Sunday, June 8, 2008

Melbourne - Sydney - Bangkok - London - Copenhagen


Another work trip, this time, round the world in 21 flights - that could be a record. This was my first visit to Northern Europe and I was looking forward to seeing what it had to offer.

Interesting facts about Copenhagen:
  • Sweden is extremely flat, mainly farmland and lots of wind mills - the tall, white, power generating kind
  • Instead of getting peanuts with your drink on Skandinavian Airlines you get Flavoured Broadbeans; they're not bad actually, think flattened broad beans, fried and tossed in BBQ flavouring
  • The city is dead on Sundays, there doesn't appear to be any locals around (just tourists) and all the shops are closed except icecream and hotdog stands
  • Copenhagen has canals
  • The majority of tourist Copenhagen can be seen on foot, unfortunately there isn't really a lot to see. My top 2 sites were this canal and The Little Mermaid statue


Overall, not really impressed with Copenhagen, tomorrow off to Stockholm so we'll see how that goes, though there may not be time for exploring.

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