Raindrops on roses

I just got back from my short study tour on Saturday night, so I'll write a longer blog about that soon, but I just wanted to share the lovely Sunday afternoon that I had today!

In the morning, I tried out an English-speaking service for the International Church of Copenhagen--they met in a very nice church called St. Andreas Kirke, which was conveniently close to Nørreport, and I met many lovely people and shared some tea and coffee afterwards. Then I decided to explore on my own, since I need to go to some places and take notes/pictures for my Copenhagen history class. I went in search of Rosenborg Slot, which looked relatively close on the map. Instead, I wandered into the botanical gardens, which were right next to the church. They looked particularly brown and dreary, but I was trying my best to imagine how beautiful they must look in May. This just depressed me that it was only February.

After exploring for a bit (and feeling slightly puzzled as to where this large castle was supposed to be), I wondered what was in the glass houses. In my confused mind, I assumed that since it was winter they weren't open. But I saw a door open, so I decided to check it out. Best decision of my life! I walked into GREEN.

It suddenly dawned on me why they were called botanical gardens. As I walked further in, each greenhouse got significantly warmer and more tropical. The tallest one was very humid and warm and smelled like the rainforest and had very tall trees. I couldn't stop grinning (or taking pictures) because I was so happy to see green plants. In the tallest greenhouse, there was a spiral staircase you could climb to look down at all the trees.

I fell in love with this place and have decided that I will visit every Sunday to get my chlorophyll fix of the week! Here are some pictures that I couldn't resist taking:

This is what I love about Copenhagen. You can be in an old medieval city and then suddenly be in a rainforest. There are always new places to discover and it never gets boring! (Oh, and I did eventually find Rosenborg. It was a couple blocks down.)