Copenhagen
Let’s talk about stop #2!
Copenhagen. Last post I used a lot of exclamation points. In this post, I will try to use not so many!
Okay so when we got to Copenhagen, Caleb was feeling pretty sick. To be honest, we really didn’t see much of the city. But I must warn you: if you are a kebab person:: kebab in Copenhagen is not their bread and butter!!! We walked by a place that seemed to have some delicious and creamy sauce, but it was a bland disappointment. Copenhagen has some sour sauce. Like sour cream but like.. worse? It was definitely not the best, but then again, you don’t really hear much about Denmark’s food. Ha ha!
Casual street pic
Enjoying a walk through the city center
I would also say Copenhagen is a great place to shop, though we were quite early into our trip before we were super ready to get out there and spend the big bucks. Caleb and I knew we would be shopping a lot a little bit later in our trip, so it was a little hard to be excited about shopping in Copenhagen. It was lovely to walk around and check out what they had to offer though and we spend most of our time just roaming the streets, people watching, and eating ice cream waffles. Yum!
We stayed outside the main city center in a VERY tiny airbnb, but it worked out quite well because the public transportation there is lovely and very transparent about when the trains will arrive down to the last half of a minute! We actually thought this was hilarious, because never had we seen public transportation that counts down seconds til a train would arrive. Trains come about every 5 minutes and were very consistent, which made the trip to the city quite enjoyable. Excuse the blurry pics, despite efficient train systems, the stations were quite crowded!
Despite some sickness and lack of motivation to exit the WG (it was also rather cold), we got ourselves up and out to do some cultural activities! We decided to tour The Christiansborg Palace, which is home to the Danish parlaiment, the Prime minister’s office and the Danish supreme court. Denmark is one of 28 constitutional monarchies that still reign today, which means the Queen has essentially the same amount of power as the Queen of England; she’s a symbol of the government and power of Denmark, but the prime minister is the true head of legislation. The royals still use three sections of the palace: the reception rooms, the stables and the palace chapel. We got to see the reception rooms, the stable, and the kitchen. Wow! That kitchen is incredible. Copper cookware everywhere and so big! Truly a kitchen of dreams. Though it was a rainy day, we still enjoyed our time there.
To end our stay in Denmark, Caleb and I watched Shrek like 3 times in one night, woke up bright and early the next day, and made our way to Hamburg!
Stay tuned for the next blog, which will be out within one week! Not 6 months this time!
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