Christiania

My uncle took me to visit his old haunts in Christiania. He hasn't lived there in 20 years, but he still knows a lot of the people in there. Christiania, which was established as a community 'seperate' from Denmark in the middle of Copenhagen has changed a fair bit in recent years. They used to sell hash openly in the market and the police didn't bother them, but now they come on a daily basis. The inhabitants have even posted a sign which says how many times the police have been there that day. The government is trying to 'normalize' the area, but there's obviously a lot of opposition, so things move slowly. No hash anymore though. Well, you can imagine that's not strictly true. Anyway, I saw his old house and some of the cool houses his friends have built. They're a lot nicer than when he was there apparently. Back then they stole their electricity which meant it was unreliable, and they didn't have any toilets. But he lived there for 10 years, so it can't have been too bad. It shows a bit though that he's moved out and lives in a posh apartment down the street!

We're back to beautiful Danish summer weather after a day of rain. I've been fairly successful in eating my favourite Danish foods, we had mediste pølse (sausages) yesterday and æbleskiver (apple pastries) for dessert.