Sunday, May 3, 2009

Hi Hi (Goodbye)

There's the plane, our ride home. Flying here from Chicago on SAS was
a pleasure and the flight went quick. Hopefully going home will be
the same.

Besides the pickpocket, my trip was great. Denmark and Sweden are
great countries and I would love to come back. But if I plan to ride
my bike or camp I will wait till summer. We were super lucky and
experienced the warmest, sunniest and driest weather Denmark and
Sweden have seen in 100 years. And today as we prepare to leave the
weather is cool and overcast for the first time in a week.

The lack of useless gift shops is ironic and maybe a fitting
farewell. I don't know if it was hard to find gift shops and tshirt
shops because summer wasn't yet here or because it's something the
Danes and Swedes don't do compared to Americans. I think it's the
latter but either way I hit the airport hoping to find a tshirt and
some other gifts. But to my surprise I couldn't even find a gift
store at the airport.

Instead the international departure terminal was full of alcohol,
perfume, clothes and even a nice lingere display. Why worry about
worthless junk when you can look and feel good with good drinks and
nice clothes.

Hi Hi, Maan Tak (goodbye, thank you very much)

Copenhagen street tax

My last day in Copenhagen ended with a canal tour of Copenhagen. It
was suggested by my friend Katrine who I met several years ago
skiing. She now lives in Copenhagen and joined me on the tour. While
on the tour, Katrine and the boat guide both provided city histories.
I prefered Katrines rendition but we both learned something new from
the boat guide. In old Copenhagen, the buildings are very narrow
because they were taxed by the length if city street they occupied.
It doesn't matter when or where, people always try to avoid being
taxed it seems.

Thanks Katrine for the tour and worlds best hot dog.

Train life

Time was running out so I hopped on the train from Arhus to
Copenhagen. It took 3 hours which would of been 3 days on the bike.
Good thing for trains.

Happy birthday

Travelling just to see the sights is always fun but I enjoy it even
more when I get to meet some locals. So after a great day at
Legoland, Rasmus and Mette let me join them at a friends birthday
party. It was a great party with lots of nice people, delicous food
and nonstop drinks.

World Lego tour

If you never played with Legos you might not understand the interest
in going to Legoland. However, I think most people would love it if
they only went. I know I sure did!!!

I didn't know what Legoland would be like for an adult but I thought
it was awesome and so did many other people of all ages. Legoland
itself is a combination theme park and model brick heaven. Everything
is based on Legos and if possible made from Legos, including life size
people and minature cities.

My favorite part was the minature cities. Using cities from around
the world, the Lego engineers would reproduce cityscapes in Legos.
Just that in itself was awesome because some of the cityscapes were
huge and included millions of Legos. But the Lego engineers even
brought the cities alive by incorporating sound and moving Lego
trains, ships, cars... One of the most impressive things was a series
of ship locks in which ships were raised or lowered as they moved
between cities.

So what's my conclusion. Legoland is a MUST SEE!!!