Blogs from Region Sjælland, Denmark, Europe - page 12

Europe » Denmark » Region Sjælland May 15th 2005

Well, since Rachel and I did our whirlwind tour of Copenhagen on Friday, on Saturday we decided to take a brief trip up north to Helsingor where Kronborg Castle (also known as Hamlet's Castle) is (get it? Helsingor= Shakespeare's Elsinore!). Anyway, my English-major geekiness came into full force as we toured the place, but things like that do happen. But to start, Saturday morning the day looked kind of gray, so Rachel and I got off to a slow start. Not to mention that I was still relatively worn out from the day before, despite at least eight hours' rest. So, we didn't take the bus/train up north until after lunch, but I didn't mind because we were having so much fun anyway and, heck, I was in Denmark! By the time we arrived at Helsingor, ... read more

and now i have seen the original Zealand

Europe » Denmark » Region Sjælland » Roskilde July 20th 2003

claveles

On Saturday Beng and I went out for one last day of expoloration (for me, at least) of Copenhagen. Fist stop was back at the Christianborg Palace to checkout the basment wich contanains pieces of the 2 previous castles and 2 previous palace that haev stood on that point. mad cool, but dark. The weather was perfect, and after another fanatastic sandwich of smoked salmon and avacado we headed to Christianhaven (a neighborhood on the other side of the water) and climbed a church tower with the spiral stairs on the outside of the builidng. A neat twist you could say. I had to go to Christinia, as social expereiment dating from the 1960's where a bunch of hippies were squatters and mad a self suffienct community out of it. Lots of hash being sold on ... read more

Roskilde - not the Festival Though

Europe » Denmark » Region Sjælland » Roskilde July 10th 2003

Roskilde Cathederal

Ali

After meeting so many people who had been to the Roskilde festival I was destined to go there. Also and more importantly my friend Lizette lived there. I met Lizette in Xela, Guatemala at the Spanish school. The month or so around the time I had spent in Guatemala had been some of the best times of my life. Lizette was one of the people that made it so good and I was really looking forward to seeing her again. There is always some trepidation when meeting a friend again - especially when it's a friend that you've only known in one set of circumstances and in this case one country. But it was great - we got on really well, which I had known we would all along. So Roskilde, from the tourist perspective. Charming ... read more

A day in the life of a strawberry picker...

Europe » Denmark » Region Sjælland June 28th 2003

Silver_Sheep

Today is Saturday 28th June. We have been here for 18 days now, and boy oh boy has it been the hardest 18 days of our lives!!! So, a day in the life of a strawberry picker goes like this... Wake up at 5am! Get up, have something to eat. Put on funny little yellow overalls to protect our clothes from strawberry stains. Walk 5 minutes in the lovely yellow suit to the strawberry field ... the song gets kinda tedious after 10 straight days of this!;o) As we arrive at the field somebody lets a big fart rip and the field explodes with a sea of black birds flying away, the little feckers love strawberries!!! Grab the picking equipment, which consists of a bucket to hold the picking box, then the picking box and then ... read more

Strawberry fields forever...

Europe » Denmark » Region Sjælland June 12th 2003

Silver_Sheep

So, here we are in Denmark … we've been here a week now and oh my god, how expensive is everything!!! A banana costs 50 pence in the train station and mars bar 90 pence and a can of coke 1 pound 10 pence!!! .. but wait for it ... a kitkat is 1 pound 50 pence!!!!! but we were told to expect that in copenhagen, everywhere else the prices are slightly more than the UK but not too bad, we hope! We got what is called a s-train from copenhagen to solrød strand, and then a bus that runs every hour to Naurbjergvej(go on then say the name!;o) ... it's pronounced ... Now bear, basically, well i think it's like that, haha! And this is where we are staying, on a massive farm with ... read more

Brief history of Denmark

Once the seat of Viking raiders and later a major north European power, Denmark has evolved into a modern, prosperous nation that is participating in the general political and economic integration of Europe. It joined NATO in 1949 and the EEC (now th...more history

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