ENGLAND gone... DENMARK go!

I made it to Denmark on one piece and am now on the 2nd leg of my adventure!!

I had a fabulous time in England and want to go back to see more!! I think about all the stuff I did there ( London: Trafalgar Square, Buckingham Palace, The Tower of London, Tate Modern Museum, Piccadilly Circus, China Town, Covent Garden, Harrods, The Ritz, Notting Hill, Portobello Market and Winchester Cathedral and The Great Hall and Windsor Castle and then exploring the Soutwest coast in Devon and Cornwall, whew!) and there's still so much more I want to see!! I am hoping to see some of those things on my way home before I fly out of London. We'll see...

So I had the wonderful opportunity of coming down with tonsillitis 2 days prior to flying to Copenhagen, note the sarcasm. My tonsils started to feel REALLY sore Saturday night and I knew that I needed antibiotics pronto!! Lee was saying that all the doctor offices were closed on Sunday so we were going to have to go to the hospital but thankfully they had a walk-in, 7 day/wk doctors office that had just opened so I wasn't going to have to convince the hospital that this was an "emergency". With a little cohersion I was able to get some medicine and 4 days later I feel almost 100% again, thankfully!

My flight to Copenhagen left Heathrow at 6:50am which meant that I had to be there by 5am which meant that I got up at 3:30am and I only went to bed at 12am. Needless to say I was a little worried about traveling on 3 hrs of sleep and a case of tonsillitis but I somehow amazingly had plenty of energy. I think it was because I was excited to see Denmark. Thank god for adrenaline!!

So once my plane landed I had to figure out how to get from the airport to Copenhagen and find a way to kill some time before my friend could pick me up after work. It was easy.

The man at customs was so cute, he was like, "Oh you're from Washington!? My wife and I were just there and it was so hot. We were walking around and were like, whew, it's so hot. Enjoy your stay in Denmark," with a big smile. It was a very sweet welcome into this very sweet country.

Getting from the airport to the main train station in Copenhagen was a piece of cake! Almost all the signs have an english interpretation on them and there were even guys at the train ticket kiosks whose job was to help tourists like me figure out which ticket to buy, where to get on the train and when to get off, etc. So my fearful anticipation of being exhausted and sick in a foreign country leading towards getting lost and stressed out were all for not. I checked my big bags in the bag locker at the train station and was off!

It was great fun walking around not knowing where I was going and it not mattering. It was fun to explore and take it all in with no final destination or time frame. All you have to do is follow the big groups of tourists filing out of the tour buses. They will always lead you towards something cool to see. So I found the city square or town center where all the action was! Pedestrian only streets lined with shops and street performers, etc. Just about by the time I was able to find an internet cafe it was nearly when I was supposed to meet up with my friend.

She has an apartment in Copenhagen but at the moment she is farm-sitting where she boards her horse so I have been staying here with her and her boyfriend. It is just outside of the city limits. I have to admit that it is nice to be on a farm surrounded by horses. It's quiet out here and I like the feeling of being on a farm at the moment.

Today I pretty much didn't do whole lot! It was actually really nice. The weather was really warm and I just enjoyed sitting out in the sun reading my book with the farm dogs as company. The biggest excitement of my day was walking to the supermarket to pick up a few things. I learned one thing today: mind your step when walking on the sidewalk! Bicyclists are crazy and they will run you over!!! So walk in a straight line because when they come racing up behind you and whistle loudly you don't want to veer at all to see who or what is going on. THEY WILL RUN YOU OVER!!!

I think I am going to have a semi-repeat tomorrow minus the sleeping in bit. Going to ride a bike to the biggest shopping center in Scandanavia! But have been warned that compared to American standards it's tiny!!!

That's all for now!!!