Level 3-2: Hardly Coping in Copenhagen

Actually I was doing just fine, I just couldn't think of anything more less lame to call it.

The thirty-seventh in a four hundred and eighty-two part photography series titled "Statues of Dudes on Horses".

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Day 3 - Tuesday 12th July
Berlin, Germany > Copenhagen, Denmark

Having seen everything to be seen in a 1300-year-old city in one day, everyone piled into the bus (as did everyone's luggage, which took a lot longer, as sapient self-organising luggage has not yet been invented). With a couple of hours' driving between Berlin and the ferry to Denmark, and everyone eager to acquaint themselves with the other people on tour, I figured it was a perfect opportunity to practice napping.

The only thing I saw between Berlin and the coast.

Jamie warned told everyone that we'd be playing the name game after lunch, so like any normal person with a possible future in the media industry, I shit myself. The two hours we would spend on the ferry from Germany to Denmark would hardly be enough time to work out how to speak in semi-public.

Of course, the moral of the story is to never worry, ever, because it's hardly going to help your performance (unless you are playing a worried person). Everyone woke up, said what they had to into the bus' microphone, then sat down and went back to sleep. Name-gaming and lunch out of the way, we were free to resume our napping out-the-window sightseeing, reaching Copenhagen in the late afternoon.

And with this picture, you all officially have no reason to visit Copenhagen any more.

Denmark. Trust me.

Day 4 - Wednesday 13th July
Copenhagen, Denmark

With only one day in Copenhagen, everyone was terribly pleased with the rain we were subjected to the entire time, which alternated between "heavy" and "pouring". Passing the Hans Christian Andersen statue in the main square we made our way to our first sightseeing opportunity:

And it was glorious.

Everyone was taken with Copenhagen's distinctive architecture.

Next stop was the changing of the guard, where we accidentally lost a couple of our group in the crowd - that, or they were water soluble, and had melted. Unfortunately we couldn't find them, so had a look around the Resistance Museum without them.

Strangely enough, in-depth historical information about World War II is not the most fun thing in the world, especially when some of the little info cards have off-handed remarks such as "Denmark's resistance was very hard-working and well organised, but had limited support from Allied forces because of Denmark's low strategic importance.".

Even with their advanced technology, the Danes had trouble resisting Hitler's forces.

Returning to the city centre, the next stop was the King's Garden and its accompanying castle.

This was taken in the fifteen minutes when it didn't rain.

Our final destination (besides the world-renowned Danish food vendor, McDonalds) was a church next to Christiania. For €3 we could climb all the way to the top. (I say "climb", even though it had stairs, because of the "VISITORS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR OWN SAFETY" signs one more commonly sees on mountaintops.)

Particularly fun when it's below 10 degrees due to the wind chill, and the wind that's causing said chill!

Waiting for the bus to return us to our campsite, we caught a glimpse of Tivoli Gardens, often said to have influenced Walt Disney and his Disneyland endeavour. It wasn't the best day for it, though, so even with the promise of fireworks we decided to skip it (and its exorbitant entrance fee).

So, with four days down I'm officially at almost 10% completion of my summer holidays! (That's right, almost. I'm doing well.) Tune in next time* for Stockholm, Sweden!

*Scheduled for a limited theatre release Spring 2012