Copenhagen

Friday May 23

Disembarkation went smoothly and we were scanned off the ship for the last time about 8:15am. We heard announcements about the long wait for taxis as 2 other big cruise ships had just arrived. They weren't wrong - we waited about an hour before we set off, only to strike a massive traffic jam to exit the port! After 20 minutes of watching the meter tick over and only travelling about 200 metres, Al settled back to "enjoy" the ride. Once we cleared the gridlock in the port we sped up but it still took about an hour to reach our hotel instead of 30 minutes!

We knew our room wouldn't be ready but we left our bags and headed off to explore our surrounds. Fortunately we found a market about 5 minutes away so we enjoyed a coffee and pastry while watching the locals go about their business. They certainly use a lot of bikes for different purposes and we were amused at the ingenuity of some of them.

Mum with kids at the market

Bikes for transporting goods

Al with a drinks seller in one of the pedestrian streets

The Danes also take care of your other needs if you've drunk too much tea, coffee or beer, and we were pleased they had! This one was in the square near the Round Tower which dates back to the 1600s and has been a multi purpose building for the Danes for over 400 years.

A WC for men in Copenhagen

The Round Tower

As we're close to the weight limit for our upcoming flights we dropped in to the Post Office to check costs of shipping stuff home that we don't need anymore, and discovered a Post and Stamp museum in the same building. A quick visit turned into a couple of hours as we found it very interesting and it also included the growth of communications from the postal service to mobile phones.

Al finally got his face on a stamp!

 

Our hotel puts on a "cosy hour" between 5 and 6 each afternoon where they give you a free drink and you can mix with some of the other guests. We joined a couple from Bairnsdale and had a pleasant chat with them before our hunger pangs called us away for dinner and an early night after a great first day in sunny Copenhagen.

 

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