Youth Hostel Sundets Parla Helsingborg

... when it starts just a sprinkle of snow... you can stay there all afternoon watching the boats floating and bobbing in the cannel as if they were all dancing to the same tune... København... and as you walk home you can stop by the outdoor ice skating rink for a laugh or the completion of a perfect afternoon. The midnight sun, the snowbound winters, meatballs, herring, Vikings and Volvos, ABBA - whatever your pre-existing notions about Sweden may be ...

... for all the senses with street stalls selling wonderful little pastry and hot coco and buildings that make you think you stepped back in time to a world straight from your dreams!! Back to reality though so I did some food shopping as well but couldn't understand most of the packaging. The language confuses me like crazy (the Danes thought it would be funny to add three additional vowels to the alphabet even though they don't pronounce half ...

... s primary objective should be the creation of happiness rather than wealth. One prominent UK politician argued this past year "It's time we admitted that there's more to life than money, and it's time we focused not just on GDP, but on GWB - general well-being." For a map taking into account human impact http://www.happyplanetindex.org/map.htm

... for cooling. There were projects in places as small as Nuuk, Greenland and as large as Shanghai, China. All tried to incorporate elements of beauty, community, and sustainability. The United States was nowhere to be found among the many projects and sadly, we had the sense that the world is passing us by. (Seven years after 9/11, Ground Zero remains stalled.) Is the War in Iraq costing us our own development?

... playing music for a good hour. We were supposed to depart at 9PM. However, the crew decided to change route and go though the Kiel Canal in Germany. This would save us time on our way to Antwerp, so we did not leave until 4AM. Eventually, the ship made an announcement telling the people waiting outside. We felt really bad for them, but it was amazing how welcoming the Danish people are. It was really amazing to see the town outside our ship.

... in Copenhagen. All over the city there are free bikes available to the public. Just put a 20 Kronen coin in the slot to unlock the bike. As long as you return the bike to another one of the City Bike racks, you get your 20 Kronen back. They were blue and heavy and only one speed, but they were faster than walking. Continently, there was a rack located near our hostel so no matter where we picked one up, we could return it near home. I crossed the river to the Christianshavn district ...

My time in Copenhagen is flying by! I feel like I just got here and this is already my last weekend here. I'm trying to get as much as I can under my belt before departing for the UK. I've done my fair share of walking around the downtown area which with Denmarks chilly winds hasn't been the best at times. But i've seen a good portion of the city and seen some strange things that i'm sure are exclusive to Denmark: 1. Danish ...

... cartoonist/musician/sculptor/photograph er who oftentimes makes obscure and humorous pieces, and while his drawing style isn't especially technically refined there exists a certain resonance within his work that transcends the superficial borders of tone, colour and shape. What a great sentence, I should be an art critic or a Sentence Maker. Seriously though, it was a very enjoyable exhibition and it was refreshing to see some alternative ...

... built with a spiral ramp, which I think is much more characteristic of Middle Eastern architecture. Since the ramp was so shallow, it takes a rather long time to go to the top. Luckily the old library has been converted into an art gallery with changing exhibitions. This exhibition was about African clothes designers, popular artists, and architecture firms working on low cost sustainable housing ...

Had safe and good flight on Thursday from JFK to Reykjavik then on to Copenhagen. From the stories we have heard we were lucky as many of the others were caught in the bad weather and experienced flight delays.. Arrived at our hotel at about 6:45AM , they invited these two wearie travelers to enjoy breakfast and readied our room early for us by 9:30 AM ...