http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Denmark/Region-Hovedstaden/Copenhagen/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Denmark , Region Hovedstaden , Copenhagen en-us Sat, 12 Dec 09 02:24:23 +0000 Sat, 12 Dec 09 02:24:23 +0000 Oh what a beautiful fairytale like citySo after spending a night in London Naomi and I caught an early plane to Copenhagen and we were lucky to spend time with Karin and Jimmy who were our gracious hosts tour guides chefs baristas chauffeurs and translators. We were spoilt We visited the Botanical Gardens and Statens Museum for Kunst National Gallery of Art before spending the evening a http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Denmark/Region-Hovedstaden/Copenhagen/blog-457533.html Its either all gone terribly wrong or its all making perfect sense. Deciding between the two is the very difficult part. I've gone from devastated to calm tonight. I found a perfect recipe here httpblog.fatfreevegan.com200602frenchlentilandportabellastew.html I love this blog and recommend it to everyone. She's completely incredible. As I was waiting for the soup to simmer I poured myse http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Denmark/Region-Hovedstaden/Copenhagen/blog-456538.html After Paree i parted from my fellow travellers and flew on up to Copenhagen. And i would be greeted at the airport by someone whom i had never met but would be staying with for a week. This person was Karen. A dear friend of Tiffany's whom knew her from her stay in England a few years back. I arrived in Copenhagen at the same time as 3 plane loads of soldiers returning from the middle east. So the http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Denmark/Region-Hovedstaden/Copenhagen/blog-453978.html Hi GuysWell it's taken me a while to write this seeing as i've had no internet at home but I thought it should still be done as i've managed to record every other trip i've done so here goes..Annie and I left Gatwick on Friday night and after a 2 hour flight arrived in Denmark. We got the train to Andorra then two buses out to where we thought our Hostel was. We had a lovely old Danish Man obvio http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Denmark/Region-Hovedstaden/Copenhagen/blog-450453.html Woah ok I kind of fell off the radar a bit there... There is no way that I could condense all of the things I've been doing down into one entry so instead I present to you a picture dump. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Denmark/Region-Hovedstaden/Copenhagen/blog-449376.html Yesterday I went for a bit of an explore from Christianshavn Metro station to the Opera House Operaen. Found this really weird abandon piece of land not too far from the station. Saw some woman come out of the gates and thought that it might be a cut through. It had a piano that had been painted complete with keys and lid. Lots of things that had been abandoned. Think it might have had some min http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Denmark/Region-Hovedstaden/Copenhagen/blog-448423.html As we woke up in our fantastic apartment it was very bright outside. There is not much darkness here because Denmark is so far north. The apartment that we rented was a two bedroom apartment which was perfect for us. Eric and I shared a small bedroom with blinds but poor Adam had to sleep out on the sofa with no blinds covering the window. We started out the day by eating a wonderful fruit br http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Denmark/Region-Hovedstaden/Copenhagen/blog-445308.html Finally a Vacation Eric and I have been working nonstop since August and were very ready for a vacation. We woke up very early Saturday morning to take the long plane ride across the ocean. Of coarse we could not sleep on the plane who can and ended up watching movie after movie. We arrived safely with our entire luggage at 9am Denmark time. Although we were very happy http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Denmark/Region-Hovedstaden/Copenhagen/blog-445289.html Had my first full week at work and really enjoying it. Lunch is taken about 11.30am some people in my department have gone down at 11.15am. As you can imagine by 4pm Irsquom starving Therersquos a system for going around the canteen which I didnrsquot really get. But luckily I found the colour coded map to assist me in future lunchings. Im using the the menu to try and add some more words http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Denmark/Region-Hovedstaden/Copenhagen/blog-444446.html A quick recap of October 2 The Olympic committee met in Copenhagen on Friday to decide which candidate city would be the host in 2016. The candidates were Tokyo Chicago Rio de Janeiro and Madrid. This is why Obamas and Oprah were in town. The Danes really like Pres. Obama. His arrival was the only thing on the news Friday morning and my cousins were almost late for school because they wanted http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Denmark/Region-Hovedstaden/Copenhagen/blog-443750.html The usual tea granola bar banana breakfast got us out the door by 830. Bus 5A picked us up outside the CabInn and the driver told us he would show us where to get off for Assistens Cemetery present home of Hans Christian Andersen. Kind of a scruffy recent immigrant end of town the cemetery looked like a well kept park. Really interesting stones usually in family groups open spaces trees http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Denmark/Region-Hovedstaden/Copenhagen/blog-442666.html Day 5 September 5 The forecast for the day Rain and it did. We walked to the convenience store and retrieved our bottle deposit. The clerk had to run a price check for the customer in front of me by calling on his cell phone. To check out and pay for 6 items took 5 minutes while I nervously looked out the window hoping our every 10 minute bus did not pass. It didn't. At the stop 8 other pe http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Denmark/Region-Hovedstaden/Copenhagen/blog-442655.html Picture this. A place where people are all extremely proper polite and almost distant to the point of seeming a little cold but polite nonetheless. It took the city of Boston hours of nonstop scraping scrubbing and painting to make Brigham Circle look presentable enough to host the president and hoards dignitaries for Ted Kennedy's funeral. In Scandinavia however Norway especially crews o http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Denmark/Region-Hovedstaden/Copenhagen/blog-442582.html Day 4 September 4th The next morning the front desk girl told us to take bus 26 to Den Lille HavfruTiny Topless TrollopFine Fishy FemaleThe Little Mermaid. The driver responded 20 minutes when asked how far we had to travel from the City Hall Square bus stand. We got off the bus at a circle walked a ways before asking a lady where Lille Miss Havfru sunned herself. She pointed where she http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Denmark/Region-Hovedstaden/Copenhagen/blog-442416.html Day 3 September 3rd 2009 We checked out and the desk clerk asked with feigned sincerity How was your stay. I answered Except for the people yelling all night in the street it was fine. She looked shocked and I'm sure will remedy the situation that's sarcasm. After a perfect 70 degree clear blue sky day yesterday this one started wet and wild as we walked to the train station. The http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Denmark/Region-Hovedstaden/Copenhagen/blog-442409.html FridayToday was the date of the announcement of the host city of the 2016 Olympics. I headed over to the Rdhuspladsen The Town Square which is outside the town hall where the presentations were taking place. A massive stage had been built and as part of the Olympic festival some kids were doing a demonstration of wrestling on it. Also in the square was a BMX track TV studios and a bar which w http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Denmark/Region-Hovedstaden/Copenhagen/blog-442047.html This week has been especially eventful in Kbenhavn. Wednesday I had an exclusive tour of the royal palace Amalienborg with my Copenhagen History and Current Issues class. Because President Obama was coming I saw the Royal Tabledresser preparing the luncheon for Obama and the Queen. I toured the citadel with them also. Thursday my Irish friends and I went to the concerts at Rdhusplasen for http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Denmark/Region-Hovedstaden/Copenhagen/blog-441758.html It's been a while since I've written a travel blog about 4 years ago when I travelled around Australia and New Zealand.Here I am in 2009 in Copenhagen for a 6 month secondment. Im going to be based in the centre but going to try and get around Denmark and Sweden as much I can at weekends. Left the UK at 1010 this morning via the newish Terminal 5 and had a bit of a bumpy descent into Copenhagen http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Denmark/Region-Hovedstaden/Copenhagen/blog-441291.html Back in Copenhagen this morning our first Baltic Sea cruise completed. So many memories St. Petersburg is absolutely amazing and many times itrsquos hard to express in words what we saw. Russian nobility sure knew how to live the rich and opulent lifestyle. Roxie I and Judy Rodger moved all our stuff to our new cabins just a few doors down. We had 4 cabins in a row Roxie I Barb http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Denmark/Region-Hovedstaden/Copenhagen/blog-440157.html Got up packed ate breakfast and took a taxi to the ship. We wanted the driver to take us by the Little Mermaid so I could get pictures from the front as the canal pictures show her backside. However he didn understand us and must have thought when we said Mermaid that the ship was named Mermaid as we went straight to the port. We were on board by 121230 p.m. Grab a bite to eat at the b http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Denmark/Region-Hovedstaden/Copenhagen/blog-438465.html