Copenhagen, Denmark

October 4th, 2014

DENMARK! What can I say about Denmark? Lets start off with us getting lost for three hours. Having no access to technology and a language barrier while you're lost is very scary, just sayin'. First of all, it technically wasn't our fault that we got lost, we asked the lady at the information kiosk in the airport the best way to get to our hotel and she sent us to the wrong hotel (on the other side of town). We happened to get off the train next to a mall, so we went inside and robbed some Wi-Fi so we could find out where we were. We figured out that we needed to take a bus to the other side of the town. After a long bus ride, and some help from a very nice bus driver, we finally (3 hours later) found our lovely hotel! 

We went to the town centre and joined in on a free 3 hour walking tour. The tour guide was the nicest Australian man, who made the tour that much more enjoyable. He knew so much about Copenhagen and it's history, it was very lovely. He took us to the Nyhavn, which was one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen in my life. The harbour used to be used by pirates and has a lot of history. It's now used as a place to just chill out, and it is literally the most relaxing place I've ever been to. ALSO you can drink alcohol anywhere in Copenhagen, so you can sit on the side of the dock and have a beer. Basically, I wish I lived there. Tip: If you plan on visiting Copenhagen, you should know that there are bicycles everywhere. Do not get in their way, they will curse you up or run you over. We witnessed this first hand.  After the Nyhavn, we went to the Amalienborg Palace; the home of the royals. Apparently, they just walk the streets as a normal person would without security or anything. We saw a lot of things, I'm not going to talk about them all because I would be typing all night. The tour ended up taking 4 hours, after walking on cobblestone for 4 hours (7 if you count the 3 hours we were lost) we were exhausted. We headed back to our hotel, after a quick detour to McDonalds (YUM! I've had a BigMac in 4 different countries now and Canada has the best ;) ) and pretty much passed out. 

October 5th, 2014

Day 2 started off with a breakfast buffet filled with Danish cold cuts. It was delicious, but not really my choice of breakfast. We checked out of our hotel and went to the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek - an art museum that was a 2 minute walk from our hotel! It had some of the most beautiful pieces of art that I have ever seen. There were so many marble sculptures, and the sun was shining in through the windows so they were sparkling. Every single item in that museum was beautiful. 

We left the museum after a couple of hours and went to the town centre. We basically just looked around there for a bit, bought a pastry (I had the most delicious cinnamon roll) and people watched for a bit. There are so many babies everywhere. There was one little boy who was trying to toddle across the square, but was going too fast for his little legs; it was the cutest. 

We walked around some more and discovered the cutest little park behind the museum. There were so many happy people there; couples having picnics, old folks just enjoying the scenery, and people playing with their dogs. It was like a scene in a movie, so perfect. 

After all of that, it was time to go back to Harlow. They say Danes are the happiest people on the planet and after spending a weekend there, I can see why!