THURSDAY, JULY 18
COMFORTABLE TRAINS!
“Wow, these are comfortable.” Once seated, this was my first comment about the Scandinavian train. The seats were large; they fit our long bodies perfectly, and the arm rests were a pale wood, yep, wood. A six-hour ride in was total comfort (with free wifi) from Stockholm to Copenhagen passing farm lands, little villages, scattered A-frame homes, forests, flat agricultural fields with jutting rocks, and a span of ocean.
Sitting near us were a bickering, troubling and troubled family from NYC, a spoiled, thirty-something daughter, and her parents. The father never spoke. The mother and daughter fought, petty fights, passive aggressive, ugly. We thought…no no no don’t let that be us…ever! A wake up call.
It was a full on dragging luggage day. Two trains to the train station in Stockholm. A change on the train to Copenhagen. A bus to our apartment in Copenhagen.
NORREBRO AREA, COPENHAGEN
Once in Copenhagen, and on the fourth floor (how did we do this to ourselves?!), we walked the area and found an excellent Lebanese restaurant, Cafe Mahalle, in Norrebro. This area has lots of Turkish people and others from the Middle East, some people from Africa as well as blonds and Asians. Copenhagen appears to be one of the most diverse cities we have visited, and it seems integrated!, unlike many other European cities.
Copenhagen was voted the number one biking city in the world for two years in a row, and it’s apparent on the streets. There are very few cars. It’s almost strange. Car lanes are nearly abandoned while the bike lanes are full. Bikers are relaxed, don’t seem in as much a rush as they did in Amsterdam. In Amsterdam we found the bikers not unlike Greek drivers! I’m hoping Chloe will give biking a try here.
