Magnetic Soap

I was not going to post anything tonight, but magnetic soap made me change my mind. I'll try to post some of the more unusual things I see over here (well, unusual to Americans, at least). When I saw this soap, I thought it was jammed on an extra faucet until I accidentally hit it and realized it was magnetic (it's like a normal bar with a circular magnet in the top). Elisabeth has seen this on previous trips and said, "Every time I come to Denmark, someone's got magnetic soap!" as if it were perfectly normal. Not quite!




Birthe works for Bodum and gets a nice discount on their items, so the kitchen is a wonderland of gadgets and coffee/tea accessories, such as these coffee cups that have two separate layers of glass to keep the coffee warm and not burn your hand. Brilliant.


Here, my beautiful best friend is modeling a high-waisted apron. We made dinner of black bean burgers (sort of, you can't find black beans here, so misc. bean burgers), chickpea spinach salad, sweet potato fries, and rum cake. Except there was no rum so we used brandy, and the instant pudding and cake mixes are not as common here, so I think the Danish alternatives might have made it more dense (mom, it wasn't as good as yours!).



I got to talk to my parents on Skype today, which was wonderful even if they had to type to me due to microphone problems. I showed my mom the turtle, Speedy, but he wasn't awake when I wanted a photo with him. He's runs all over his tank, climbs things, and is quite the active turtle. Here's Speedy hiding in his shell sleeping (doesn't my arm look weird?).


After dinner, we walked through some fields and the cows came over to check us out. I'm definitely taking my camera next time we go over there.