And that's what they've been doing! We went to another rail place today to get the last reservation on a night train that will take us the rest of the way to Sofia - got lost and then found it! I blame the location of the sign - 3rd floor window?! Really?! Who sees that?? Luckily Ana found it for us and when we got there, the lady said that we may not be able to make a reservation because of some issue or other... then she got us the resvervation - so praise God we'll be in Sofia on the 15th to hopefully meet up with Dad and Carole - then they leave midday and we'll probably head back out that night and come back up here so that we can hit up Sweden, Finland and Norway before they're all buried in snow. All told, it'll be about a week of being on the trains before we're back here and then we'll start working our way around the rest of the continent, possibly head for Ireland and the UK and then hit up all the Christmas markets in December in Germany and then follow the sun further south for the icky months - I'll finally get to see the Mediterranean after wanting to ever since I discovered Greek mythology!
We walked for 5 hours around Copenhagen - saw the Cathedral, St. Peters church (which was all locked up, much to my dismay) another church that I can't pronounce or spell and the Rosenborg Castle and King's gardens. It was incredible. Tomorrow we're going to hit up a couple other churches but decided not to see the little mermaid statue after realizing how far of a walk it is - give us a break, this was our first day of walking and we did dang good, in my opinion!! I continue to be impressed by my camera's ability to take great pix of flowers and was rather suprised that the roses in the rose garden were still in bloom.
When we got back to our hostel, we met two very friendly and boisterous guys from Manchester who promised that they'd meet us downstairs at 8 for happy hour and then we'd hit the town and get toally "pissed." He he he - it's close to that now and no sight of them... I think they may have gotten stuck at another bar. Total scene from Eurotrip though and I nearly said "Go Manchester United!!!" But I stopped myself... knowing my luck those would be Jack Daniels words to them (for explaination see Jason Rivers - thanks for that, by the way). So perhaps no drinking with the already drunk Englishmen tonight. Tomorrow is the Culture Night in Copenhagen - apparrently the streets fill up with people and the doors to all the museums, galleries and whatever else are all open to the public. I saw it described as Denmark's best secret... he he he... not for long - it's been BLOGGED!!!
Also, my jacket with the 18 pockets has officially been dubbed the "Go-Go gadget jacket" by Ana. The conversation - Ana - "I have an umbrella and even a rain coat just in case." Me - "I have an umbrella too." Ana - "With you?" Me - "Yes." Ana (laughing) - "You and your gogo-gadget jacket!" He he he - has been much fun and our legs, while sore, are still attached!
I am now enjoying a Carlsburg - the happy hour is 2 for 1 for 40 Danish Kronor and to choose which beer I asked the bartender guy (who also checked us into the hostel, who is cute in a Jason Lee with a beard kind of way... am I developing a thing for guys with beards? Hmmm... this will require more thought later) which was the best one and that's the one he said. I like it. It cracked me up that they also serve Miller Light - not a fan in any country, personally. Also - random - 7-11 is on EVERY corner here! It's like the Starbucks of Copenhagen!! Oh and how is it that a woman can be warm in a sweater, short (we're talking booty short) skirt, panty hose and boots?!? I feel very unfashionable, but at least I'm WARM!!! Ok - that's it for random updates. Much love to all and thank you for reading our scribblings - turning the computer over to Ana.
It is very difficult to back that up, Mandi is great at explaning our day.So I will try to get some pics on here.
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