Survival of the Fattest

Next to the famous statue of "the Little Mermaide", there is a statue of "Survival of the Fattest". A very fat woman is carried by a thin man on the shoulder. The woman carries a scale on her hand, a symbol of justice. Her feet is above the water, but the man is half in the water. The board nearby says,

"I'm sitting on the back of a man.
He is sinking under the burden.
I would do anything to help him.
Except stepping down from his back."

Very nice. I praise the city official's decision to allow them to put such ironical sculpture at the most famous sightseeing spot.
For the information about those who made it, go http://www.sevenmeters.net/.

(K. Iwao)

Glass and PET bottles carry a peculiar recycling mark. Although I am not sure about details, there seems to be a deposit system. There is a collecting machine located in a supermarket. You put the empty bottle, the machine reads the information from the label, and you get a receipt. Probably you can show the receipt to the cashier and get a refund. I have not tried yet. There are also big black collection containers on the road corner. This one does not have such refund system. Just a container.

(K. Iwao)

Heating

   It is rather cold outside (not as much as I imagined, not freezing, but still it is very cold). However, inside buildings it is nicely warmed up. In the hotel room, I can be wearing just a T-shirt. What I found strange is that there is no obvious heat source in the room. It is not like warm wind blowing from the ventilator, or hot pipe whirling along the wall. I'm sure it is there, but I don't see any localized heat source. The whole building is just warm, and it is very comfortable, much nicer than my home. My feet are not cold, my head not overheated.
(K. Iwao)

Bike in Copenhagen

   Bike (=bicycle) is a major transportation mode in the city of Copenhagen. There is bike road along almost every road. You can bring your bike into subway (you need to pay for your bike). Bike-parking stand is everywhere.
   Average bike speed seems very high, so you need to know the rules such as hand signs when you turn the corner. There are many "tri-cycles" that have pretty big "front-seat" with wind shield and two wheels, in which big baggage or small kids can fit.

 

(K. Iwao)

Walk day

Conference of Youth 5 turns out to start on 5 Dec. So we just walked around the city of Copenhagen all day (4th Dec). There are some exhibits in a park.

I just found that the Archbishop of Canterbury will visit Copenhagen on 12th and 13th of Dec.  Too bad we have no chance to see him.

To COP15

Yugo, Can and I will be leaving on this Thursday to go to Copenhagen. There will be Conference of Youth from 4 - 6 December, which the students will take part in. We can attend COP15 only on 7 Dec. but it should be exciting anyway.

K. Iwao