We then grabbed a coffee (of course...see pic) and headed into Copenhagen to go to the National Museum, which had been strongly recommended. At least, we thought we were going to the National Museum. What we actually went to was the National Gallery. While somewhat interesting, the number of exhibits was quite low and we left confused and dissatisfied. We couldn't understand why the museum had received such good reviews. That was when we realized we went to the wrong joint. While our time was somewhat wasted, we did get to see some artwork by Picasso, Matisse, and Modigliani.
We then went to grab lunch at a Vegetarian buffet, which was again recommended. It was awesome!!! We were happy to find something that lived up to expectations. There were about 20 items available and since it was around 2:30, we decided to try to eat for both lunch and dinner...some kind of Linner. We greatly succeeded :) Daryl's veggie dishes were accompanied by 0.6L of fine beer. Needless to say, he was quite satisfied.
Lunch was followed by some window shopping, walking through parks, and people watching.
At the last minute, we decided to hit up the real National Museum before its 5pm closing time. It was much more interesting and probably deserved more than the 60 minutes we spent there. Maybe we will visit again when (not if) we are back in Copenhagen. We got a cool picture of an Auroch skeleton too.
Today, we took the train out of town to visit the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art. Again, we had heard really fabulous things about this place. We were not disappointed. The museum building sits on the coast of the Oresund channel between Denmark and Sweden and has a lot of windows facing the water. The setting was beautiful. While the museum's collection was just okay, the exhibits were pretty outstanding. The first was an exhibit on Architecture, and the interface between it and the human beings occupying the structures. It included sections on futuristic housing ideas, the concept of the home vs. house, and case studies of housing in Russia, India, and Roma. The second exhibit featured work from an artist that recreates pictures and images using graphite/charcoal and a canvas. Here are a couple of pictures we took.
On the way back to the train, I experimented with the Manual setting of my camera (currently I shoot in Aperture Priority mode, which just isn't cutting it anymore). There wasn't much in the way of subject matter, save some plants and bushes. Here is what I came up with.
Today, we took the train out of town to visit the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art. Again, we had heard really fabulous things about this place. We were not disappointed. The museum building sits on the coast of the Oresund channel between Denmark and Sweden and has a lot of windows facing the water. The setting was beautiful. While the museum's collection was just okay, the exhibits were pretty outstanding. The first was an exhibit on Architecture, and the interface between it and the human beings occupying the structures. It included sections on futuristic housing ideas, the concept of the home vs. house, and case studies of housing in Russia, India, and Roma. The second exhibit featured work from an artist that recreates pictures and images using graphite/charcoal and a canvas. Here are a couple of pictures we took.
On the way back to the train, I experimented with the Manual setting of my camera (currently I shoot in Aperture Priority mode, which just isn't cutting it anymore). There wasn't much in the way of subject matter, save some plants and bushes. Here is what I came up with.
And because all posts are better with a GQ-style picture of Daryl, here is the one from today. So for now, Farvel :)
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