Dateline: København (Copenhagen)or merchant's habor.
Amazing weather today... what a difference the sun can make on these historic buildings new and old. The color contast of red tile or standing-seem copper roofs with their green p
atina, and the yellow, ocre, or stone colored buildings against the blue sky. This combined with the ships along the harbor, the blue of the water and the intense green of the spring foliage. A beer and a hotdog along the Nyhaven canal round sout the scene to one of the most picturesque moments of the trip so far. Stockholm is a beautiful city as well, but the difference to Køpenhavn is like a business city vs a bustling college town & campus. The only place with more bicyles is probably Beijing. At 4pm the huge park by the castle looked like the beach on a weekend... everyone was out of school and off work and hanging out in this well designed formal but people friendly park. A group of us decided to play along and graved a few bottles of wine, beer and cheese and work up an appetite observing the many joggers run by along the canal! Beer is way cheaper from the market than the bar. And you can drink it walking down the street or in the park...( why cant we do that at home?)
Dogs Dogs everywhere... from the city center to the freetown hippie-ville of Christiania, terriers and lots of bull fogs and bull mastives. So many look like the owners - as in anyplce the gl
obe over... The day before enroute I met 4 of the most beautiful black-lab retrivers. Unlike the big black labs im farmiliar with these were long-haired slimmer versions - quite a different breed but these 3 pups - huge 10mo-olds - and mama were THE most well behaved pups id ever met - esp in a pack! The owner mentioned she lives out in the country a bit far and comes to the resort town there to socialize the dogs with tourist! She said they were flat haired black labs... (maybe Joe or Maria can look them up for me and order me one by the time i return?)
Well - off to Roskilde and the island town of Ærø.
Amazing weather today... what a difference the sun can make on these historic buildings new and old. The color contast of red tile or standing-seem copper roofs with their green p
atina, and the yellow, ocre, or stone colored buildings against the blue sky. This combined with the ships along the harbor, the blue of the water and the intense green of the spring foliage. A beer and a hotdog along the Nyhaven canal round sout the scene to one of the most picturesque moments of the trip so far. Stockholm is a beautiful city as well, but the difference to Køpenhavn is like a business city vs a bustling college town & campus. The only place with more bicyles is probably Beijing. At 4pm the huge park by the castle looked like the beach on a weekend... everyone was out of school and off work and hanging out in this well designed formal but people friendly park. A group of us decided to play along and graved a few bottles of wine, beer and cheese and work up an appetite observing the many joggers run by along the canal! Beer is way cheaper from the market than the bar. And you can drink it walking down the street or in the park...( why cant we do that at home?)Dogs Dogs everywhere... from the city center to the freetown hippie-ville of Christiania, terriers and lots of bull fogs and bull mastives. So many look like the owners - as in anyplce the gl
obe over... The day before enroute I met 4 of the most beautiful black-lab retrivers. Unlike the big black labs im farmiliar with these were long-haired slimmer versions - quite a different breed but these 3 pups - huge 10mo-olds - and mama were THE most well behaved pups id ever met - esp in a pack! The owner mentioned she lives out in the country a bit far and comes to the resort town there to socialize the dogs with tourist! She said they were flat haired black labs... (maybe Joe or Maria can look them up for me and order me one by the time i return?)Well - off to Roskilde and the island town of Ærø.
