My Birthday In Copenhagen

On Sunday it was my birthday, something which I was very excited about because: 

A. IT WAS MY BIRTHDAY, which means I get to hear from all the people I hold dearest (love to you all)

B. Birthdays mean you can eat as much as you like without feeling guilty

C. I was lucky enough to be in the wonderful city of Copenhagen for the whole day. 

We arrived in Copenhagen on Saturday, at about lunchtime, and went straight into the centre for a spot of shopping. I absolutely LOVE shopping in Copenhagen because it has stores that aren't really anywhere else in Denmark, so it's the best place to get your Topshop/Urban Outfitters/Sephora fix. I will be the first to admit I spent a long, long time in Sephora, prodding the Lancome Miracle Cushion and testing out every red lipstick I could get my hands on: almost too long, but not quite. When my feet felt like they might drop off from trotting up, down and around Strøget (which is one of Europe's largest pedestrianised shopping streets) we decided to head over to Hard Rock Cafe for drinks. This turned out to be a little disappointing as they have moved from the old location, which was right next to Tivoli and had a really good vibe to it, to another building which doesn't quite have the same atmosphere yet. I still had my all time favourite of strawberry and basil lemonade though, which I would drink constantly if I could, and that proved to be as lovely as ever.

After that, we decided to go to our favourite restaurant in Copenhagen, an Italian called Ristorante Italiano, just off of Strøget. We have never been here in the colder months before, so we usually sit outside in the sun, sharing pizza and tucking into big bowls of pasta, but this time we went inside and found that the restaurant was absolutely packed and was also the cosiest place on earth. We then got led to a table in what seemed to be the basement of the restaurant, which was lit predominantly by candle light and had little windows at the top of the walls where you could see peoples feet shuffling past. I ordered what I always have in any Italian restaurant ever, spaghetti carbonara, and everyone else had seafood spaghetti, which apparently is amazing! After a long meal we then set off back to our hotel, full of birthday wishes from the friendly waiters, complimentary Prosecco and a pizza that we added ridiculous amounts of garlic too. Wonderful.

I woke up the next morning to a drizzly but pretty amazing view of the city, a big stash of birthday cards and chocolate, an awful lot of the loveliest birthday messages which I didn't expect and the much anticipated addition of an Olympus OM-D E-M10 to my gadget family, Aka. My new favourite thing ever.  Being a twin, I also got to see Ellie, who you probably will have seen either here on my blog or on my Instagram, opening all her cards and gifts, which makes it feel like an even bigger celebration. I wore what seems like my uniform of my big faux fur collared coat, a little black skater dress and my chunky black suede boots, which must be becoming a little boring for you to see! As the weather gets brighter I will wear something different, I promise!

After feasting on pancakes at the hotel we jumped into a taxi as we realised that we would miss the changing of the guards at Amalienborg Palace if we didn't get a move on. I've seen this before, but its such a great thing to see and it also means you can wander around the palace courtyard and get a fantastic view of the opera house and Marble Church. They are currently filming around Copenhagen for 'The Danish Girl', a movie set in the 1920's, so we stumbled upon these beautiful vintage cars on our way back into the city centre. I know nothing about cars really, but LOOK HOW GORGEOUS THEY ARE!!! 

After hot chocolates and a tiny bit more shopping we decided to eat at Wagamamas and have a chilled night, which turned out to be exactly what we needed. I ate my own body weight in Pad Thai and chilli shrimp before we went back to the hotel room to find a view of Copenhagen all lit up, which is the prettiest thing I've seen in quite a while! 

I should have another post on my trip up soon depending on how essay writing and studying goes. It was lovely to leave all of that behind for a few days! I will be writing one as soon as I can edit and sort through the pictures, but I can tell you to expect midi skirts, vintage repro and second-hand shopping, plus a picture of rainbow coloured petticoats which I seem to be getting overly attached too. I hope you're all doing amazingly at the minute and are having a wonderful Easter week! 

Bethany x

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