Cold, rainy, windy...dark, cloudy...generally shitty.
Luckily I have so many things to do that I'm not even considering going out. Things that I'm clearly not doing, because I'm actually updating this. About time, I'd say.
So. More less 2 weeks ago I set off to Copenhagen with my boyfriend. It was a present from him (just the flight...actually the cheapest part of the whole...) so I was happy to have a short break. 4 days in total, more less.
The funny thing is that 2 nights earlier I went out for a curry and since then I suffered from devastating diarrhoea. You can easily imagine how I was feeling the day I left...hehehehe...tired, hungry, sleepy... but I decided to not give up and, with a massive bag of Imodium, I boarded the flight!!!We got to Denmark and it was incredibly freezing (fact that seriously didn't help my belly's well being) but luckily the hotel wasn't far. Denmark is incredibly well organized and incredibly expensive. Sweet. The city centre is only 10 mins away from the airport, by train, and it was actually reasonable priced.
Anyway, we got to the station and it took us the same amount of time just to find the right exit! Luckily most of the people there speak English so you can always ask. We didn't, but you can.
The hotel was bang in front of the station. Very cute. especially considering that I was really looking forward to have some me time in the toilet... we got to our room that was unbelievably clean and nice, but a shared twin instead of a en suite double. Whatever, I surely wasn't in the mood for sex and not having the toilet in the room could actually bring some positive effects (eg Paul not suffocating because of the vapours...).
After toilet&shower, we went exploring in the freezing cold. How brave are we!!! We started following a frozen canal, surrounded by people running up and down the pavements and others cycling along. Very fit...I felt a bit guilty, but it didn't last long, no worries. We went on for a while and Copenhagen looked absolutely crap, something like Salford. Very bad. On the plus, it was spotlessly clean; I felt like dusting the floor every time I removed my foot from it! wow.We soon got lost. The streets' names on the map didn't match reality. Great. I tried counting streets and canals but it didn't work very well! Luckily a very nice local lady stopped by and gave us some direction, mainly pointing us towards the centre of the city. Cool. Super cool. Freezing, I'd say.
Nothing really remarkable happened after that. I guess I was too cold and tired to actually enjoy the evening. I just remember ending up in a pub drinking Carlsberg...and that's it...Paul couldn't survive an evening without drinking!!! Then we went back to the hotel and we had a couple of sandwiches we brought from home and we started watching the Danish version of Kitchen nightmares. We didn't understand anything at all, obviously, but it looked pretty funny!!!
The day after we had a humongous breakfast! Wow! Danish pasties (really?!?!?), cakes, yogurt, cereal of any sort, bread, jams, butter, juices, teas, coffee and ham, cheese and so on. That was good enough to keep us full till lunchtime. Or, personally speaking, till the next trip to the toilet. That actually happened 30 minutes later. What a lucky lady.
We then set off to visit the city. Centre, castles, canals...it actually came out being very beautiful! The centre is very historical and the buildings are very pretty. there are then many frozen canals full of boats trying to move somehow (not achieving anything) and a funny one covered in ice where bicycles were abandoned. The canal - cemetery for bikes? I wish I could reach far enough to get one...anyway! We walked and walked and walked till 2pm more less when we decided to have lunch at a buffet place that was pretty cheap (compared to the other places in Copenhagen, obviously). Now...they had only pizza, pasta and some salad. I had a bit of it, hoping that it won't affect my stomach, but obviously I was completely wrong. After lunch we went to see another castle (that was close) but the garden was very nice...I sat down there for a while, trying to communicate with my belly and convince it that everything was alright. The day was incredibly beautiful and sunny, even if cold, and I really wanted to stay in that park longer. But that's when my sciatica kicked in and I had to go back. Not a lucky bunny. Luckily I still managed to see the Little Mermaid, staring sadly and silently at the sea...poor girl!
We went to see Cristiania a famous hippie - drug place. Very colourful and nice, pity that it wasn't possible to take pictures in there. People were just wandering around smoking cannabis and doing nothing. Great life indeed...does it not get boring? bah...
We went back to the hotel, had a shower, a little nap and then we decided to go out for dinner, since it was our last night in Denmark. We went to a steak house and had some lovely burgers, made with real bread, real meat and real cheese. Not English, that's it. And it the deal there were nachos with real cheese for starter, salad buffet and ice cream. I loved it! It all came to £24 for two people...wow, not too bad!
Happily full we went for a digestive walk around the centre of Copenhagen to admire it by night...sigh, what a pity to leave, right now that I started feeling better!
Top tips: the Lego shop is not to be missed, to cool to be true! There are dragons and streets or Copenhagen made entirely out of lego blocks...it's great! Beside it there's the sweet shop...you cannot miss it, go in and have a look! The "sunny side", the little canal aligned with small, colourful houses, shops and restaurants! lovely by day and night. Cristiania, the Opera House and "The Island", where you can find the black diamond aka the new library. The Kastellet, a small island where the army lives. You can walk around it and it's very nice. Downside...you pay to get in everywhere, so I didn't see any museums.
