Blogs from Copenhagen, Region Hovedstaden, Denmark, Europe - page 22

The next day, we were back at Heathrow again, this time, headed to Copenhagen. The flight wasn’t too long (fortunately, because the seats were SMALL!) and we were soon at the airport. The airport is quite beautiful, with these dark wood floors – how often do you see that at an airport? We got all of our luggage and found a taxi. And that’s when the trouble started. It turned out that there was a huge championship bike race holding their time trials in the center of Copenhagen (why, I don’t know). They’d blocked off most of the center of town…you know, where our hotel was. And with four big bags (hey, we had a lot of conference material!), there was no way we could walk a long distance to the hotel. So we drove. And ... read more

Bonnie and I went on a little sightseeing in Copenhagen :) We met up at Copenhagen Central Station and went to the Copenhagen Design Center. The Danish Design Centre is Denmark’s knowledge centre for design. They develop and disseminate knowledge about design and work to promote the use of strategic design in Danish companies and public sector institutions with the goal of improving the companies’ competitiveness. The primary basis for Denmark’s design policy – “DesignDanmark” – is to improve Danish companies’ value growth through an increased use of design. The ambition is to bring Denmark back into the international design elite, thus improving Denmark’s competitiveness. The Danish Design Centre plays a key role in implementing the design policy, in part through efforts and activities aimed at Danish companies. We saw an exhibition about what Danish Design ... read more

Bonnie is the Tasmanian girl, that is going to study at The Copenhagen Hospitality College for the next 3 months. Bonnie will live with the host family, Mads & Helen and all the children in Dragør, until the fall vacation begins. More updates to come - Bonnie is currently settling in at the host family, before she is going to study next week.... read more

Today is the day we started our 11-day cruise on the Baltic Sea. After eating breakfast in the concierge lounge, the four of us ventured out to explore as much of Copenhagen in 4 hours as we can. Our mission was to visit Christiania, Nyhavn, and the Little Mermaid. The weather today was in the low 60’s and a little drizzle. Jacket weather for us Southern’s. Let me tell you about Christiania. This is considered its own country (it is located within the city limits of Copenhagen) where they pay no taxes, no rental, and smoking pot is legal. Prior to the people of this country took control of this country, it served as a military barracks. At first, we circled part of the perimeter, however we sent the kids in first to explore. After about ... read more

Today was an exciting day. Our family is traveling to Copenhagen, Denmark for a cruise on Princess Cruises. When booking our trip back in November 2010, it was deciding my wife, her dad, and our two kids would travel separately because following our cruise they would spend three days in Germany visiting family history locations/sites. So my mother-in-law and I would travel separately to the cruise and return the day of the cruise ends. Continental Airlines On Wednesday we flew Continental from Houston (IAH) to Amsterdam (AMS) then on to Copenhagen, 9 hours 45 minutes. I was very fortunate to fly Business Class using mileage. What an experience in Business. The service was like nothing I have ever seen on an airline. From the minute we boarded the flight attendants made an instant connection with each ... read more