Copenhagen is very nice

After Berlin, I made a quick stop in Hamburg and pressed on to Copenhagen. Copenhagen is very nice and the people here for the most part are very friendly. Because it is north of Germany, I expected it to have some sort of German influence but I was definately wrong about that. Copenhagen is very Scandinavian and very much like Oslo or Sweden. They have lots of 7-11s and french hotdog stands: which reminds me of Oslo.

They are all crazy about bikes here. It is pretty hilarious to see the variety of bikes that they ride, the bicycle traffic and seeing all of the bikes parked infront of their houses like we do with cars back home. At the train station and other popular places there are thousands of bikes parked side by side. Bikes even get junk mail stuck on their panniers (like those little notes you get on your car windshield to get rich making thousands working from home).

Everywhere in the city there are basically two sidewalks: one for bikes and one for pedestrians. The bike lanes have their own little traffic lights. As a pedestrian you have to remember not to just blindly step onto the 'nicer' sidewalk without looking.

Copenhagen is very marine oriented: It is nice to see sailboats and other ships so close to the city. I noticed Alcatel Submarine Networks has an office here and I wondered what they do.

I have been spending the last couple days with a few guys from Derby, England. Last night Phil, Mark, Richard and I went on a bit of a pub crawl. We started out at a gay bar by accident, however it was the nicest bar of the evening. The main event was to go see a blues bar called Mojo. Later we went to go see a Led Zeppelin cover band play across the way. Finally we ended up in an Irish sports pub. We are going out tonight - hopefully we won't be buying rounds like last night.

My next stop is Amsterdam I think. I will decide tomorrow.