More Copenhagen!

Second day in Copenhagen and we’re loving it! After all the walking we did yesterday we decided to do it all over again. The train journey was more straight forward this time as we had a 24 hour ticket from yesterday and we headed for the tourist information to see if we could do a tour of the Carlsberg Brewery Museum. Somehow that never transpired and we settled for walking to Christianshavn which was described in one of the brochure’s as a foodies delight because of all the canal side restaurants. It sounded like it would be very much like Nyhavn which we both loved so off we went. It was such a disappointment when we got there only to find it was nothing like Nyhavn. There weren’t even that many restaurants to be seen. We didn’t hang about and walked off in the direction of the centre so we could do some shopping in the souvenir shops. When we got back to City Hall Square we could hear motorbikes roaring around. There was some kind of gathering in the square. At a guess I’d say there were close to 250 motorbikes gathered and most of them seemed to be Harley Davidson’s. Lynne and I had decided to eat and there was a Mexican restaurant on the way back to the station that we liked the look of. When we got there, it was empty. Nothing puts me off a restaurant more than it being empty while everywhere else is packed! I looked up some reviews and they weren’t good so we went to look for somewhere else. We finally ate in the Tivoli Food Hall. We chose Mexican, it’s always been a favourite. However, I’m not a fan of eating stuff out of a box with plastic cutlery that snaps at the slightest provocation! Twice I had food flying around as my knife or fork broke and sent bits of burrito catapulting all over the floor! Heading back to the square we could hear the Harley’s all starting their engines. By the time we got there, they were all revving the nuts off their bikes. Passers by were all sticking their fingers in their ears as the noise was quite deafening. I have no idea what this display was all about, whether it was a protest at something or just a bit of fun, I don’t know. It didn’t take long for them all to disappear once it was all over and peace was once more restored to the City Square. We carried on with some shopping and started to make our way back to camp. We spent the evening relaxing after another long days walking! Lynne sat watching dopey films on her iPad before declaring she had seen them both before. I’m glad that wasn’t my data she was using. We had such a nice time in Copenhagen that we decided to stay yet another night if we can. That would be three whole days without driving, what a luxury!

At this stage I’m getting close to the 7000 mile mark so you’ll understand my delight at not having to drive for three days. The thing is, as long as we were in Norway there was built in entertainment with the driving thanks to the ever changing scenery but now, in Denmark especially, the land is flat and boring and it’s all motorway driving. In Norway you might drive 10 miles or more amongst the mountains and at times you would only see a handful of other cars!