Nyhavn & the Royal Quarter Tuesday night we caught a taxas (taxi) into Nyhavn & the Royal Quarter which was on my bucket list. The canal is flanked by colourful Dutch style houses built in the 17th century to link the harbour to the city. The buildings on one side of the canal are all houses with restaurants, tonight Italian food was on the menu, we found Venetia Italian and entered by walking down a few steps into a sub-basement restaurant for a three...

Kronborg Castle After a very tasty breakfast including cereal, yoghurt, local cheeses & meats, very European, which I am enjoying the great body fuel & coffee. We caught the local train to Copenhagen Central, changed trains and made our way to Helsingor. We walked around the foreshore where we saw Sweden across the water, approximately 10 kilometers. Rod took advantage of the local library and downloaded amazing photos onto the RoChDa Offexploring site...

To Kobenhavn Dänmark Monday morning it was time to say farewell to Lidingo Island, a light mist as we walked to the local bus stop after a hearty breakfast at our quaint little accommodation, the Ariston Hotel. I had fond memories of the beautiful tulip gardens and greenery at the local village. A quick bus trip and we left the island arriving at Ropsten Station for the transfer to Stockholm Central to catch the train to Dänmark. Our carriage was comfortabl...

Quick blog as I am a day behind. But we traveled from Stockholm to Copenhagen today. Country number 8, and almost as many languages and currencies. The train trip was nothing really exciting. I spent most of it catching up this travel blog with Chris and Darryl's entries and pictures. We also stated putting our names at the bottom of each entry because we are having different experience and memories of places we may all have been. The southern Swedish country sid...