The barbeque on the rooftop garden of Britt and Jan´s apartment in Copenhagen - time: around 9.30 pm!
The proud grandfather and Andreas
Frederikbørg Castle at Hillerød
Commencing Buller´s Copenhagen tour
Lunch a little later during Buller´s Copenhagen tour
The very busy Kongens Nytorv (Kings Square)
The French Embassy also in Kongens Nytorv
Skt Jørgens Sø - the view from Jette´s office Buller met me off the train at Hillerød. Before coming back to Copenhagen we had a walk in the grounds of Fredriksbørg Castle. The photo can speak for itself.
On Thursday, Jette, Buller and I did a city walking tour with excellent guiding by Buller. It was quite exhausting as there is so much to see. However, as you can see from the photos, we were well fuelled.
The photos show only a small part of what we have seen. However, as the song says it really is wonderful, wonderful Copenhagen. This city has had a great amount of public building that has not been damaged by either of the two major 20th century wars and it is today a magnificent asset to this livable city.
This public building was driven by the Royal Family. I understand that Christian 4th did a lot of this building including the pictured Frederiksborg Castle. In the late 18th Century, the Danish Kings (Christian 7th I think) became more progressive and emancipated the landless peasants and thus ensured their own survival and continued building program.
At the end of the day we caught a commuter water taxi back to the car and witnessed a dispute about who was first in the queue of bicycles for the taxi. For once, I was glad I was not on a bicycle.
There are now many tourists around and I am hearing a lot of English, particularly American English spoken. In May in France, there were hardly any tourists. Also, the weather has been outstanding with very bright sunshine since I arrived last Sunday.
In the evening, we went to a barbeque at Britt and Jan´s place. They live on the fifth and top floor of an old Copenhagen apartment. They have just done a fantastic renovation of their flat and have patio above the flat where you can see the sea and some of Copenhagen skyline as the sun set finally around 10.30 pm.
I enjoyed talking to everyone. It is always humbling and amazing to sit with a group of Europeans speaking seemingly without effort in flawless English just for my benefit. It is impressive because it is not without effort. We English speakers need to appreciate this effort and lift our language skills.
I talked to Jan about his emerging business in carbon accounting. My prediction is that he will be very busy in the coming years.
Buller and Jette doted on their six month old grandson, Andreas. He is very cute. It is suggested that Buller stands beside the cot waiting for Andreas to wake up and possibly even assists this process. It is not for me to say whether this is true or not.
We arrived home tired but satisfied with our days efforts. On Friday I will ride to Copenhagen to visit a few museums on my own. Whilst it is only a few days since last Sunday, I feel I am being a bit lazy not riding since.
Before our city walk, I booked the train ride to Berlin which, because of the bike, has to go via Jutland and Hamburg and takes 8 hours. I don´t mind as I like train rides and the views that comes with them. It was a bit weird being in the central train station surrounded by people starting out on their summer holidays. This is because most of the journey has been in such solitude and decisions on where to go and when, entirely mine.
There are now many tourists around and I am hearing a lot of English, particularly American English spoken. In May in France, there were hardly any tourists. Also, the weather has been outstanding with very bright sunshine since I arrived last Sunday.
In the evening, we went to a barbeque at Britt and Jan´s place. They live on the fifth and top floor of an old Copenhagen apartment. They have just done a fantastic renovation of their flat and have patio above the flat where you can see the sea and some of Copenhagen skyline as the sun set finally around 10.30 pm.
I enjoyed talking to everyone. It is always humbling and amazing to sit with a group of Europeans speaking seemingly without effort in flawless English just for my benefit. It is impressive because it is not without effort. We English speakers need to appreciate this effort and lift our language skills.
I talked to Jan about his emerging business in carbon accounting. My prediction is that he will be very busy in the coming years.
Buller and Jette doted on their six month old grandson, Andreas. He is very cute. It is suggested that Buller stands beside the cot waiting for Andreas to wake up and possibly even assists this process. It is not for me to say whether this is true or not.
We arrived home tired but satisfied with our days efforts. On Friday I will ride to Copenhagen to visit a few museums on my own. Whilst it is only a few days since last Sunday, I feel I am being a bit lazy not riding since.
Before our city walk, I booked the train ride to Berlin which, because of the bike, has to go via Jutland and Hamburg and takes 8 hours. I don´t mind as I like train rides and the views that comes with them. It was a bit weird being in the central train station surrounded by people starting out on their summer holidays. This is because most of the journey has been in such solitude and decisions on where to go and when, entirely mine.
No comments:
Post a Comment