The devil is in the details

Hvidøre

The company that I collaborate with is huge. They have their own hotel/resort area a little ways north of Copenhagen (in Klampenborg which is by the shore.)

Important things that you should know about Hvidøre….
#1. All of the letters in it’s name are silent and are replaced by alternate letters when pronouncing the name. The best sample pronunciation that I’ve heard makes it sound a little French. I would say that it is pronounced somewhat closely to how the French would pronounce Villeueil.

#2. It’s a castle. The rooms aren’t particularly nice (the are like single dorm rooms) but the hotel itself is amazing.

They stared us at 7pm for dinner in the wine cellar. The wine cellar was enormous and full of very expensive wines, including the champagne that was poured into my glass far too often. The champagne was served with other fancy foods. Then it was time to go up to dinner in the dining room. You know you’re in for a serious dinner when there are 4 wine glasses sitting in front of you at the table. It was another fancy pants dinner where the chef came out and announced and explained the courses and wines before serving them. The menu was a little crazy: first seafood sausage, then duck breast (and more foie gras!) and then this odd ham ice cream that tasted like bacon-flavored ice cream (probably because it WAS bacon ice cream). I ate at least a little of everything. Pretty soon after dinner I went up to my room, ostensibly because I was tired (which I am) but really because I was extremely sick of my boss. I also had to make up an excuse for my plans for tomorrow morning, because he wanted to share a cab back to Copenhagen tomorrow. Fortunately, I managed to escape, and now I’m free!!

Keep the emails and comments coming (particularly if they involve you-know-who) because I enjoy them a lot. Hope that you are all having a great day, and I’ll talk to you soon. I’ve got some way cool plans coming up, so stay tuned.

posted by Immunegirl @ 10:17 AM