Once we were finished in the bustling capital city of Germany known as Berlin, we headed on up to Denmark! We got on a 10 hour night train to Copenhagen so that we could safely arrive there in the morning!
Upon arrival, we were overtaken by the change of pace from pidgeons to seagulls. As well as the lovely old medieval architecture. But we had to shuffle onto a tram to get to our hostel and unload all of our belongings before adventuring further into the city. We dropped off our stuff and headed out the door to grab a delightful cup of Joe and a pastery before starting a day of sight-seeing. When we first started walking and came along a huge vigil that was in honor of Michael Jackson. It took us a few seconds to realized that is was a year since his death, and that it widely affected everyone in the world, not just USA. We then moved along and walked down some street alleys and looked into a few stores before being overwhelmed by some price tags.
Copenhagen was a city that was very chic, boho, and indie all that same time. It was QUITE expensive too. Needless to say, we drooled at an infamous number of things that we saw, wanted to buy (of course, we're girls) but a.) couldn't afford it and b.) we're backpackin' man! we can't bring all of that jank along! we rough it! But anyways, if you want an adorable place to shop, no matter the price, Copenhagen is the place to blow the big bucks.
We finished up what girls do best and then decided to stroll down the water on our way back to the hostel for a little R and R (you see, sometimes its not soo easy to the most relaxing sleep on night trains, so we needed a little pick me up nap). Once rengergized, we headed to Tivoli!!! Tivoli is a 19th Century themepark that is what Walk Disney based his theme park, Disneyworld on. Ohh yea, you heard me right. But we are not fools! We know the prices of theme park food, so we decided to splurge and grabe a China box of chinese food before going in! We think ahead. So we scarfed down our meals and then headed in. We saw so many shows, from ballet to seeing on orchestra tap their toes to their music. There was also a live rock band performance. It was really cool. We walked the theme park and got ice cream before heading out and deciding to crash early.
The next day, we spoiled ourselves and slept in. We got up and got another pastery and cup of coffee (sort of becoming a habit), and then decided to rent bikes! Copenhagen is all flat, so it is flooded with bikers. There are are separate bike lanes and stoplights for bikers, so we rented bikes for 6 hours and biked around the city. We were able to easily access the city this way. We stopped in and crusied through the Kings Gardens first. We then pedaled our bikes over to Nyhaven, the old navy port where we sat over the ledge where Christie and I got Thai food and Nicole got a hotdog! We then wanted to just bike all around the city, so we saw many sights like the Palaces and Christianshavn's Island. We also were able to watch a World Cup game on the waterside on a huge projector! We have been spoiled. But after returning our bikes, we realized that biking really is the way to go.
Headed for Amsterdam the day of the 27th by 3 trains that lasted 14.5 hours. But more to come when we talk about Amsterdam.
But as for now,
we love you. miss you. can't wait to see you while when we get home, but still are happy to be in Europe and don't want to leave!
<3
Tricia, Nicole, and Christie
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