Wednesday, August 8, 2007

Copenhagen, Demark


I took the overnight train from Berlin to Malmo, Sweden. The train is loaded on a large ferry in the middle of the night and taken across the Baltic Sea. It was very early when I arrived in Malmo, so I was able to see some of the town before checking into my hotel. I was lucky enough to get a 4-star hotel for $60. It's great staying in the nice hotels because they will do whatever you want. So I gave them my 10 postcards to mail, free postage and no worries. I did make the mistake of saying I wanted yogurt with my breakfast in the morning so I had cereal with yogurt, no milk.
I took the train into Copenhagen for the day. I wasn't too impressed with Copenhagen. It was too expensive. It may have been a different experience if I visited earlier in my trip. Everyone told me how great it is but I didn't see anything that stood out from the other places I visited. I actually liked Malmo, Sweden more.

The buildings were very impressive and along the north coast of Western Europe the rivers and canals are really great in every place I visited. In Copenhagen they have hundreds of free city bikes you can use but unfortunately none were available when I was there. I guess they go fast. I really wanted one because my knee was still in a lot of pain. I moved slowly around the city.

In many spots it was very peaceful and quiet.

This is the Denmark Parliament building. It was very small, probably because it's a very small country.


When I visited the palace above, there weren't very many people there. At one point I was the only person inside except the armed guards. Through the entrance above was a large town square that was almost empty and surrounded by the palace buildings.

This was the city hall in downtown Malmo, Sweden.

2 comments:

Jonathan said...

Looks like a pretty nice quient city. Were there any people there? I don't see many in the pictures.

Anonymous said...

You've captured the area at the best time of day, when the light is low and the streets are not littered with people. I didn't have that choice. We were there around noon, and there were people everywhere, along with poor lighting.

I also had problems walking due to a total knee and hip replacement. So my husband signed us up for a tour of the harbor sights. We left the tour in New Harbor and explored a few places on foot with me in a wheel chair.
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