About half an hour before the Louvre closes every day, the security staff starts literally herding everyone out of the museum. They stick out their arms and walk toward you in what they hope is an intimidating wall o' museum workers, and they clearly want you to stop looking at the art and leave. On our last Free Louvre Tuesday (for people under 26 ( Read more... )

Well, I've been here for a little over a month. Here's some of what's been going on, starting today and working backwards ( Read more... )

The Danish language is weird--parts of it sound like German, parts like French, parts like Brooklyn English, and parts like British English. My icon (note the snow) says "Hello from Copenhagen" (and for the record, Danes do say "CopenhAYgen," not "CopenhAHgen"), and it's pronounced "Hi frah Köbenhown," with the "r" pronounced the French way. My ( Read more... )