Klassik Kobenhavn

My sweet husband dashed me away to Copenhagen for my birthday last week. We lucked out, as far as the weather was concerned, and enjoyed four days of sunny skies and warm breezes.

One highlight of our 7 hour train ride to Copenhagen was riding the ferry that carried our train to Denmark. We were in awe that a boat could accommodate an ICE train, cars, and passengers across the strait. I don't think J will forget that aspect of the trip for a long time.

What the city lacks in European "wow," it more than makes up for in it's friendly personality and laid back attitude. We couldn't figure out whether the people were really that friendly or whether we had adjusted to being consistently treated like crap in our own home away from home. Either way, it was refreshing.

It was great to see masses of people taking their meals outside on the water and lavishing in the sorely missed sun. I think we both agreed that four days was the perfect amount of time to take in the city by river cruise, visit a few museums (including the amazing "Bones" exhibit) and a castle, eating some great food, and do a little shopping on the longest pedestrian street in Europe. We also took a short trip to Christiana, the infamous squatters town that has declared itself a safe zone for misfits and hippies, as well as a separate entity from Copenhagen. It was also fun to come back to our cozy, little, organic hotel where my 31 beautiful roses greeted me everyday.

Besides the fact that you can see everything in this city over the course of a long weekend, staying longer might have permanently broken the bank as everything was about twice the price as things here. When we read a Londoner comment on the outrageous prices, we knew we were in for it. But for four days, drinking an $8.00 mug of hot chocolate--probably the best I'd ever had, as it should be--was just a welcomed luxury on a leisurely trip.