 | Trouble with the trains
2009-07-18, Copenhagen, Denmark. By: gisi | | Day four
We woke up to a cool start in Vanerborg, with lots of condensation on the tent. So we had to pack it away a little damp. So we headed back to the train station at vanerborg and waited for... |
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 | Northern Zealand – A Train Tour
2008-08-12, Copenhagen, Denmark. By: bolioboy | | Scandinavia 2008 - Day 12
I awoke my last morning at Rikke's apartment to the smell of Rikke and Anders cooking us breakfast, while they prepared the food I prepared my things. After breakfast we ... |
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 | Kicked out of Hippie Town
2008-08-11, Copenhagen, Denmark. By: bolioboy | | Scandinavia 2008 - Day 11
Monday morning I got up at a moderately early time and took the metro to Christianshaven. Right across from the stations entry is the famous Danish bakery I had seen on s... |
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 | A Day of Music
2008-08-09, Copenhagen, Denmark. By: bolioboy | | Scandinavia 2008 - Day 9
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The 30 minute train ride from Malmo to Copenhagen is spectacular. It quickly takes off from the station and heads out into the country side. The train makes a w... |
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 | Monarchies and communes
2008-12-29, Copenhagen, Denmark. By: zilla | | Monday unfortunately a lot of museums were closed. However, we did make it to see The Little Mermaid, Rosenborg Castle and Christiania.
Being at Rosenborg made me realise that a lot of things I nev... |
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 | Magic from long ago
2008-12-28, Copenhagen, Denmark. By: zilla | | On Sunday I went to the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, a massive art gallery, where I gazed with awe upon actual real millenia-old statues of gods and goddesses I'd read about since childhood - Isis, Aphrodi... |
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 | Nutcracker meets Donnie Darko
2008-12-27, Copenhagen, Denmark. By: zilla | | Took the ferry to Copenhagen - you just drive your car into the ferry, then go upstairs and relax, have a meal, watch the ocean go by, and an hour and a half later you drive your car straight off the ... |
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 | A different Christmas
2008-12-24, Odder, Denmark. By: zilla | | Christmas! An entirely new set of traditions. For a start the main celebration is the 24th... And the food! We made some traditional things (red cabbage, caramelised potatoes, risalamande) and one not... |
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 | Vikings and bog men!
2008-12-21, Moesgard, Denmark. By: zilla | | At Moesgård, I saw stone age tools, reproductions of Viking huts, a man who'd been preserved in the bog, and went for an extremely long walk (nearly two hours!) down the "prehistoric trail" to the bea... |
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 | Fir trees, fairytales and feminism
2008-12-20, Arhus, Denmark. By: zilla | | I am in Denmark and suddenly all the Christmas traditions make so much more sense.
Lights on trees and houses - because it's DARK all the time, of course. Duh. I hadn't realised, though... it gets ... |
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 | Whatever Lola wants, Lola gets!
2007-08-14, Copenhagen, Denmark. By: sherridan | | [i]By Nana Helen[/i]
Other than having a fabulous cultural experience for six months, the reason the Sherrards travelled to Europe was so Rob could compete in the European Classic Car Races. Brand... |
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 | The Quiet of the Cathedral
2007-06-16, Copenhagen, Denmark. By: tjtunes | | The quiet of the cathedral felt like a sanctuary compared to the noisy ship I have spent the last month on, and the forty minutes sat in silence calmed my mind.
The city is beautiful and the day ... |
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 | Antiquity & Modernity
2006-09-11, Copenhagen, Denmark. By: cmcr49 | | We had an utterly stunning day. Started off with the national Sex Therapy Clinic. Three staff members welcomed us to their lovely conference room, supplied with the standard coffee, tea, bread, cream ... |
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| A few pictures
2006-09-11, Copenhagen, Denmark. By: cmcr49 | | Even though I can't send any of my photos out, I am sending a few of Grace's out to you. Today's highlight was a several hour bike ride up the coast. We ate lunch in an outdoor cafe on the ocean, look... |
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| Castles and Crowns
2006-09-04, Copenhagen, Denmark. By: cmcr49 | | Oh, we are having so much fun! Our training is going very well, with good caamaraderie and learning. But the touristing is the real highlight. So, today, Sunday, I started very early with a walk throu... |
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| Canals, Shops & Beautiful People
2006-09-04, Copenhagen, Denmark. By: cmcr49 | | This is the evening of my 2nd day in Copenhagen. Just now, at 10:00pm I called Bill in Santa Rosa: he had just come in from lunch and I'm about to turn into bed for the night. Fascinating!
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| Arriving in Copenhagen
2006-09-04, Copenhagen, Denmark. By: cmcr49 | | Sixteen hours of travel from San Francisco to Copenhagen was easier than I imagined (or perhaps I am having that helpful amesia of sleep-deprivation). Already on the plane I was hearing many languages... |
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 | I just want u to know...
2006-08-21, Copenhagen, Denmark. By: mattben | | Hey dudes! How are ya? Ry and Lew here, back with another edition from ur favourite journal, this week: Ry tours Denmark, Lew decides we look like John Candy and Steve Martin from the hit movie Planes... |
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 | Reborn in Copenhagen
2006-08-10, Copenhagen, Denmark. By: morts | | Sad goodbyes were said to the Partner just over a week ago as the road trip wound up in Nice... at least the car went out in spectacular fashion cuttin ga few laps of the famed Monaco Formula 1 circui... |
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 | Copenhagen
2006-08-05, Copenhagen, Denmark. By: abrookdg | | Sorry there are no pictures. I will get them up sometime.
Upon arrival, I found the Danish Cit pretty but nothing special. It has more open space than other cities, with hidden courtyards and squ... |
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| Tribute to Drew
2006-08-05, Copenhagen, Denmark. By: abrookdg | | It's an understatement to say I would have been lost and confused without Drew's assistance. His knowledge of the trains and world geography impressed me the whole time.
Claryifying all of Drew's "a... |
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 | Tivoli Gardens WOW !!
2006-05-22, Copenhagen, Denmark. By: dhazel | | Hello again everyone,
After I wrote my last entry, I left the internet cafe with the itentions of heading back to the hotel in the rain. It began to stop raining and by the time I would have turned... |
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 | Rainy Day
2006-05-21, Copenhagen, Denmark. By: dhazel | | Hi everyone,
I guess we all can make poor choices. After a wonderful visit with Dad and Beulah, we parted ways this morning. We had a nice meal together last night and visited quite a bit. We got t... |
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 | off the ship
2006-05-21, Copenhagen, Denmark. By: hazel70 | | just a short note to let you know that we are off the ship. We had a very nice cruise from Fort Lauderdale to New York for 2 1/2 day stop over.We had a day trip from le Havre to Paris, also the next d... |
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 | Kronborg Castle
2006-05-20, Copenhagen, Denmark. By: dhazel | | Hello everyone,
Had a great breakfast included with my hotel this morning before setting out by train to visit the huge old Kronborg Castle in Helsingor (spelling might by wrong) It is about an hou... |
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| Already in Copenhagen
2006-05-19, Copenhagen, Denmark. By: dhazel | | Hi everyone,
Just a quick update. I arrived in the port of Rotterdam at 8:00 am and was on my way to Amsterdam on a bus soon after. The ferry ride over was wonderful. I have to say that, although m... |
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 | A Weekend in Copenhagen.
2006-02-27, Copenhagen, Denmark. By: r_schmidt | | Tired, Hungry, yet completely content. That's how I felt getting off the train from Copenhagen late Sunday night. It was a weekend that had the makings of being very hectic and not exciting with the... |
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