Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Copenhagen

I got into Copenhagen at 10 after 5 on a Sunday, and met up with the people I would be staying with through couchsurfers. This Web site allows people travelling around the world to meet up with people willing to let them sleep on their couches.
So I arrive in Copenhagen and met one of the people I was staying with. One of the two people moved to Denmark from Uzbekistan and the other grew up in Ã…rhus, a city in West Denmark, on the mainland. The guy had just gotten over the flu, so he did not feel like going out that night, so we went out and got take-out Indian food and a few beers. We stayed up for a bit then passed out at about 11:00pm. The next morning we went out and grabbed some stuff for breakfast, as they were quite interested in having "real American pancakes" and I was interested in having Danish pastries from Denmark. The pastries were actually amazing, though I suppose that that is not really surprising, and I think they liked the pancakes, though I had to eye the measurements, as I did not have a tablespoon, teaspoon, and measuring cups that measure "cups." So a little too much baking powder, but that can be covered with Nutella, and if you have never had American pancakes before, then I have a relatively clean slate to work with.
I said goodbye, grabbed my bags, and then headed out to the train station to drop off my bags at the rail station lockers before seeing the sights in Copenhagen. A few museums, a few churches, a palace and an all-you-can-eat Middle eastern buffet and then I headed off to the train to get my transit to Erfurt on. Erfurt: the green heart of Germany.

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