Høst in Copenhagen a true gem that delivers

This weekend the weather has truly been proper autumn weather. Short bursts of rain and wind gusts followed by sunshine and blue sky. Copenhagen is actually quite a “foodie” city. Something that took me a little bit of a surprise to be completely honest with you!

Guide Michelin has awarded a total of 19 stars to 15 restaurants here in 2018. I love dining experiences and good food! There is nothing better than to explore new flavours and courses and to do this in great company of truly great friends!

Høst is a true gem located near Nørreport. It’s cozy and beautifully decorated. It’s warm and inviting. The walls are exposed brick work and inside are also trees, which add a little bit of quirkiness to the place.

The food… is quite an experience. The menu is set and changes regularly. You can pick a 3- or a 5- course menu. If you so wish, this can be accompanied by wine pairing or home made lemonades. Trust me, that you will not leave this place hungry! They also offer fresh bread with whipped butter, which is divine. The courses are local and inspired by the Nordics. This time around they offer an amazing fish dish, blue mussel soup which I just couldn’t make justice by describing it here. The dessert just doesn’t make any sense when you read the description but was so delicious with crazy flavours! There were also a lot of surprise elements to the dining experience. I don’t want to divulge too much just in case you ever decide to go there. Then you need to experience it yourself. All I can say is that I really recommend a visit here. Just make sure that you book a table in advance as it gets very full and booked early on! I recommend.

Amazing Caribbean and Guadeloupe in the spotlight

Thursdays, I’d like to dedicate to trips and travels! I’ve travelled around since I was little. It started with our family trips to the North and middle of Sweden as well to the south down in the Mediterranean usually by car! Yes, those trips were long and tedious but of course filled with life long unforgettable memories too! That’s what’s amazing about Europe in my opinion. It’s like the USA just that each state has its own more different culture and language.

My first big trip was to the Caribbean- to Guadeloupe to be specific. I remember it very well. At the time I lived in a family where the dad was a pilot. I flew on one of those spare seats. I don’t think you can do this today due to security and/ or health and safety regulations. I just remember getting quite stiff and sore sitting on a jumper seat for almost 10 hours but I was just way too excited to care too much about it! I also remember stepping off the plane and experiencing Caribbean heat for the first time. It was like walking straight into a hot wall! The sun was so incredibly yellow and the sky so very blue. We drove around the island and stopped by a beach just near the sea and laid down straight onto the very hot sand. Me being rather pale, of course, got burned to a crisp that first hour. So a few very needed “lessons learned” quite quickly.

We had the most amazing week there driving around everywhere, walking near the volcano, observing the colours on the flowers, savour delicious rom “petit punch” and native food. We stopped by small beach huts for lunch. We were also invited to a party so experienced the dancing as well. This is an island I’d definitely go back to.

Guadeloupe is a beautiful island. This is a few years ago (ok a long time ago!) but I’m pretty confident in saying it still is. I’d recommend. Have you been to the Caribbean? What’s your impression?

How to deal with stress?

Stress can take many shapes and forms. What’s stressful for you- might not be stressful for me- and vice versa. And stress can make you ill. Like with a lot of things in life… it’s relative- and what you compare with and what kind of experiences you have and so on. I’d like to say that my stress tolerance is high having moved around a lot, had extremely stressful jobs, raised our daughter trying to keep her in normality whilst packing and unpacking boxes, visiting important family members, maintaining friendships (globally) and more… but I’m not so sure it really is? This week for example is a good situation with 3 major deadlines and deliveries at work and 6 international flights between my husband and I.

What seems to work for me though to feel more in control is to:

* take deep proper breaths- a lot of them!

* drink plenty of water

* be mindful of what I eat

* enjoy a nice nespresso first thing in the morning

* do some Yoga with Adriene

* listen to positive affirmations (lots on YouTube!)

* write in my 3 Good Things App

* focus on the positive side, enjoy and embrace the challenge (thank you Andrea!!!)

* chat to friends and… to look forward to a very “Hygge” weekend and enjoy every single moment.

What do you recommend in stressful situations? What works for you?

Cliff diving in Copenhagen

We were away when this took place in Copenhagen this year. It is however something I’m putting in my calendar now for next year: the Red Bull Cliff Diving.

At first I just wanted to share with you information about the Opera house here. It’s a spectacular building! It’s one of the most modern opera houses in the world. And it cost a whopping USD500M?! Talk about having a vision- and financial support!!! I will definitely make sure to go there soon and listen to something when it comes up and I have the opportunity. I’m sure that’ll be an amazing experience. Have you been? Then what I find even more spectacular, is that once a year this building turns into a diving board. Skilled divers from all over the world come here to compete and dive from the rooftop at 27m hight straight into Copenhagen harbour. I also don’t know many places in the world where you can actually swim in the city centre. Copenhagen is a very green city and a lot of effort goes into make sure it stays that way.

So this is something I really recommend: a blend of culture, green environment and filled with action and excitement!

Cliff Diving in Copenhagen