Traveling Europe

My friends and I headed to the wax museum one day. It was rather easy to find. Just right beside Tivoli in the center of town.

Even though Tussaud's wax pieces came to Singapore before, I missed the opportunity. Hence, my first time at the famous wax museum was the one in Copenhagen.

I would say, I would have expected more... or rather... more well known people on display. Okay, so there was George Bush, Charlie Chaplin, Elvis... but I expected more updated stars there - maybe like David and Victoria Beckhams. Haha. And it didn't help that there were Danish Royalties whom I have no idea about. I practically skipped that room.

So the first room contained all the well known political people, governments etc. George Bush, Tony Blair, Nelson Mendela, Princess Diana... you get the gist.

As you walk past, you'll spot Hitler and his gang discussing their war plans.

Then follows the room of famous artistic people. Vincent Van Gogh, Picasso, Shakespeare etc.

I really love the next room though. It's all about Hans Christian Anderson's and Disney Stories! Adorableee! You could see Winnie the Pooh, Princess and the Pea, Little Mermaid, Thumbelina, the Emperor's New Clothes. There is even a huge "book" in front that tells you the story for each display. I really enjoyed this section.

Walking down Norreport, my friends and I chanced upon Museum Erotica during our first week in Cph. It wasn't cheap though. The price was around 300 DKK each for the 3 of us. Tip: My advice would be to go in with more friends because they have group rates.

The first thing you see when you head into the museum is this huge penis statue.

It's life-size and bronzed. Probably to prepare you on how explicit this museum is. However, even with its explicitness, the reception did not even check our age to see if we're over 18. I guess in Denmark there's so much freedom that anyone who wants to go in, will be able to get in. No restrictions whatsoever *shrugs* But it's good news isn't it? ;)

Then as you turn to your left, you enter the room of Karma Sutra. Where they show you paintings or drawings on the Karma Sutra. There's are different version too. Chinese style, Japanese style, Indian style etc.

But they're just drawings. Nothing too explicit yet. Haha.

Inside, there are also lots of videos, and I have only one word to describe the museum - "porn". It's all porn. Lots of naked men and women on display. Videos of men stripping, couples having sex, gays having sex (ew!). Why they even had a whole room - theater - where they play porn and customers can just sit and watch. My friends and I looked from the outside and noticed that the people at those seats were usually middle-aged men. Hmmm...

There are some interesting reads though, apart from the porn. Like what a pedophile Charlie Chaplin was, how the word Casanova came about, what condoms were made of in the past, what lolitas are...

You would be surprised after reading how gross some celebrities were. This section of the museum was the one I enjoyed the most. At least I learned something interesting.

Click on the images below to read those articles!

There was also a Playboy section telling you the history of Playboy and the women featured over the years. Then of course, there was a huge section of Marilyn Monroe since she was the sex symbol in the past (how could they forget her?).

It's an eye opener for conservative people like me. 300Kr is a little pricey though, but it was an interesting museum nonetheless.

I have never been to Europe before, and if it wasn't for my student exchange, I would never have imagined that I would be traveling Europe now.

Leaving Singapore was a big stepping stone for my independence because 1. I have never left my family for such a long time before 2. I always have the frights for sleeping alone 3. Or of the dark.

Seeing how dependent I was on everyone and everything in Singapore, my parents hoped that this student exchange will strengthen my spirit and hone my guts. Haha.

Why Denmark for student exchange?

Well, basically, my mum was worried about me being all alone overseas, so she instructed that I had to have at least one friend to go on my student exchange with me. So since my friend chose Denmark, I followed. Haha.

Nah... just kidding =p

The above, is a small part of the reason though. But the main reason was because my friend and I did our research on the top business schools and we found out that Copenhagen Business School was rather high in terms of its ranking among other business schools in the region. Or some would say "the best business school in Scandinavia".

Tip for students: Before choosing which school you wanna go to for student exchange, ALWAYS do your research. The Business Week top business schools list works too. Yahoo/Google/Wiki will be your best friend in your decision making.