As we road the train from Copenhagen to Amsterdam, we were all floored with surprise when the train loaded itself into an ocean-liner, and cruised across the sea to Germany, where we were laid over for an hour as we switched trains.

Getting back into Copenhagen from our day trip to Aarhus on Thursday, we went to visit Bagsvaerd, a church in a suburb of the larger city. The interior of the church glows, as almost every surface, from walls and ceiling to carpet, is white. Soft interior light is provided by lines of bare light bulbs, and the curvy ceiling diffusely reflects the sunlight along its coils. On Friday, we visited Grundtvigs Kirke, a gigantic monolith of a modern Gothic cathedral,...

Arriving by train around noon from Copenhagen, our group settled into the hotel - rather failingly themed like a cruise-liner - ate lunch, and met to tour the Aarhus Town Hall, designed by architects Arne Jacobsen and Erik Moller and built in the late 1930s. Very modern for its time and place of construction - 1930s Scandinavia - it was met with controversy, but stands as a unique piece of architecture. While the exterior looks like poured concrete blocks, it i...

Today, we headed out to the Christiania area to see the new Opera House. Christiania is a notorious hippie haven, and is rather like visiting a third-world country, the group visited it on Sunday, while I was sick. The Opera House was pretty impressive, the roof consisting of a cantilevered structure, approximately 90 meters in length. We didn't get to go inside, as it was closed, but we did take pictures through the glass of the interior, including the 'pumpk...

We had a day of travel today - first we caught the train out to see the Louisiana Museum, in a suburb of Copenhagen. (actually, half of the group caught the first train, and had to wait for 20 minutes for the rest to come on the next train). We got to see probably the most complete collection of photographs by Richard Avedon that may have been assembled from various collections. The photographer who inspired and assisted with the movie 'Funny Face' starring A...