It’s a mildly deceptive title, but stick with me…
We left Hamburg today early, but not as early as originally planned. We were on the bus to the main station before 7 as we were supposed to pick up our main transport at 8. Today’s grand adventure: a Flixbus ride from Hamburg to Copenhagen, a trip that should last about 6ish hours. From the start, everything got thrown off as the bus we were to take was running late from its origin point in Munich. It did not get to us until a little after 9, and until we really got rolling, the bus was 2 hours behind schedule. For us, it wasn’t that big of a deal as we tend to not schedule anything major on travel days. The bus ride itself was okay. It was a little warm despite the A/C running, and there was some confusion with who had reserved a particular set of seats in the second deck (we only got in the “middle of it” because we sat in seats the row in front of the contended seats). Also, apparently the bathroom on the bus wasn’t functioning, so they made sure to give a little extra time at one of the other stops for people to go. The coolest and the most…aggravating (for lack of better word) parts (they are two separate things) of the whole trip happened one after the other. The coolest part of the trip was having the bus board a big ferry boat that took us across the sea from Germany to Denmark! The bus pulled onto a lower deck with several other big trucks, and we all had to get off as the trip lasted about 45 minutes. When we went up top, the rest of the ship had so many cool things like an arcade, a big store with all sorts of goodies, two restaurants, a coffee shop, and some EXCELLENT views! It was seriously so wild to know that below us a few decks was the bus we’d be getting back on to continue our journey :) After the coolness of that, I got mildly excited because the driver said we’d have to stop through border control to show our passports. I was hopeful I’d get another stamp. I was equal parts disappointed and mildly put off because what actually happened was this: the entirety of our bus had to disembark with all our things, including the big luggage stored under the bus, and we all lined up while Customs had a (very cute) dog sniff around and they checked all our passports. To their credit, the customs folks were nice enough, but it felt so strange to just be in a giant lineup of people waiting to see if we could keep going on our trip…Nevertheless, the process (thankfully) didn’t take too long before we were on our way again. We arrived in Copenhagen right around 4, got our things, and headed to the information office. Brandon found a pass called the Copenhagen Card that allows us access to almost all the major attractions in and around the city, including public transit, for 48 hours. We had to take our vouchers to the Tourist Info office, though, to get our cards. Again, thankfully, that was not a lengthy process. We then hopped on a bus and headed to our hotel. This one is called Sleep CPH and it’s entirely self-service. When you reserve a room, you get a unique door code before you check in that is good for the keypad to the main entrance, as well as your room. There’s a tablet in the room to check-in; it’s all very high tech! We took some time to relax and then went to get some dinner. We found a very kitschy pub-like restaurant to eat. We tried beef tartare, and I was not a fan. Our dinners were puff pastries filled with a chicken and asparagus stew…SO GOOD! Brandon and I shared a strawberry tart for dessert, and then we were all filled up :) The one thing I have found I’ll have to get used to for the next couple days is the prices looking OBSCENE. Denmark uses the Danish krone, which is worth *literally* pennies (lot of bang for your buck!), so while it looks like we’re paying a fortune, it’s actually fairly equitable to an equivalent establishment in the States. Tomorrow, we go exploring! Enjoy the photos!
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