oh what a beautiful morning, oh what a beautiful day

Spring is in the air here in Copenhagen! In planning for the trip I'm not quite sure why I was under the impression that I was coming to a land of perpetual dark and cold... because it's barely even March and we've already had several sunny and warm days.[Disclaimer: warm is relative; it's still nothing more than the 40s]

Today was a particularly spring-worthy day... You know when you can smell the season in the air? Like the day when you wake up and go outside, take a deep breath and just know that the next season is there? Well that sensation happened to me today. It was accompanied immediately by seeing 2 guys walk by while eating ice cream cones, which I'm sure helped in bring about the spring mentality. Now for a brief tangent - just as Rita's in Philly does free water ice on the first day of spring, there's an ice cream shop here called "Paradis" that does free ice cream on - what seems to me at least - an arbitrary day in February. These Copenhageners don't delay in bringing about spring traditions.

Today was also one of those days that I by no means would've wasted spending indoors. So along with one of my friends and housemates, I spent the afternoon after classes at a historic plaza nearby where the sun shone brightly and the people-watching was prime. Best part was finally getting pictures of the baby strollers here; they're nothing like what I've ever seen before, and I've been making it a goal of mine to get a picture of one without freaking out the parents. I succeeded in getting pics of 3 in 30 minutes; hopefully I did it discretely enough to not creep them out.

Sometimes Danes leave their babies sitting outside while they go in to a shop. It looks here, though, like these strollers belong to the people eating - so that's good.

 Here's a close-up of  the Danish strollers: a boxy fortress on wheels. 

This Danish mom loved the weather, too, and stopped to enjoy it. Oh and I guess she loves her baby, too.