Denmark So Far

This is our first time in Denmark. If you had asked me what Denmark is famous for, I would have said: Lego, Neils Bohr, a hippy commune in Copenhagen, pastries and Nicholas Copernicus. But I would have been wrong: the danish was created by Viennese bakers and Copernicus was a Pole.

Our first impressions are the countryside is pretty and litter free, properties are well maintained, and the people are nice with a PC mindset. The villages are gone, instead we have towns spread apart and suburban tract housing. The pensions have been replaced by B&B's and hotels and they are expensive. Seriously, except for the weather, we could be in California.

Nonetheless, Demark is a beautiful country and a great place to ride a bike.

Photos: 1) the Baltic; 2) old inscribed rock that is a national treasure; 3) stone bridge circa 900 AD; 4) outrunning the weather: 5) topiary.Read more