I went to the Copenhagen Botanical Gardens today - it was a ridiculously windy afternoon, and really hard to ride a bike without accidentally steering it into a ditch. On the way however I bumped into a really cute second-hand market down the road from where I live.
I spoke to some young girls at a stall (partially in Danish, I'll have you know) and managed to buy this sweater from Mango for $4. My winter wardrobe is coming along nicely - and don't worry, I wouldn't actually ever pair it with the skirt I'm wearing.
After, I set off to the gardens.
I first visited the Palm House, a large greenhouse consisting of both dry and tropical environments, with a range of plants ranging from carnivorous fly traps to a rare specimen of the Wollemi pine. It really was quite beautiful, and I'm amazed they manage to keep all the specimens alive through the Danish winters.
It was very humid inside the exhibits, as expected.
And the higher I climbed in the glasshouse, the hotter it got.
As I mentioned, the gardens have a Wollemi pine specimen - up until 1994, Wollemia was only known through fossil records. It was then discovered to be living in an inaccessible gorge in a temperate rainforest wilderness area of the Wollemi National Park in NSW. There are only 100 known specimens alive in the wild, and it's known to be one of the world's oldest and rarest plants "dating back to the time of the dinosaurs". And I had the privilege to see one!
Next was the butterfly house. Who doesn't love butterflies?
And finally, the Geology museum. This was pretty boring, although I can appreciate gemstones to a certain extent. They also featured an exhibition on the sustainability of the modern fashion industry and using nature for inspiration and resources when it comes to clothing.
They also had more (not alive) butterflies.
Tomorrow I start my second week of Danish classes. Wish me luck!
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