Well, the first two of the killer aunts have landed and we"re off on this great European adventure. I have a feeling Chevy Chase will have nothing on us!
Barbara and Joyce arrived at 1pm Copenhagen time after a long trip through Toronto and Heathrow. They departed looking pretty danged fresh and ready to go, considering. Barbara apparently got some pretty good rest on the trip and Joyce dozed through several chapters in her book and a couple of movies. She knew that Sandra had floated a while in space and George had died, but wasn't sure of the circumstances of either, so I"m not sure she can really claim to have watched Gravity.
We got into our rental BMW, which is a standard rental in this part of the world, and were ready to head out, but unfortunately we first had to figure out how to drive the "smart car". I now have both a phone and a car smarter than me, but with some help from the parking attendant we were off. Getting used to a car that turns itself on and off at every stop is sort of funny though and while we have had our giggles at it's stopping and starting, it seems to be pretty effective in fuel conservation.
Our first destination upon their arrival in Denmark, was of course, Sweden. That may seem odd to the normal traveler but since we are not normal, it seemed logical to us. There is an incredible suspension bridge from Copenhagen to Malmo Sweden, so by crossing over we could not only get to see this bridge, but also added another country to our resume.
Back in Copenhagen, we explored the city. The architecture was so interesting and we visited the canal area (much like a nordic Venice), Christianborg castle, and the Little Mermaid. The little mermaid, though smaller than we imagined, was interestingly built on a pile of rocks just off the coastline.
Since we were planning on taking the ferry from the south of Denmark into Germany the next day, we opted to travel south from Copenhagen into the farming and fishing villages to find a place to stay. We chose a great little bed and breakfast that seemed perfect, however, arriving, we found that they were not really expecting visiters this time of year and had not checked their email and seen our reservation. Not to worry, their dogs announced our arrival and the innkeeper came out, sent us off to one of the two local cafes that were open this time of year, and prepared our room.
The cafe was called Kactus....and comically is was a Mexican Restuarant. Leave it to us to find a Mexican joint in the middle of rural Denmark on our first day there. Luckily they also prepared local fish, and so we all three opted for the fish and potatoes meal (sort of a Danish fish and chipes) and were obviously thrilled with the food since our plates were all pretty clean when we were done. We even finished off a couple of chocolate sundaes before we headed back to our farmhouse hotel.
Doret, the innkeeper, had our room warm and ready for us, and though it was still pretty early (8pm) we all crashed for a great night's sleep.
On a side note, they are having an unseasonal warm weather. and though we"ve prepared for frigid cold, we are so far happily peeling off layers and enjoying the temperate weather.
Tomorrow we are headed for Germany and with a little luck it will be a great day!
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