Copenhagen

Monday

We flew in and grabbed our bags so it was off to find our hotel. We jumped on the train from the airport to central station and from there we worked out that it was a simple walk of about 20 mins to the hotel. This would have been the case had we been heading to the correct street. It seems in Copenhagen there are 2 streets in the city with the exact same name. Oh well at least it was around lunch time so it gave is a chance to see a bit of the city and work out what we wanted to come back and see once we had checked in.

The hotel was OK and Copenhagen overall is OK. A little on the expensive side but I knew that was the case when coming to Scandinavia. We jumped on a Rickshaw in the main town square and the guy took us around parliament house, down by the river, past the Tivoli Gardens and amusement park (the park which Disneyland was based on) and to a few other buildings. We finished up along Hans Christian Andersen Boulevard.

On arriving back at our room we discovered there was a blackout but as soon as we thought about going back out it all came back on again.

Open small gripe about Denmark is a lot of the restaurants don't take Visa/Mastercard/Amex, instead they only take a Danish Credit Card called a DK. Nice an inconvenient but cash always work so where there's a will there's a way.

Tuesday

We had seen a lot of the city that we wanted to yesterday so we decided to catch a train to Malmo in Sweden. It is only 15kms from Copenhagen so nice and close and we get to chalk off another country. It has rained all day so we jumped on the train and on arriving in Malmo headed straight for the Malmo Caste to get the sight seeing out of the way while there was only a light drizzle. Wouldn't recommend going to see it as it's not that impressive. There is a better time to be had in the main city square. Full of restaurants but today it also had the circus in town so there is plenty to do.

We jumped back on the train to Copenhagen after lunch and we're now sitting in the hotel looking out at the wet wet streets contemplating going out for tea some where nice and warm.

Tomorrow it's off to Berlin for a couple of nights then we start the long journey home. Here's to another great trip. Bring on Germany!!!