Blogs from Denmark, Europe - page 114

Geo: 55.6763, 12.5681This morning we checked out and walked towards the nearby canal and over the bridge to Christiansborg Palace. It was a very boring looking palace. We walked through and headed towards the Marble Church, once again passing Newhaven. It looked really different today compared to yesterday. Today's sunshine was a big improvement. Marble Church seemed quite small inside and quite grey. We noticed a sign that said we could climb up the dome for a small amount. It was decided that we should go up, we were here as tourists and that is what tourists do. We went up a few staircases and came to the base of the dome. We walked along the curved walkway to the other side of the dome. From up here it was a great view of the church ... read more

Friends and Family, I arrived in Copenhagen on Tuesday and have been all around the Zealand Area and even into Sweden. I met up with a couple people and travelled around Copenhagen city seeing lots of Palaces, a Fortress, Museums and even a Little Mermaid Statue (very famous due to the Hans Christian Anderson story). I caught a train up to see Fredriksborg Slot (castle), Kronborg Slot (also known as Shakespeare's Hamlet's castle), then the Karnan Tower and the Malmohus castle in Sweden. I didn't make it back over the 7.8 km Oresund bridge joining Sweden and Denmark until late in the day. Today I caught a train to Rosklide and Lejre and visited an archeolgical experimental centre, the famous Rosklide cathedral and the viking museum. The Rosklide cathedral contains the graves of all of the ... read more

In Copenhagen I didn't really get up to much at all, did tonnes of walking around the city and thats about it mostly. Just did all the touist things, museums, Princess Mary's Pallce (go Tasmanians), the old buildings and of course the Little Mermaid. Yes this is the place the little mermaid was invented and a nice walk out the city will take you to the jamed packed area with tourists (moetly Chinese) to see the statue. The most interesting Museum would have been the 'Resistance' Museum and how Denmark made there resistance durung the 2nd World War. Really we found out that all Denmarks reststance lasted two hours and the country was taken over by the Germans and during the war it was small groups just vandelising train rails, cars or factories. We had a ... read more

Ladies and Gentlemen and other well wishers, we have arrived in the wonderful CPH. We had a smooth ride getting here with no hiccups. In fact, we actually got an extra bottle of wine free of charge on the plane. Yay! After about 15 hours en route, we arrived in Copenhagen airport, caught the train into the city with no problems, and managed to get to our hostel almost two hours before we had to be there. We were exhausted, but excited to see the city, so we headed out to the Stroget, a pedestrian street lined with shops and cafes that stretches from the train station out to the canal Nyhavn. After strolling the busy streets we settled on a boat cruise to view the sites from the water. For a couple of Lauriers we ... read more

Wednesday 10th November I am now coming to you from the scenic vista of a laundrette in Aalborg, Denmark and it is absolutely chucking it down outside. I abandoned typing the blog on the ship as it got too rough. So I am sat here dackless and sockless like some wannabe Levi 501 commercial, washing everything I have. And it is pathetic - barely fills a third of a drum, which is probably some clue as to the nasty habit of clothing reuse that has been a necessity this last few days. Motorways maybe boring but they are hard to fault as a means of A-B. Once off the ferry I just rolled the bike up to 85mph and sat there and Aalborg came up quickly. Also I could duck behind the screen - I just ... read more