Les loges

A day exploring Copenhagen

How civilized to have a day before we start in the theatre. I spent mine wandering about the streets of Copenhagen following wherever my nose took me - so delicious! Here is some of what I saw.

Denmark is known for it's bicycles but I didn't imagine to what extent... here is one in gold at the top of a tour!

A construction site for a new metro. I was struck at once at how orderly it all is. Nothing like the sites that I see around Montreal.

This is called 'the round tower' and so it is. It is attached to a church is the oldest observatory in Europe. It is a beautiful slopping space that winds one up to the top of the tower.

from the top - the bridge in the distance takes one across the water to Sweden.

View out the window of the 'rundetaarn'.

The royal palace. The place visiting hours were over but the gardens around are there for all to enjoy.

Queen with palace and bird.

What a surprise to find myself next in a tropical forest in the greenhouse of the botanical garden. I walked around a fair while outside before realiszng that all the doors are open and one can wander in and enjoy.

The green-house.

A swan very happy to show off his lovely wings.

This is the first time I see double decker bike racks. You have to put all those bikes somewhere!

Hotel Astoria - Copenhagen

Here we are on our first stop of our Danish tour 2016. We are staying in Copenhagen at the Hotel Astoria which has a certain art deco beauty if a little faded. 

This is the view from my room window. There is the train station in the foreground and behind there is the Trivoli which is a very old amusement park... those are people swinging from the end of those ropes!

Callahan Valley

A beautiful day in the Callahan Valley in crystal white snow and bright sunshine. So much beauty all around. The girls are now able to ski and are keen to do so most of the time - what a change from a few years ago when each fall was a tragedy and each hill a major ordeal!

The four intrepid cousins

Lily did spend much of her day trying to keep up with big cousin Molly - something which was impossible but always worth trying.

Lily, Molly, Ellen, Alice, Eric, Candy

Douglas on the 'top of the world'.

Ellen the forest fairy.

Alice the impressive

Lily, still feeling sorry to be left behind

Lily with Black Tusk in the distance

Eric, mon amour

The amazing field of snow ferns