Sleep2night Helsingør

... that would get me back in Australia in time(I might add that because of this "round the world" thing I now need to fly via KBN to London to LA and then to Brisbane.... eww.). Considering it was the 10th when I decided to go home I was not very impressed - even if I did just spend one day in Austria (instead of the 4 that I had booked) I would only have 3-4 days with my family as it took 18hrs to get to Denmark (and people think that Europe is small!!!). The train trip was ...

... a great guz. But alas, I cannot saz all the things that we seen during the daz, onlz to saz that we seen manz beautiful touristz things, and hope that the pictures speak for themselves. Mango decided to grope the statue of Little Mermaid, and I had to follow suit. It was funnz while it lasted. We had walked all over the citz, and our feet were sore. But thez still let me guide them to the bars. Bad ...

... and by the water to get to the castle. When I was walking by the water with the swans and reeds on the embankment I really felt like I was in Europe for the first time. It had a very European feel, which was nice. Frederiksborg Slot is an amazing looking castle from the outside. It is incredibly ornate and looks like a castle out of a fairy tale. Up closer, the intricate craftsmanship on all the stone and the wooden doors was just phenomenal. To think that this ...

... to see all the different architecture and "feel". The "tours" also did a good job of pointing out the important landmarks you should be looking for, along with information that you would need to know about those buildings etc. But, they also pointed out things you never probably would have noticed on your own, and random quirky facts you probably would never need to know, but ...

... all pointing at the Swede's! We also spent some time walking through the town of Helsingor...there is a great former Carmelite monastery. We rode the train with a group of preschoolers going to the same town on a field trip. They knew we weren't Danes.....they were very cute!

... highway where bikes were allowed. The words were: "Does it seem logical to ride your bicycles on this road?" (Trully Swedish words from a trully Swedish cop... haha) They turned out to be really nice cops and after escorting us the remaining 50m they still recommended the side roads over the highway and gave us directions to the roads that our map didn't show. They bid us farewell by promising to beat us in Hockey next time! Despite ...

... Queensland rugby league jersey so everyone thought I was Australian. I played along and by played along I mean I lied all night to people. I'm a horrible fake Australian though. Well I guess since i've never been I don't really have enough info to pull it off. Other then that i've been laying low. Trying not to blow all my savings before ...

After our short day trip to Aarhus we took the train back to Copenhagen to finish up our first leg of the trip with Mark. The hostel that we stayed at this time was smaller than your average MSU dorm room and it had four of us stuffed into it. Needless to say that was an experience in and of itself, but perhaps the best experience of this return to Copenhagen was the Carlsberg ...

... not cheap) and the Swedes then hall cases and cases of it back to Sweden. The castle was also really cool even though the decorations inside were a little sparse as after it was used as a castle it was used for military training. However, it still has a moat and lots of castle-like things. My favorite piece ...

... I wasn't sure I'd ever have the chance to go back and one of the girls I worked with wanted to go with me so we told the others who didn't want us to go! But I said that I had no intention of sitting around all afternoon drinking and I was heading into town and would meet them later.. I think they expected me to stay with them and do nothing. Silly people.. Haha! Anyways.. me and Billie headed into Copenhagen on our own though we didn't really know what ...