Hotel & Casino Marienlyst A/S Helsingør

DAY TRIP TO HILLEROD & HELSINGOR: (02/09/08) I announced that I was going to go north of Copenhagen to see some of the Danish countryside and to check out some cool castles. Steve (my bathroom mate) and John decided to come with me. Our first stop was Hillerod, which is a small inland town about 45 minutes northwest of Copenhagen. The major attractions here were Frederiksborg Slot and the surrounding gardens. It was also quite a pleasant walk through a very European looking ...

... Michael and his parents instead of by myself (Ok, I gave in on the Wernermunde tour) We did meet a couple of the new passengers while we waited in line, and we were having fun together. We played scrabble until it was time for the life boat drill, then headed up on deck to go through the motions of the safety drill. Michael totally pooped out in the cabin afterwards, falling fast asleep as I wrote until almost 6, for it was time to ...

Today we took the train north for about an hour to Helsingor, Denmark. This is a beautiful little city with in sight of Sweden. We spent much of our time in Kronsborg Slot, the castle referred to in Shakespeare's Hamlet. Now that was a castle! Double moats....impressive size....many ...

Finally, I grab a train to Copenhagen and the one I chose is late leaving and even later arriving. I get in late at night after spending the entire trip talking to a nice girl named Vjosa Hoxhaj. Don't ask me how to pronounce it, but we make plans to meet up later in the week in Copenhagen if I'm still around. Our conversation made the long train ride go by fast. I get to Copenhagen after 10pm, after a quick stop in Malmo to see the turning torso ...

We arrived by bus into Helsingør and walked along the harbour to Kronborg Castle for a self-guided tour of the royal apartments, church and casemates. Ramparts had excellent views across the Oresund to Helsingborg in Sweden. We then walked back through the old town to the train station stopping for an ice cream each then caught train back to Copenhagen.

... 1 rejser vi med nattog til Trang. Herfra sejler vi til vores første ø - Koh Ngai (Hai), hvor vi skal bo på Koh Hai Fantasy Resort. Den 16.1 sejler vi videre til Koh Lanta, hvor vi skal mødes et par dage med Søren og Louise fra børnehaven. Vi bor på Rawi Warin Resort i de 6 dage, vi planlægger at være på Koh Lanta. Den 22.1 sejler vi videre til Koh Phi Phi. Her har Berit og Ophelia besluttet, at vi skal bo ...

... this revelation will blow your minds like a cyclonic, mental wave of brain-busting devastation. This beer cost me the equivalent of 32 Australian cents! That's right. Cheaper than a coke or a 33 cent bag of knick knacks. And now the history books have been rewritten...in liquid gold Danish nectar. Evrything I once was and knew has become obselete. All I know is...today is a bleak day for the Australian beer industry. In my mind at least (and ...

... from Helsing-something...the Swedish sister town. Sweden is basicaly a dry country due to their heavy taxes on alcohol sooo giant ferries make the crossing every 20 minutes depositing Swedes into the city. There is an inordinate amount of alcohol stores all claiming cheap prices (pfft...$3 for a smirnoff ice is ...

... an enclave within Copenhagen. During World War II, Copenhagen was occupied by German troops along with the rest of the country from 9 April 1940 until 4 May 1945. In August 1943, when the government's collaboration with the occupation forces collapsed, several ships were sunk in Copenhagen Harbour by the Royal Danish Navy to prevent them being used by the Germans. The city has grown greatly since the war, in the seventies using the so-called five-finger-plan of ...