Copenhagen

Sunday 5th April – off to Copenhagen

Daz and I are awake early and try and quietly slip from cabin so Gav and Vik can keep sleeping. It’s 7am and a beautiful sunny but frosty morning.  It’s absolutely glorious – we’re so lucky to have this experience.  Ion is up too and the 3 of us do the horses.  It’s just going to be Ion and Christina on the farm until we return on Wednesday. We’re pretty sure the greenhouse build will be seriously advanced by our return because Ion has been building all of Friday and Saturday – he’s so driven he doesn’t even stop for food.

After a leisurely breakfast Christina drives us to Floby to catch the train to Copenhagen. A new adventure begins!  At Gotenburg we say farewell to Heather.  We get to Copenhagen at 2.30 and have a lovely Italian meal.  Then we walk to our hotel – it’s the ‘Wakeup Copenhagen’ which is in a great location.  We go to a few pubs including ‘The Moosehead’ where the air is thick with cigarette smoke and the barman looks like the lead singer from Dexys Midnight Runners and we keep expecting him to break into song – Come on Eileen!

 

Monday 6th April

What a glorious day.  It’s absolutely lovely.  We meet Gav and Vik in the lobby and discover Vik’s been out since 7.30 looking for coffee. She got lost and googled the Wakeup Copenhagen.  She wondered why it looked different but went to her room 237 and realised it was on a different side of the corridor.  There are 2 Wakeup hotels in Copenhagen and she’s gone to the wrong one and has to get a taxi to the right one which costs her £10!  We start the day with probably the most expensive breakfast ever.  It costs us £20.  We thought Denmark was supposed to be cheaper than Sweden!

After brekkie we visit the main attractions of Copenhagen; Rosenborg castle, the Little Mermaid, the Round Tower, Amalienborg Palace and the Marble  Church (which has the largest church dome in Scandinavia), Nyhaven (the 17th century waterfront). At each of these we collect a geocache clue.  There are 10 locations which will give us a clue to the coordinates of a cache.  Everyone’s favourite is the Round Tower originally a astronomical observatory.  At the top at 34.8 metres we can look out over Copenhagen.  The core of the tower is hollow and there’s a glass plate looking down 25metres to the bottom. We have lunch in Nyhaven on the waterfront and enjoy the sunshine.  Around 7pm Daz and I call it a day and head back to the hotel to relax (crisps n fine wine in the room!) leaving Gav and Vik to find a dinner venue.

 

Tuesday 7th April

The great weather we were expecting doesn’t materialise.  It’s overcast with a really cold wind.  Gav and Vik are suffering a little – aching from all the walking we did yesterday in shoes not as comfortable as our crocs. We continue our ‘croc’ campaign – yes I know they’re ugly but they are so comfy.  Today we want to visit Christania – the famous hippy venue in Copenhagen.  It’s resident to 1000 people but attracts 3/4 million visitors each year.  The area is only 1/3km2 on a former military barracks.  It used to be outside the laws of Copenhagen but this was considered inappropriate and political pressure resulted in a change.  There’s ‘Pusher Street’ where hash is sold openly although the dealers are sitting behind camo nets.  No photographs are allowed because hash is still illegal!!!

After Christania we visit the Danish Parliament buildings and finally Tivoli, the 2nd oldest amusement park in the world. Whilst we are standing outside debating whether to pay the £10 entrance fee a gentleman approaches us and asks us to follow him.  He then walks to the ticket counter offers his ‘Tivoli gold card’ and asks for admission for 4 guests and we’re all in.  He wishes us an enjoyable day and leaves us!!! How very bizarre!  The park is lovely and Daz and I decide to have one ride on the Demon – the rollercoster.   We’d like to do more but it’s £20 for unlimited rides.  After the park we find a pub to continue our card games!

 

Wednesday 8th April

Sadly our last day.  Today we visit Torvenhalle food market and then watch the changing of the guard at the palace and then it’s time for us to get to the train station and for Vik and Gav to get to the airport.   It’s been great seeing them and Copenhagen.

Thursday 9th April

Back to work

Daz helps Ion with the greenhouse and I do some painting and gardening.

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