Wittrup Motel Copenhagen

I arrived in Copenhagen at 7 or so in the morning and the town was just starting to get going. After checking the time tables to see when I could grab a train to Hamburg I went to buy a ticket but of course I wasn't able to because here in Europe, or at least Denmark, when you use your credit card you need your pin number. We don’t use pin numbers for our credit cards in the US and the exchange bank didn’t open for a few hours so ...

... I think, and is thriving today. You're not supposed to take pictures in there, so I respected their wishes and didn't take any. It was very beautiful inside though. Neat cobblestone streets, some cafes, and there was a TIbetan shrine you could go in and meditate. There were street vendors and parks for people to sit around and picnic in, and people playing music on violin and stand-up bass. I went for a long walk around the lake afterwards ...

... a bit of exploring on our own, quickly discovering that Copenhagen is one of the most expensive cities in Europe.  We had changed money on the ship but discovered we didn't even have enough to buy lunch.  So we had a refreshment at a cafe, did some people watching and then headed back to our ship.

It was so interesting to be in a country where the color of my hair didn't make me stick out like a sore thumb.  Lots of white blondes here. 

Tomorrow on to Germany.

... Shroget. The Shroget is a walking street a little more that a half mile long; full of people and shops of clothing, theaters, small restaurants and even small stores like 7-11 stores. Window shopping and walking among the shoppers would bring us thru the Shroget and onto the City Hall Square. There on the side of the square stood the large and ornate Copenhagen City Hall. It was a massive square that was full of milling people shopping, going to the Tivoli ...

... out halfway decent. After we did our shopping, we continued to walk around in the frigidly cold weather. We were so cold from taking so many pictures, that we went into an old opera house to try and warm up. We stayed there for about ten minutes and then met up with Melissa's friend Linda once more. When she arrived, we took a few more photos, went into Magazine. We then continued to walk around some more, went to the Museum of Erotica, and then met up with her ...

Computer og internet er kommet til Etiopien, men det er fortsat ustabile modemopkald. Derfor er det først blevet til en kort beretning efter hjemkomsten. Mens det hele er friskt og ikke helt faldet p ...

... might have embarrassed the couple in a cute way. I will leave the details of the event to Mike Mason's video taping. =) BTW, the other note about this Midsummer Nights Eve is that fact that the sun does not set until 10pm-ish. Can you believe that? And the sun rises about 3:30-4am. It is totally crazy to look out the window and see so much light in a day. This is just not Sweden....all the Scandinavian ...

... they celebrate Easter on Thursday and the holiday continues all the way through Monday there. The day today was Thursday. I located the tourist info point which directed me to the only affordable hostel in Denmark, which equals out to fifty US dollars a night. Denmark is known for being a very expensive country, in fact all of Scandinavia is known for this little fact. I found my hostel, got myself a room and set out for the city. Sure enough the ...

... After all the ride fun we at the Chinese restaurant there and discovered that food in Denmark is very expensive. We called it a night and headed back to our hotel. The next morning we set out on a walking tour of our own creation. We started at the Rathaus and the square around it. This was a very cool area because all the buildings had advertisements on them, but not the cumbersome billboards just little light up signs. This made it so the adverts didn´t take away ...

... slower and heard the gears clunk down. However, to give the guy credit we did arrive and in much shorter time than if we had walked. Unfortunately, the shops had closed hours earlier - any concessions to later-night shopping we clearly not something for the weekend. This resulted in a slight change of plans and a need to delay our departure to Sweden. To console ourselves we went out clubbing Saturday night reaching our chosen venue shortly after midnight - Vega. Multiple ...