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    • Day 28

      The Return to Denmark aka The Clean Up

      July 25, 2023 in Denmark ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C

      92km 🚗 & 🇸🇪 🚢 🇩🇰

      A practical domestic / auto day: Taking apart my car camping equipment and dropping it off in various places en route to Copenhagen 🇩🇰

      It felt a bit undercover as there were several places I "made a drop" as if trying to make it tricky to track me ... 🕵️‍♀️

      Not to mention negotiations with Danish petrol stations - you have to put your bank card in first and tell them how many liters you wish to purchase. If you end up purchasing less they refund the difference. This was not written anywhere and the party at the pump cycled through the information too quickly for my Google translate 🫣

      Ended up having to find a second petrol station as the first one was waiting on replacement parts for their car wash 🙄

      A drink on the rooftop bar was a great way to relax into the evening before joining other travelers for the hostel taco night: 2x Sweden, 1x France, 1x Germany and 2x Australia, 1x NZ. I was the oldest by a good 20yrs 😆
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    • Day 11

      Copen-HEY-gen

      September 14, 2023 in Denmark ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C

      Today we awoke to the sounds of construction under our level on the ferry, but thankfully the top bunk didn't collapse. We pulled ourselves out of bed and enjoyed an all you can eat breakfast, where Phill singlehandedly ate more danish pastries then there are Danish citizens.

      After debarkation, we started exploring immediately, our first stop Kastellet - a star shaped 17th century fortress with ramparts and a museum. After getting distracted with some other sites we then made it to Amalienborg, which is made up of four identical rococo buildings that have made up the royal Family's residence since 1794. At this time we'd been hiking around with our packs on for 4 hours and we were ready for a break, so we headed to our hostel and dropped the bags in a locker before heading to a walking tour. Politically incorrect walking tours was the name of the walk, and it was 1.5 hours of our tour guide Thor (his name translated to English was Thors hammer shaft) explaining sites and the history while dissing every other country he could.

      After the tour we headed to finally check on to our hostel. Tonight is another shared bunk room, so hopefully our roomies are more pleasant then our previous experience.

      We had a pizza buffet for dinner, then went to the in-house bar for a pub quiz, where we didn't do amazingly thanks to the US based questions.

      We finished the night off with a late night walk to finally hit 30k steps.

      Step count
      Phill: 32,000
      Bec: 31,470
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    • Day 12

      Royal flush

      September 15, 2023 in Denmark ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C

      Today started off with an iced coffee and a venture around Rosenborg Castle, one of the most well preserved Renaissance castles in the world, it was built in 1606 and was absolutely stunning - definitely lifted our expectations for our future residence. Down below the castle in the basement it contained many treasures and the impressive crown jewels and historical weapons of Denmark which were on display.

      We then headed to The Round Tower (Rundetaarn) which is a 17th century tower that boasted some nice views from the top, and what was more impressive was that it had a equestrian staircase - which is just a slope rather than stairs.

      After looking at the tops of houses, we had a roll and some stolen Nutella for lunch while we battle planned our next move.

      The travel card we purchased to give us free entry to all the attractions also gave us entry to Guinness World Records Museum, which we thought would be a nice palette cleanser from all the old history we'd seen so far.

      After seeing some current history facts, we decided to head to another castle. This time we ventured to Christiansborg Palace, and the first stop here was checking out the ruins under the castle of what remained from the previous 2 castles (both burnt down?) We also checked out the royal stables, the royal kitchen and the Royal Representation Rooms (which are still used by the royal family) where we had to don some fancy shoe coverings.

      After looking at more old things we got peckish and had a national Danish dish - the Smørrebrød, which is just an open faced sandwich on rye bread. Phill has been rating national foods we try so maybe at the end of each country we'll have a section at the bottom with his ⭐ ratings.

      Also included on our city card was an hour ferry tour of Copenhagen, so we jumped on a boat and saw all the sites. Including the famous little mermaid statue. Apparently the writer of the book H.C Anderson is Denmarks most famous citizen, so they love to reference mermaids.

      The sun had started to set by this time and it was getting cold, so we headed back to the hostel to get our jackets before we headed out for our nighttime stroll and snack.

      Tonights snack was expensive disappointing chips and churros with white chocolate, Oreos and ice cream.

      Last day in Denmark tomorrow!

      Step count
      Both: 31k
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    • Day 13

      Interlude II - Goodbye Scandinavia

      September 16, 2023 in Denmark ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C

      Our final day in Denmark started with a breakfast buffet, we then packed up our hostel pods and realized we didn't have many clean socks left and decided to do some laundry. While our clothes were washing we headed to the Lego store to browse some overpriced colourful plastic.

      Once our clothes were clean and dry we headed for a day of carnival fun at the 19th century amusement park: Tivoli Gardens.
      The first ride we partook was the 63m golden Tower, which was just a ride to the top to drop straight down - with the adrenaline pumping we knocked out some other rides, including a looptoloop rollercoaster and a 80m high carousel.

      As a post adrenaline snack we enjoyed a fairy floss icecream burrito... it was as strange and messy as it sounds.

      Once we had enough of the crotch goblins running around and fun we headed to another free activity, Ripley's believe it or not! And the attached H.C Anderson Experience. This was a fun way to pass the time.

      We gathered some snacks for dinner and headed back to the hostel to eat and enjoy some free beer.

      We went for another walk before preparing to catch our 9:55pm bus which will take us overnight with an arrival to Berlin at 7am tomorrow.

      Seeya in Berlin!

      Step count
      Both: Around 23k
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    • Day 1

      Denmark arrival

      June 28, 2023 in Denmark ⋅ 🌙 18 °C

      Landed on time at Copenhagen, despite the delayed departure. Beautiful wooden floors on the long walk to the exit.

      I was very glad to see both lots of luggage also arrived.

      Then checked whether I was needing a Metro or as it turned out a train for the 30min journey to the centre of Copenhagen.

      Of course finding the right way out of the central station was more of a challenge.

      The Next House (as next place to stay / walk / see) was not far and I was glad to check in. I was in a UK YHA youth hostel in April - this is on a whole other level 😊

      https://www.hostelworld.com/st/hostels/p/310761…
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    • Day 24

      Kopenhagen erkunden und geniessen

      May 28, 2023 in Denmark ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C

      Mit dem Rad durch die Stadt und immer wieder zu Fuß ein Stück auskundschaften: Meerjungfrau, Amalienburg, Nyhavn, Radhus, baden und lesen am Kalvebod Bølge, Café in Christiania, Streetfood Reffen plus SonnenuntergangRead more

    • Day 12

      Continue Day 2 Copenhagen

      April 9 in Denmark ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C

      As I was still not feeling well Hans and myself went back for a rest and Hannah and Clive were brave enough climbing the Church of Our Saviour!
      In the evening we meet a very old school friend called Irene. She is living in Copenhagen with her Husband. I have known her since I was 11 years old. It was wonderful and it did not feel that we had not seen each other properly for over 25 years. I just wished I would have not felt so unwell to spend more time with her.Read more

    • Day 5

      Architektur 1000

      August 5, 2023 in Denmark ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C

      Kopenhagen’s Architektur vereint Tradition und Innovation. Die Stadt beherbergt historische Wahrzeichen wie das Schloss Rosenborg und moderne Ikonen wie das Royal Danish Playhouse. Der Fokus auf Nachhaltigkeit und das Streben nach Designexzellenz machen Kopenhagen zu einem Hotspot für Architekturliebhaber. #Kopenhagen #SkandinavischesDesign #NachhaltigeArchitektur #ModernUndTraditionell #DesignHauptstadtRead more

    • Day 123

      Und plötzlich Großstadt… Kopenhagen

      August 13, 2023 in Denmark ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C

      Etwas Gutes muss man ja auch aus dem Maurice-Debakel ziehen und so bot sich die Chance, Robs aktuelle Lieblinge von Boygenius in Kopenhagen zu sehen. Also brachen wir auf, um gleich ein ganzes Wochenende in der dänischen Hauptstadt zu verbringen (inklusive erschreckender 72€ Brückenmaut).

      In Kopenhagen angekommen waren wir dann erst einmal von den Menschenmassen überrumpelt, waren wir doch 3 Monate an weite Landschaften, tierische Wegbegleiter und eher überschaubare Menschengrüppchen gewöhnt. Zugegebenermaßen war es auch Sonntag … Fashionweek … Prideday … und die wohl ersten warmen, sonnigen Sommertage seit Wochen. Nach dem anfänglichen Kulturschock sind wir dann noch ein wenig durch die Stadt geschlendert und anschließend haben wir uns auf zum Konzert gemacht. Die Damen von Boygenius waren allesamt große Klasse :)

      Am nächsten Tag machten wir ein Abstecher ins Dänische Architekturzentrum (und konnten so auch ein wenig der Hitze entfliehen). Anschließend erkundeten wir noch ein wenig die Stadt, einschließlich einen Abstecher nach Christiania … soweit man das in 2 Tagen schafft.

      Lobenswert war natürlich auch die geradezu unendliche Masse an Radfahrern in der Stadt, was für die verbleibenden Autofahrer eine gewisse Herausforderung darstellt.

      Irgendwie waren wir nach diesem Sprung in die Großstadtzivilisation dann aber auch ganz froh, wieder auf die entspannte, ruhige und weiträumige Soul Farm zurückzukehren!
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    • Day 6

      Kopenhagen erkunden

      July 18, 2023 in Denmark ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C

      Heute war unser erster voller Tag in Kopenhagen.
      Nach dem Wecker um zehn sind wir aufgestanden und mussten uns erstmal was zu essen suchen.
      Um Geld zu sparen haben wir Schwarzbrot, Wurst und Nektarinen gekauft die wir dann am Wasser gegessen haben.
      Danach wollten wir shoppen gehen. Direkt im ersten Laden (ginatricot) haben alle etwas gefunden, ich einen sehr gemütlichen blauen Sweater gekauft.
      Nach einer Weile waren wir bei einem Bäcker zum Mittagessen.
      Danach haben wir uns aufgeteilt. Juno und Hanna sind in ein Kaufhaus und wir anderen waren in unterschiedlichen Secondhand shops. Auch wenn es dort viele Sachen gab war es sehr teuer und ich hab nicht noch was gekauft.
      Dabei ist uns auch aufgefallen wie viele Leute hier Birkenstocks und Flipflops tragen.
      Abends haben wir dann beim Espresso Haus eine too good to go Tüte abgeholt was wir in unserem Hostelzimmer mit Joghurt als Abendbrot gegessen haben.
      Nach einer kurzen Pause sind wir dann noch auf den Steg vor unserem Hostel um den Sonnenuntergang anzugucken.
      Jetzt sind wir alle auf dem Zimmer und gehen bald schlafen da mittlerweile alle außer George leicht krank sind.
      Kopenhagen ist extrem schön mit dem ganzen Wasser und den Häusern. Morgen wollen wir das dann noch bisschen mehr genießen indem wir mehr sight seeing machen. Einen richtigen Plan haben wir dafür aber nicht.
      :))
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