Drive to Copenhagen with Great Stops

Yesterday after work, I drove to Goslar to pick up my aunt Gigi for our trip to Copenhagen over the long May weekend. The drive was rather smooth, and we arrived at around 10.30pm at the Maritim to collect Dad's keys for his flat. We'd stay there for the night, before heading further to Denmark.

Today we woke up early to prepare some food for the way, and then we started in the direction of Fehmarn. Our ferry was due at 11.15am for the route Puttgarden - Rødby. It was a rather short ferry trip, only 45min. I'm used to way worse lengths (looking at you Latvia). The weather was perfect, sunny and warm, so we stayed on the sun deck for a while before heading inside to look at the Duty free shop. There wasn't anything for us really, but it was still a good waste of time.
When we arrived in Rødby, we thought it would be nice to see some other places before Copenhagen, so we searched on Google Maps for interesting locations. We found a promising looking tower in the woods, so we drove there. A short walk brought us through new greens and ended at the foot of the Camp Adventure Forest Tower. It looked quite cool and we wanted to go to the top as well to enjoy the view. However, after making our long way around the tower to the entrance, we were stunned as we saw that we needed a ticket for going up. Well, okay how much can this cost? I thought to myself and researched it real quick. Apparently, it can cost very much, as the proud price of 26€ (!) was advertised on the website. What the actual heck? In what world is that tower worth so much money? We were quite pissed and decided to leave immediately. There were plenty of other interesting places without any need for money where we could go. Said and done, we arrived at Vallø Slot a couple minutes later. It was a peaceful little castle which had a beautiful park. We found a bench with the perfect view of the castle and enjoyed our prepared lunch with a picnic. Awesome start to the long weekend.
After eating about Three peppers we drove on to Køge where we visited the beach. Just two kids were playing in the sand, the water being way too cold for any other people swimming in it just yet. When we had enough of the cold winds swishing in our faces, we drove on to Copenhagen, where we checked in to the A& O Hostel in Nørrebro. Our room was plain and simple, quite small. However, it would be enough for the purpose. After all, we were here to discover the city and not stay in the hotel room all the time. We went back to the lobby to sat down and plan for the day tomorrow. A quick research showed that it would be wise to buy the Copenhagen Card which would allow us to use the public transportation for free and access over 80 attractions in and around Copenhagen for the next 3 days. They had paper maps at the reception which we took and used to plan the next day, taking notes on it. Then our tummies growled, making clear that we should try to find something to eat. And Gigi found just the perfect restaurant, only a 10-minute walk away from the hotel. Cavallino N.2 was rather empty when we arrived, but the smell was fantastic, so we sat down quickly at one of the few tables. As it turned out, the restaurant was more of a Bistro, and lots of people came in the next 15 minutes to order a pizza for takeaway. We ordered ours at the counter and I was delighted to see my new favourite drink in the self-service fridge: Lemon Soda. The pizza didn't take long to arrive, however, it was only one and not two. After 10 minutes of waiting for the second to come, we figured that there was miscommunication and I went back to the counter to ask for the second one. The man behind the counter looked confused but sent me back to the table saying it'll come out shortly. As Gigi and I have ordered the same pizza, we figured it would be smart to eat the pizza now as long as it's hot and then share the second pizza just as much as the first one when this would come up to our table. Said and done, we sliced the pizza in half, indulged in it and oh my God it was amazing! Having been in Italy mere 2 weeks prior, I can say with all earnesty and honesty that this pizza was the best pizza of my life! Coupled up with the lemon soda, it was just the absolute perfect start for the weekend.Okumaya devam et