Yesterday on Saturday, I went to Denmark with some friends to visit an amusement park in Copenhagen called Tivoli. We met each other at Malmö Central, the train station, and waited for Marguerite's host family to pick us up. We waited for a bit and I changed my Swedish crowns to Danish crowns at a nearby Forex.
While I was looking around, I saw that the sequel to one of my favorite books had come out in English. It's called "Flickan Som Lekte Med Elden", which means "The Girl Who Played With Fire". It's a really good series (trilogy actually), and I heard recently that the English version of the third and final book has just come out in the U.S. Here in Sweden, they are really proud of it because it's by a Swedish author, Stieg Larsson. They've been adapting the books into movies and I saw the movie version of the first book last weekend.
When her host family came, we all got in the car and drove across the bridge that connects Sweden and Denmark, the Öresund bridge. Along the way, you could see wind towers that were set up in the sea. This was the second time I had crossed the bridge, the first time being when I my host family took me home from Copenhagen airport.
This is the main entrance to Tivoli. They only open for a few weeks at a time, usually during holidays. The next time will be at Christmas.
We just walked around and rode roller coasters for a few hours. It was really fun. This is all of us together.
OK, so what's the story behind the name 'Tivoli'? Famous person? brand name? locale?
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