Copenhagen

Totally unplanned trip! My Dad was in London on business and my Mom flew out to meet him for a long weekend trip in Europe. Unfortunately Dad got called back to Vancouver on an urgent business matter so that left Mom in London with nothing to do and nobody to go away with. Sooo....being the good daughter that I am I decided that I would go away with my Mom.

While it was very last minute, we needed something cheap and cheeful so Copenhagen it was! We left on the Saturday morning at ridiculous o'clock and arrived in the gorgeous 4* Marriot by the water a couple of hours later.

As soon as we arrived, we discovered that everybody in Copenhagen rides a bike! We got the metro from the airport and when we arrived at our destination we were shocked by the hundreds and thousands of bikes. The great thing about Copenhagen is that there are bicycle lanes on almost all of the streets but most of the cyclists don't wear helmets!

We only had two days so had to make the most of it. We walked for about 8 hours each day, checking out the Hans Christian Anderson statue, museum, the longest pedestrian shopping street in Europe, the palaces and everything else Copenhagen had to offer. We went straight from the train station to the Tourist Information which, while badly marked, had tons to offer! We got a CPH card for 20 pounds each and it gave us access to most everything, the palaces, Tivoli gardens and discounts on others like the Ripley's Believe it or Not museum (my cheesy but entertaining choice).

It's a city that is so normal, you could see yourself living there. The people were friendly and everybody spoke Engligh which was great!

Unfortunately it's a very expensive city but at least it was only 200 pounds each for the flight and hotel. The restaurants were crazy pricey and we ended up eating italian twice because you really had to search to find other restaurants.

All in all a great place to go but you can pretty much see and do everything in 2 or 3 days.