Winter in Copenhagen

I understand why the shoes come off inside now. An armour is just the beginning of what you need to survive the ongoing oppression of a bad winter in Copenhagen. The rain is enough to drive you indoors and the gloom of day turning over to night in the blink of an eye leaves little [...]

Paris and the Rite of Spring

We flew to Paris to see a ballet, little did we know what an adventure these few days would be! Le Sacre du printemps (the Rite of Spring) is a legendary work in the world of music and ballet. It was composed by Igor Stravinsky with choreography by Vaslav Nijinsky for the 1913 season of [...]

Introductions to Copenhagen

It started on a plane from London to Mallorca while talking to a couple of Danish tennis players. I remember strongly believing that Danish was an odd language and that the people who spoke it were friendly and good humoured. It was close to a month later that I would first set foot in Denmark [...]