Blogs from Copenhagen, Region Hovedstaden, Denmark, Europe - page 67

a warm hello to everyone from way up north. =) i am in denmark and have officially started classes. i was in london for a few days before arriving here and had an amazing time. my professor hooked lisa and i up with a place to stay. we were very lucky to stay at such a beautiful place and pay almost nothing. my initial arrival in london was kinda confusing. we were able to take the express train from the airport, then get on the tube (underground train) and finally get off in the area my prof had told us to. from there, we got lost. after walking for about 20 minutes with a medium-sized suitcase, a daypack, and a backpack it was just a sign of things to come as far as the walking and ... read more

Background Thinking back, this is essentially where this travel blog begins, at least for me. The blog's original focus was to be on the nine months or so of floating about the US, the Caribbean, and for the most part, Latin America - but the real picture would then be incomplete. I had earlier in the year (of 2006) finished a secondment from a British company to develop software for a Danish company (the customer being a well-known Korean mobile phone company - business trips and Kareoke included). But that job was only temporary and used to pay for a Big Trip to Somewhere after having completed, in 2005, a thing called an EngD via University College London; that took me six years whilst holding down a full-time job or two, so I was burning for ... read more

Geo: 55.6763, 12.5681Hurray the Weather is 30 degrees here this week - otherwise its like home in summer, but it was cool the Irish people have a great balcony & are our neighbours so spent about 9 hours sitting out & drinking on Saturday. Otherwise June was all work & all world cup. Work was mad as we had a 'go-live' (i.e. loads new software in production) but at least I can get massages in work regularly (a physio comes in - lovely girl called Eva ). Have been for a few pedicures, hot stone massages, wraps etc. in the local 5 star hotel too - mainly cause they can talk english & take international credit cards. The have the 'dkk card' here that's like our laser only it's attached to the visa card & not ... read more

A few pictures of Roskilde the festival, just to give an impression. There will be more when I have the time to post it. ... read more

Day 50: Week 8: Sunday 25th. June 2006: Rainy: With a place so quiet one becomes very aware of the music coming from the wheels of cases as they trundle along uneven ground and pavements, moreso when one is walking to the train at an early time on a Sunday morning. A stroll through the mall before boarding the "fast" train though it still took 7 hours as the tracks buckle at 20C. We met some pleasant people on the train but unfortunately we were in a smokers carriage no other choice and by the time we got to Copenhagen we literally reeked of smoke. So many people smoke here, even at the hostel. The hostel was a fair way out of town, quite nice and not too far from transport. We went into town ... read more