Queen's "Bicycle"

That's the song that keeps running through my head. Everywhere you look - I see bicycles. It's really amazing how fit and independent of cars this society can be. It's refreshing - plus no hills!

Day number 3 brought about a bevy of good things - the day was beatiful, the Crown Jewels were neat, and I'm confused on all of the Christian's and Frederick's in time. Events were :
Rosenberg Castle
Metro (which was a blast!)
Carlsberg Brewery
Going to the movie house
Hard Rock (shopping only)
Walking around the 'happening area' - tons o' people and bicycles

Granted - it doesn't sound like a lot - but we're on vacation....

Now - it's early Saturday morning and I'm sad to be leaving our home for the past 4 days. It is quite possible the BEST room that I have been in will traveling Europe - it is TINY - with bunk beds and a trendle if needed. The bathroom (combo toliet and shower) are funny, but the water pressure is better than at home (and more hot water too!) Ang and I did some research for what is in store for us on the ship - and it will be interesting. Now that I'm getting use to the Krones (local currency) we will be switching to Euros on the ship. Not to mention - the eastern countries that we are visiting aren't using Euros - so we'll probably be going through more money exchanges before everything is said and done.

Today (Saturday) is a cloudy day and I'm not sure what is in store for the day - our plans change by the weather. We talked about going out into hte country (north to Bakken and to IKEA) but not sure if it will stick. Granted, not sure what we'd do if we stay in town - we really have exhausted the sites.

Well, it's after 8:30 now and I need to get moving. Fair Maiden Ang is snoring again and it sounds like it's set in for a while......

Copenhagen, Day 2

Ok - Ang and I talked and I decided to 'revive' this blog rather than MySpace - we'll see how it goes. But - it's also a great place to keep the journal for the trip.

Yesterday seemed like a REALLY long day. I got into Copenhagen at 7:30am local time (11:30pm Denver time) and the day started. We took the train from the airport into the city and walked to the hotel. It was an easy trip and interesting. Ang and I left the hotel around 11:30 and started our walk around town. It was chilly and we didn't stay out too long. We came back to the hotel and took a nice 2 hour nap! We set out exploring again last night around 5ish and had dinner and got back around 11ish. Amazingly - the sun didn't set till around 10ish. It did rise again around 4:30am. Needless to say - I didn't realize how far north we actually are!

The weather looks nicer today than yesterday - it is suppose to be nice all the way till our cruise, which starts on Sunday.

The city is expensive - plus the local money (Danish Kroner) throughs me off. Dinner was 310 kroner last night - and it makes my heart stop until I calculate it to be $62. Which - for what we had - that was expensive! All of the shops are expensive too, so money management is key. Oh well - hopfully the other cities will be 'more affordable'.

Hey it's Thursday!

Following Ang's lead and doing a blog. Not sure how often I will be posting to it, but it's a good mechanism for keeping in touch with everyone and looking back to see what happened when. Plus, now is an excellent time to start - I have been in Denver 1 year now! It's almost hard to believe.

Other than that, fiscal year end is rapidly approaching and meetings with budget officers are 'at a fevered pitch!'