Monday we visited the Brewery. I suppose in a nation that drinks so much it really is part of the culture, it also makes the surrounding area very stinky. We learned how beer is made though, which I thought was kinda neat. The sick part was inside one of the rooms it was a bit warm and humid and it smelled worse than outside. It started out as a sweet smell but had this underlying rot that wasn't nice at all and gave the overall impression that many people had been very sick in the same place for about 3 months. Ew.
Afterwards we saw where the bottle beer and I learned that they can reuse the glass bottles 45 times before they melt them down to make a new bottle. Impressive. We were then invited down into a nice little room to have beer on the house for the next hour. They had bottles and beer on tap, they also had a variety of cola, juice, sodas, etc. avaliable. I tried the beer, which was good, but then moved on to some of the other drinks since I didn't think I'd get the same chance to try so many things for free. I found a few I liked and a few I didn't. Now I know what to buy when it's on sale at the store. : )
Tuesday was the tour of the Town Hall. We had a little overview of the political parties in Denmark and how they work. The most important part though? Free lunch and coins on the gov't. Neat. Oh, and Andreas? I lied. I had coffee at the Town Hall, so it's only been a week, not two. I totally forgot. I only had half a cup though because it wasn't that good. I'd rather drink the Coke anyway.
We took a tour around the hall and learned about the architecture and then we were invited up into the tower. I really enjoyed the view from the top (Denmark's so flat!) even if the weather was a bit crappy. It couldn't decide if it was going to snow or rain and the wind felt like it could blow you right down to the ground. I'm glad I had the chance to see it though. We were told we could try and come back and join another tour later in the year if we wanted. I'd like to do that in hopes of taking my camera along and getting some great pictures in nicer weather.
On the way down the woman pointed out that there was a little pigeon house. Apparently they keep pigeons because if there's a group of them they keep the others away. So they have a warm little house in the tower of the Town Hall and those birds are FAT! They could be chickens they're so large. I suppose they're happy at least. Fat, happy pigeons protecting the Town Hall in ï¾…rhus.