Denmark - Copenhagen
Nyhavn: Copenhagens Cafe and bar mecca
Copenhagen was my final destination in Denmark before heading down to France for Le Mans. I had a few days with my brother and his family. I had not spent much time with them since we moved to New Zealand (not suprisingly) so it was great to hang out. Bror is a real football fanatic so every evening we were out in the garden kicking the ball around. Bjork (3) speaks about as much Danish as me so we had some great chats.
In the sun: Linda, Bjork, Neils and Bror
Neils and Linda took the day off work and we went for a walk around downtown Copenhagen. After two weeks of scorching weather it seemed it was not going to end, this day was no exception.
The swan family
Copenhagen was heaving with people... and swans.
One of Copenhagens many canals
The Hans Christian Andersen parade at Tivoli
I met up with Anne and Helene for dinner at Tivoli. Tivoli is a fantasy/ theme park right in the centre of Copenhagen. Hans Christian Anderson is the famous Danish auther of many classic fairy tales such as The ugly ducking and The emperors new cloths. At Tivoli they have many tributes to his work such as this parade where a host of his characters marched around and entertained the crowd. After the parade we drank coffee until we got booted out at midnight. Tivoli is a great place and I look forward to going back there to check out some of the many summer concerts and roller coasters.
All lit up at Tivoli
The next day I caught the train down to Le Mans in France via Hamburg in Germany. It was an 16hr trip which included a ferry ride from Denmark to Germany and a night train from Hamburg to Paris. The night train was cool as you slept in a cabin with 6 bunks, it was sort of like a hostel on wheels. You went to sleep at Hamburg and woke up near Paris 9hrs later. Also on the night train were the supporters from the world cup game between Ecuador and Costa Rica who had played in Hamburg that day, so it was party atmosphere on the platform.
Copenhagen was my final destination in Denmark before heading down to France for Le Mans. I had a few days with my brother and his family. I had not spent much time with them since we moved to New Zealand (not suprisingly) so it was great to hang out. Bror is a real football fanatic so every evening we were out in the garden kicking the ball around. Bjork (3) speaks about as much Danish as me so we had some great chats.
In the sun: Linda, Bjork, Neils and Bror
Neils and Linda took the day off work and we went for a walk around downtown Copenhagen. After two weeks of scorching weather it seemed it was not going to end, this day was no exception.
The swan family
Copenhagen was heaving with people... and swans.
One of Copenhagens many canals
The Hans Christian Andersen parade at Tivoli
I met up with Anne and Helene for dinner at Tivoli. Tivoli is a fantasy/ theme park right in the centre of Copenhagen. Hans Christian Anderson is the famous Danish auther of many classic fairy tales such as The ugly ducking and The emperors new cloths. At Tivoli they have many tributes to his work such as this parade where a host of his characters marched around and entertained the crowd. After the parade we drank coffee until we got booted out at midnight. Tivoli is a great place and I look forward to going back there to check out some of the many summer concerts and roller coasters.
All lit up at Tivoli
The next day I caught the train down to Le Mans in France via Hamburg in Germany. It was an 16hr trip which included a ferry ride from Denmark to Germany and a night train from Hamburg to Paris. The night train was cool as you slept in a cabin with 6 bunks, it was sort of like a hostel on wheels. You went to sleep at Hamburg and woke up near Paris 9hrs later. Also on the night train were the supporters from the world cup game between Ecuador and Costa Rica who had played in Hamburg that day, so it was party atmosphere on the platform.
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