Day 26 - January 26

I fulfilled my cultural deficiency today by taking a jaunt around Copenhagen. I started the day off by meeting Elyse to buy tickets to Odense (tomorrow we embark on a five-day journey around Denmark, so if there are no blog posts, that is why). However, I was, for some reason, under the impression that there was a Metro stop at the central station…turns out there’s not, so I looked on the map, and it appeared that the station was an equal walking distance from the stop I had gotten off at – Forum – as from the main stop – Nørreport, so I set off to find the central station. It ended up being about a twenty minute walk, and I was already late to meet Elyse…oops. But I did see a side of Copenhagen (or at least a route through it) that I had not seen before. I will need to take the same walk again when I’m not in a hurry.

Ticket buying was a cinch – walk in, tell the lady where we’re going, pay, get your ticket. No need to reserve a time or anything. I’m not sure I’ll ever get over how efficient Denmark’s public transportation is. Sure, I’ve heard of several problems with the Metro, but when you compare it to America…also, their Metro stations are clean. And if they’re running late, they tell you. I’m pretty sure going back to Boston is going to be harsh (though at least Boston HAS the T…).

The next hour became a miracle of coordinating meeting people. We had decided to finally see the Little Mermaid, but when I met at the designated meeting place, half of us were there, the rest off at random places, all saying they would be late and would meet us there. In the next hour, it was a succession of phone calls to various people, asking where we were, whether they should meet us here or there, etc. I was amazed when, about five minutes from the statue, we somehow all came together, not even planned. This group has never been so successful in getting everyone together.

Nyhavn

I asked today if it was weird that I liked naval things, but not fish - the answer? A unanimous (of two people) "yes".

The royal residences and church in daylight.

Now, with the combination of a cold, soreness from walking all day, and the exhaustion of having a successful outing, I think I shall relax with a nice mug of something warm, pack, and I will return with, I am sure, plenty of stories next week!