Old travel blog posts

I've decided to manually copy/paste entries from an old blog that I stopped using except for travel stories. Makes sense to have all my written travels in one place, here goes!

Wednesday, December 20, 2006

I'm spending two weeks in Denmark for Christmas break.

Day 1:

Flying KLM rocks! Those Dutch sure do know how to treat ya. Best airline food, good service, free wine for mom...good stuff. The flight was about 8 hours, and then we had a connection flight in Amsterdam to Copenhagen that was a little over an hour. I didn't sleep much on the flights (never can) so when we got to dad's apartment it was definatly nap time.

After napping for 4ish hours and trying to get over jet lag, we went walking around the city. I could totally see myself living here or in Copenhagen or in a similar European city. Bikes everywhere, few cars, pedestrian zones and small boutiques everywhere. Small markets too...lots of pickled hering (seems to be a staple here). Really cozy feel. We ended up eating at a Mexican restaurant, of all places, where I ordered...Fish and Chips. That's right, we went to Denmark to eat an English staple at a Mexican restaurant. Awesome stuff! The Danish language is pretty strange, but most people understand English.

The Fanta tastes like Orangegina (sp?) from France, which was an odd surprise. Everything is also really expensive. Even though they are in the EU, Denmark prefers to use its own currency, the Kroner, rather than the Euro. It's roughly 6 Kroner to the Dollar, and our 4 person meal cost 555 Kroner...plus tip that's roughly 100 bucks. Yikes! High cost of living.

So yeah, really haven't done much, just a little walking and taking in the atmosphere. Should be an awesome trip.