Loddekopinge Scandic

On Saturday morning a group of about 16 DIS students + 2 leaders took a small bus and a ferry to southern Sweden. The ferry was huge! We got to explore the upper decks while
the ferry was in motion but the whole ride took approximately 20 minutes. It was duty free so we made plans to do a little shopping on the way back. One of the first things we saw as the ferry departed from Denmark is "Hamlet's Castle;" I ...

... hot bars (temperature wise) into minus degree temperatures outside for the long walk home. We have since discovered that trains stop running at 1am - the short story is we walked 1.5 hours home the other night (can anyone say frostbite?!?) But of course we must go out to celebrate our new friend's birthdays. Just need to coordinate buses better next time. As new international students arrive we integrate them into the group but we are also starting to ...

... shopping is fantastic. Kathy and her family were going to catch the train from London to Paris, while I had to go to Terminal 5 to catch a British Airways flight to Copenhagen. Kathy and her dad Tony came with me via train to Terminal 5 and ensured that I checked in fine before catching their train. I checked in my bags, bought a pair of very nice black leather gloves, avoided the creepy old lady near the departure gate trying to con people into ...

... to myself. Okay, now that I knew where my passport was, I still have to go back and get it. How far ago was that? It will take me at least ten minutes to walk back, maybe five to seven if I walk really fast, and about 5 is I ... well... run. I was already running behind, and I only had a few minutes left before the last check-in was. I had asked if they could hold my big luggage up front for me while I ran back to get my notebook and passport ...

... Apparently, in Copenhagen the snack of choice is the hot dog. Where other cities have carts on the street selling everything from coffee to pretzels to polish sausage. That is not so here. EVERYONE eats the hot dogs and those are the only snack stands you will find. Now don't get me wrong. I like hot dogs and have never been known to pass up the opportunity to have one. I have one thing to say to anyone that has a chance to go to Copenhagen. GET A HOT DOG ...

Hello We spent our last day in the UK driving to St Albans an old Roman city about 10 minutes from where we lived in Watford. It is really beautiful with some of the old buildings and pubs dating back to the 16th century and Roman ruins dating back to BC! But our real purpose to go there was to have a Cornish pasty as they have a Cornish pasty shop there and to see if we could see the old pub that apparently was owned by some of my ancestors! After a ...

If last week was clear and sunny. This week has been windy and cloudy. I welcome the rain due to my allergies kicking my butt and putting my immune system into overdrive. My eyes just cry out for clear eyes. Unfortunately I guess the chemical in clear eyes is banned here so they don't carry this mystery concoction to get the red out. On that aside the rain at least will clear some of the pollen in the air. With the wind comes windsurfing. Being a ...

... 40s accompanied by a brisk wind. Malmö is a beautiful city which I liken to be a miniature version of Copenhagen. Malmö has just about the same canals, same cobblestone shopping streets, same statues of former kings on their horses, same main square with ice-skating rink, but a different language and a different Kroner. We were only in Malmö for a day, so we just saw some of the main attractions. We saw Malm ...

... Castle different from the one that was where the Christianborg Palace currently is. we finally walked back into town and had a lot of fun strolling through the flashy shopping district of Copenhagen. the city is so pretty, very clean, great architecture both old and new, and everyone here is very nice and almost everyone speaks English, which is very helpful. we went back to our hotel and after a long day walking through almost ...

... tallest carousel in the world (I think the Yorke Peninsular better watch out - someone is trying to take over in the 'big calls' department!) but both were really good. Went on the Hans Christian Anderson ride, woo hoo! (amazingly one of the only rides you didnt have to queue up for) and the other two roller coasters, and then dodgem cars where there were plenty of good t-bones! We also did a few sideshows including the shot guns. The ...