2nd Week in Denmark
Now we're in Copenhagen (capital of Denmark, for those who don't know!)
The first 4 days we stayed with my eldest sister, Dorthe, and her husband Jesper in Ishøj. It was a little way out of town, but of course, Europe has great public transport here! Just 15 minutes by train!
The first full day we just wandered around the city centre. We also did a canel cruise, which shows you many of the sights of Copenhagen from the water. One of the better ways to see The Little Mermaid statue (for those that don't know, that story is written by Hans Christian Anderson - a Dane). It was a beautiful day and I must say I did get a little sunburnt on the face!!! HAHA to those in the cold!! That night Dorthe and Jesper took us for a drive to the near by town of Roskilde. This is where they have a lot of the viking history. They now have a school down there where they are teaching the old arts of making viking ships and using other tools of the trade from that era. We sat at the harbour with a cup of coffee and watched one of the best sunsets I can remember seeing!!
The next day we decided that we hadn't say still since we were back in New Zealand, so we had a rest day. And boy, did we need it! We slept til about 11am, which by then, Dorthe & Jesper had left the house! We enjoyed the sun for a while and slept a bit more. We really needed the rest as we are still trying to recover from the "Contiki Cough". Nearly the whole bus was sick by the time we'd finished our 25 days on the bus. And as we hadn't had time to rest, it's been sitting with us for a couple of weeks.
So 3 nights with Dorthe & Jesper brought us up to the city centre to stay with Anja for the weekend. We moved into her university dorm with lots of flashbacks to our experiences in Student Village (university halls both Cameron and I stayed in, in Hamilton, many years ago!!) We wandered around the area near by and had some great ice cream! The best around apparently. Never really had to queue that long for ice cream before!! That evening Anja, Helle, Cam and I took a picnic dinner to the park across the road, and watched people heading to the Robbie Williams concert. 2 days of concerts and both sold out.
This brings us to Saturday. In the morning we went to my other sister's, Lise, house for brunch. What a feed!! She put on a great spread that I didn't think I'd have to eat for the rest of the day! She headed off on a trip to somewhere in Eastern Europe on Sunday morning. It was great to catch up with her, as I was beginning to wonder if we'd get time to catch up!!!
In the afternoon, Cam and I headed to an old school mate of mine from my exchange time on Bornholm (8 years ago!). Karin had searched the yellow pages looking for all our old classmates from the year I was there. She also left at the end of that year, so we both didn't really know where anyone was. And what a fantastic job she did!!! THANKS KARIN!!!! (actually, I think Mette helped too??!!) I had the best night!!!!! There were 10 of us there, which really was a perfect number, as that's how many fitted around the table, making it easy to have a conversation. We had Karin, Mette, Anne-Gro, Anne, Mathilde, Katrine, Ditte, Mathias and us. Both Katrine and Ditte are pregnant, with Ditte due next week!! Now that was great she could come! Luckily the hospital is not far away!! We chatted in the afternoon, finding out what each other had been up to for the past 8 years since we'd last seen each other. It wasn't just me catching up either - most of them had lost contact over the years (as you do). Then we had a BBQ dinner in the evening. It was a fabulous night and I'm really glad Karin made the effort to organise it all!!! MANGE TAK FOR DET!
As I update this, it's Sunday night. Today we went to the Carlsberg factory and museum. Did the tour around, which of course finished in the bar, where we got 2 free drinks. Helle met us when we got to the pub. She bought her ticket for 25kr and just came straight to the bar. For a student, that's a couple of cheap beers!!! Great stuff!! Had lunch in the park opposite before going to the Zoo for the afternoon. We managed to get through most of it before we got rain. But never fear, it was for a total of 10 minutes, then the blue sky started to come back!!! And guess what??!! They had Keas (NZ native birds for non-kiwis)!!!! I was quite shocked to see them! Didn't realise we exported them!!
Anyway, we have 2 more days in Copenhagen before we head up the country on our way to the ferry to Norway. Keep up those emails and don't forget to sign my guestbook!!!!!! I'll be back before you know it!!!
The first 4 days we stayed with my eldest sister, Dorthe, and her husband Jesper in Ishøj. It was a little way out of town, but of course, Europe has great public transport here! Just 15 minutes by train!
The first full day we just wandered around the city centre. We also did a canel cruise, which shows you many of the sights of Copenhagen from the water. One of the better ways to see The Little Mermaid statue (for those that don't know, that story is written by Hans Christian Anderson - a Dane). It was a beautiful day and I must say I did get a little sunburnt on the face!!! HAHA to those in the cold!! That night Dorthe and Jesper took us for a drive to the near by town of Roskilde. This is where they have a lot of the viking history. They now have a school down there where they are teaching the old arts of making viking ships and using other tools of the trade from that era. We sat at the harbour with a cup of coffee and watched one of the best sunsets I can remember seeing!!
The next day we decided that we hadn't say still since we were back in New Zealand, so we had a rest day. And boy, did we need it! We slept til about 11am, which by then, Dorthe & Jesper had left the house! We enjoyed the sun for a while and slept a bit more. We really needed the rest as we are still trying to recover from the "Contiki Cough". Nearly the whole bus was sick by the time we'd finished our 25 days on the bus. And as we hadn't had time to rest, it's been sitting with us for a couple of weeks.
So 3 nights with Dorthe & Jesper brought us up to the city centre to stay with Anja for the weekend. We moved into her university dorm with lots of flashbacks to our experiences in Student Village (university halls both Cameron and I stayed in, in Hamilton, many years ago!!) We wandered around the area near by and had some great ice cream! The best around apparently. Never really had to queue that long for ice cream before!! That evening Anja, Helle, Cam and I took a picnic dinner to the park across the road, and watched people heading to the Robbie Williams concert. 2 days of concerts and both sold out.
This brings us to Saturday. In the morning we went to my other sister's, Lise, house for brunch. What a feed!! She put on a great spread that I didn't think I'd have to eat for the rest of the day! She headed off on a trip to somewhere in Eastern Europe on Sunday morning. It was great to catch up with her, as I was beginning to wonder if we'd get time to catch up!!!
In the afternoon, Cam and I headed to an old school mate of mine from my exchange time on Bornholm (8 years ago!). Karin had searched the yellow pages looking for all our old classmates from the year I was there. She also left at the end of that year, so we both didn't really know where anyone was. And what a fantastic job she did!!! THANKS KARIN!!!! (actually, I think Mette helped too??!!) I had the best night!!!!! There were 10 of us there, which really was a perfect number, as that's how many fitted around the table, making it easy to have a conversation. We had Karin, Mette, Anne-Gro, Anne, Mathilde, Katrine, Ditte, Mathias and us. Both Katrine and Ditte are pregnant, with Ditte due next week!! Now that was great she could come! Luckily the hospital is not far away!! We chatted in the afternoon, finding out what each other had been up to for the past 8 years since we'd last seen each other. It wasn't just me catching up either - most of them had lost contact over the years (as you do). Then we had a BBQ dinner in the evening. It was a fabulous night and I'm really glad Karin made the effort to organise it all!!! MANGE TAK FOR DET!
As I update this, it's Sunday night. Today we went to the Carlsberg factory and museum. Did the tour around, which of course finished in the bar, where we got 2 free drinks. Helle met us when we got to the pub. She bought her ticket for 25kr and just came straight to the bar. For a student, that's a couple of cheap beers!!! Great stuff!! Had lunch in the park opposite before going to the Zoo for the afternoon. We managed to get through most of it before we got rain. But never fear, it was for a total of 10 minutes, then the blue sky started to come back!!! And guess what??!! They had Keas (NZ native birds for non-kiwis)!!!! I was quite shocked to see them! Didn't realise we exported them!!
Anyway, we have 2 more days in Copenhagen before we head up the country on our way to the ferry to Norway. Keep up those emails and don't forget to sign my guestbook!!!!!! I'll be back before you know it!!!
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