I heart Copenhagen…

Hi everyone,

Last week I was in beautiful Copenhagen, Denmark, and needless to say, I had a wonderful time! Here’s some of what I did:

My trip started off with a bang at the super charming Books & Company book store in Hellerup (a pretty suburb of Copenhagen) where owner Isabella Smith (that’s Isabella together with yours truly in the above photo) and her fab team opened the doors to her store for an evening of good fun celebrating Model Under Cover. Isabella has the most wonderful neighbourhood book store. In addition to offering her customers a well chosen list of superb books (in English only!) that runs the gamut from erudite to quirky via some good romance and biographies (not to mention detective fiction!), she also offers coffee and tea and has a couple of very cosy reading corners in her shop.

Thank you Isabella for flying the flag for independent booksellers with your absolute gem of a shop! I love Books & Company! And thank you to all the friends and readers who came and showed their support. Without you all – obviously! – the evening wouldn’t have been a success! Thank you!

Two days later I was back at Books & Company for a fab reading. I’d like to give a huge thank you to all of the lovely girls and yummy mummies who turned out for my Model Under Cover event. I had a blast, and really appreciated your all-out enthusiasm as well as the many questions you had about A Crime of Fashion and Axelle. We ended the event with some scrumptious little sandwiches and hot cups of tea for everyone. So thanks again Isabella for another wonderful experience at Books & Company!

And what else did I do and see? Well, I spent as much time with my friends as I could squeeze in (of course!), and as the weather was absolutely stunning, long walks along the picturesque harbours of the city ate into a large part of my free time…

Sushi! I live in the middle of a forest, deep in the German countryside. There is no way I’m ever going to find sushi anywhere near where I live, so whenever I’m in Denmark I like to stop at Sticks and Sushi for lunch. This is my sushi selfie!

Copenhagen has these really cool glass-enclosed book shelves set up throughout the city where people can leave books they no longer want, or, alternatively, take books they’d like to read. They look great and are easy to use. Plus, what a nice way to give a book a second chance. Totally brilliant!