Denmark Day 4

Saturday, December 23, 2006

Day 4: Today we had our first Danishes...crispy crust with chocolate icing. They were tasty, but a little too sweet, we will have to try a different vairety next time. Then we relaxed for a bit since it was the weekend and tried to watch a little TV. The Danes like the name "Peter" as both Curious George and Winnie the Pooh are renamed Peter here. Pretty odd. Later we went to Christianhavn, the "hippy" center of Copenhagen. I don't know what mom expected, but it was pretty slummy. On our way, however, we had some awesome lunch at a restaurant that was in the guide book. We received a menu entirely in English, no Danish, and a waiter that was pretty much fluent, so I think it might have been a tourist trap. The food was excellent though, I had smoked pork, and the prices were not atrocious, so maybe not. After eating we continued walking (my legs are killing me) towards Christianhavn and saw a church with a large black steeple/staircase. The view from the steeple as well as the inside of the church are supposeded to be remarkable...but the entire thing was closed for extensive renonvations. We did get to see the signature feature on all buildings across Europe...Scaffording! hehe. So the trip ended in disappointment as the commune was not at all impressive and the church was closed. One thing I've noticed is that the Danish people are always on the go. They are a very fast and busy people. They drive fast, but are very pedestrian friendly. The pedestrians, on the other hand, are not very friendly. People bustle about and there is a lot of ducking and weaving through shoulders. If you try to get out of the way, you run the risk of getting run over by a bike in the bike lane! The sidewalks are about twice as wide as in America, but the pedestrian traffic is 3 or 4 times as much since every one walks here.