Blogs from Denmark, Europe - page 17

After a great breakfast at the Scandic Hotel I was ready to explore the town whilst at the same time tracking down some of the buildings and main features from the TV series 'The Bridge'. First on my agenda was to find the building that was the police station in the show. This mission took me on a 20 minute walk through the town but I was able to find it, after ducking for cover when the rain came pounding down! After this rain shower the skies cleared and it was a beautiful day. After taking a few photos I headed back to the old town to check out of the hotel. I left my luggage in storage and my next mission was to walk to the Strand Hotel where Saga (the main female character) stayed ... read more

Bonjour à tous, Un grand MERCI, à tous ceux qui m'ont encouragés à continuer ce blog. Merci. Journée des surprises, aujourd'hui. Mauvaises et d'agréables. Depuis le départ, je ne fais pas vraiment de bonnes nuits. En Allemagne, comme ici au Danemark, pas de draps, uniquement une couette, qui est pliée sur le lit lorsque la chambre est faite. Je passe mes nuits, qui sont assez fraîches à courir après cette couette, ce qui fait que j'ai plein de micros réveils, et ce matin, je me suis réveillé en retard à 7h30. Je voulais partir plus tôt. Rien de grave. Depuis que j'ai quitté la France, soit environ 1500km, les autoroutes sont gratuites, mais ce matin pour accéder à l’île de Sjeeland où se trouve Copenhague, il y à un pont sur la mer de 24 km, ... read more

It was early afternoon as our flight approached Copenhagen. We had left Rome behind a few hours earlier, and with it some sweltering weather, or so we thought. Apparently most of Europe was experiencing a heatwave, and Denmark was no exception. My brother Shawn had been to Copenhagen just last year, while my last visit was four years ago. Not too shabby considering the previous time before that had been about seventeen years. I've always loved visiting Copenhagen, and I really think this could be one of my favourite cities on this planet (from those that I've visited). I was excited to see how this visit would unfold. We touched down and then quickly exited the airport. We then took the train towards the central train station. Ronny, our uncle, has been living in Denmark twenty ... read more

Does Size Matter? Tuesday.After a good sleep, I was disappointed to find that the water was only tepid for my shower! The water heater seems to be having an off day.We were on the road by 9.30 having paid our €3 parking charge and off loaded the waste water.The motorway is still boring, but the miles are flying past and were soon at the border and cross into Germany where the motorways continue to be monotonous! We have a coffee break late morning and lunch about one and a half hours later. A German lady asked us if she could take a photo of our Dream Catcher name, she like to collect pictures of interesting stickers. She told us that she was travelling to Denmark in her more regular camper.More miles covered at a good rate ... read more

I have to apologise to my public for being a bit sporadic. It has been gruelling over the last couple of weeks, but now I make a sincere promise to update the blog daily. Today we fly from Casablanca to Copenhagen which is certainly a day of extremes. $10 for a taxi to Casablanca airport, $200 for a taxi to our hotel. $100 for dinner including wine and $2000 for dinner including wine. The day commences without a hitch. We fly Finnair to Copenhagen without an incident and very little turbulence. We arrive late at our hotel which is on the Nyham canal which is one of the prettiest. They have set up Christmas markets along the canal and I'm not sure if it's for tourists or the locals, as there are plenty of both. Finally ... read more