Blogs from Copenhagen, Region Hovedstaden, Denmark, Europe - page 14

Day 63 – Copenhagen - Denmark A travel day today. We drove out of Berlin, had lunch in a car park and boarded our ferry to Denmark. We are staying in cute little cabins at a camping ground and enjoying some al fresco dining. Reminds me of school camp. After an awesome dinner by our TopDeck chef we had a quick drive around Copenhagen so that we had our bearings for an explore day tomorrow. We got off the bus once to go check out the Little Mermaid statue. Day 64 – Copenhagen Today was all about Copenhagen. We got dropped off in town at 10:00am and weren’t getting picked up again until 8:30pm. We had a bit of a shop to start with to get our ... read more

Forget about trying to pronounce anything in Danish 'cos it will invariably sound nothing like what it is meant to. But that's ok, because the locals all understand and speak English and can usually work out what you are looking for. We arrived here on a Saturday morning and were delighted to learn that the Copenhagen Jazz Festival was in "full swing". Bigger names, like Branford Marsalis, were playing in the larger indoor venues, but the general public could listen to trad, modern, dixie, cool jazz bands at various squares during the day and evening. Mainly folks our age and older eating and drinking or just standing around listening - good atmosphere and entertainment. Running parallel to the Jazz festival, on the weekend, was the Roskilde music festival for the younger set - we saw some ... read more

Eindelijk in Kopenhagen aangekomen na een wel zeer vermoeiende en tegenslagrijkerit. Maandagavond laat, vol goede moed, vertroken om via oost-nederland (regio enschede) de grens met duitsland te bereiken. Een eerste korte nacht hielden we halt op een parking nabij Salzbergen. Het was een ordinaire duitse truckersparking waar we ons met ons caravannetje tussen plaatsten. 's ochtends na een snelle hap en een snelle was vertrokken we snel richting noorden in de hoop dat we voor het vallen van de avond Kopenhagen nog konden bereiken. Op enkele kleine ongemakken na (frigo die niet werkte, usb stick die de muziek niet liet afspelen, waaghalsen die zo snel voorbijreden zodat de caravan bijna begon te slingeren) verteerden we de eerste honderden kilometers bijhoorlijk goed. Een snelle hap en enkele korte stops zorgden ervoor dat we rond 16h30 de deense ... read more

That thing was HUGE. Like, gigantic. The plane, I mean. We were awed with the number of people waiting at the boarding room, as well as the long queue. Wow. This A380-800 really can take up to 800 people? And it’s almost filled up. Can’t see any empty seat. I wonder how many of these people got the 40% discount that we got though. It’s all started when my friend D told me there’s a Lufthansa discount. It’s like almost half off. I was tossing and turning. I knew I’ve always wanted a spring trip with my hubby. But I’m not so sure whether both of us can get the visa, considering the fiasco several years back. The discount only until certain dates though, where time wise we’re not eligible yet to apply for visa (it’s ... read more

What better way to start a Danish adventure then with a six hour bus ride from Hamburg to Copenhagen (also included a 45min ferry trip across the sea!) The German autobahn on a good day can be challenging but on a day like today cars, trucks and the bus alike spent more time slipping and drifting then driving with haste. A dangerous trip when the roads are covered in dirt and snow, with more snow falling by the minute. Arriving here in Copenhagen one thinks of fairytales and kings and queens, where Vikings once roamed and of Carlsberg beer. It is that and much more! The icy Scandinavian cold winds blew through the city all day, with the temperature dropping often into the minuses and giving us a new blanket of snow fall. This adventure called ... read more