I was recently asked: Based on all of the places you’ve been…, which one has been the best of all? We have liked many of the places we’ve visited, so picking a single “best” one isn’t easy. I’ll consider the following criteria: People: Is the city diverse? Are the people interesting? Are they generally nice?…
It’s been 7 weeks since we left the US, so B and I were discussing what has made the biggest impression on our trip so far. The incident which most impacted B is an unexpected one. We were in Copenhagen, traipsing to see the Little Mermaid statue. We had exited the bus in a residential neighborhood…
We can’t speak for all of Denmark, since we only visited the one city, but here were 7 things that surprised us about Copenhagen: Everyone speaks English. Seriously: everyone. Some of the people, especially those in the tourism industry, have better English pronunciation and grammar than many of the Americans I know. Everyone bikes. Women…
We were wandering about town one evening in Copenhagen. We had no set destination, but were enjoying the many people, restaurants, and plazas we encountered on each cobblestone street and alley. But we soon grew hungry, so our wandering grew more purposeful: we stopped to peruse menus. Unfortunately, the need to divide the currency listed by 5 did nothing to…
Yesterday, we made the requisite pilgrimage to the Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen. It’s an indisputable tourist trap, made even more depressing by the need of most 13- to 30-year-old male visitors to have a photo of themselves groping her. The statue itself is located at the edge of the city, not far from a…
Copenhagen is expensive. Bibi’s Diner: Decent. This story is told elsewhere, but the food itself was solid. We had dolma, tomato/cucumber salad, broccoli salad, cabbage salad, and potato salad, plus something bread-like which I think was chick-pea-based. In that part of town, this seemed to be one of the only affordable places to eat. Aamanns: This was…
Royal Library Gardens: It was very relaxing to sit in here. Surprisingly devoid of crowds, it had some pretty trees, a fountain, a statue of Kierkegaard, and a lot of benches. Worth it. The Dome: There was a temporary art installation set up near the water, which looked like a transparent biodome. It was intended to convey a both…