World traveller

Last week I attended a guest lecture by world traveller Nicolai Bangsgaard on his tour around the world on bike. His trip lasted about 4 years and he covered more than 62,000 kilometers. Needless to say, he's had quite an adventure.

For more information/inspiration, check out worldtravellers.dk

Of course, since hearing his talk, I've found myself wondering what my own travel goals are. So far, I've considered touring Route 66 - I did write my thesis on it, so there's no excuse. But the thought of walking the El Camino de Santiago de Compostela, like my mother, has also been on my mind a lot. Guess there's nothing for it - I'll have to start planning and packing.

A New Food Bible

Picture from Meyers Madhus

Copenhagen-based chef and culinary master-mind, Claus Meyer, published his latest book - Almanak - a whopper (literally) of more than 1000 recipies covering all 365 days of the year. This so on my Christmas must-have-wishlist!

Here's a little sample of some of the recipies. I would personally like to try out the sunchoke soup with chorizo!

Food on Film

CPH:DOX and Meyers Madhus launched first Nordic Food Film Festival!

During this year's CPH:DOX (Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival) (Nov. 4-14, 2010), a few select films dealing with contemporary food culture formed the basis for the first ever Nordic Food Film Festival - Food On Film.

The following four films were on this year's program:

• Cooking History (by Slovakian director Péter Kerekes). The film was screened on KulturNatten (Culture Night), Oct. 15.
  
• Fresh - the film that begins where "Food Inc." ended.
  
• Tapped - a documentary about bootled water.
  
• Colony - why are bees dissapearing and where do they go?

All screenings were followed by debates and eadible samples.

CPH:DOX was founded in 2003, as part of Natfilm Festival, Copenhagen's largets film festival. Every year, more than 200 films from around the world are screened in the Copenhagen cinemas. In 2009, the film festival had 37,000 admissions.

Check out the festival program.

Catch the world

Have you studied abroad or not gotten around to it yet?

Then maybe you should check out the Danish Agency for International Education's new inspiration website, gribverden.dk, where you read about other's exchagne stay, share your own experiences, watch vidoes and much, much more!