Denmark

15 Hours after leaving Amsterdam we have reached Copenhagen, Denmark.

Brussels was a quick stop. We went there just to check it out but when we got to our hostle we wanted to just relax, and wait until morning to see the city. So we decided to hang out at the bar in the Hostel where we sat down with a few kids from Ireland and on guy from the U.S. It is pretty cool to meet all the people who come into hostles who just want to hang out and are really cheap when it comes to sleeping for the night. After a few hours of hanging out it was time for bed and we both passed out pretty quickley. When we walked out of the hostel the next morning, it was pouring so we went got breakfast, went back to the hostel to get our things and then it was off to the train station and on to Amsterdam.

Amsterdam however has no rules. Prostitution is legal, pot is smoked and sold even more than in Boulder, and the rules of the road do not exist. After we dodged the tram, or a car, there was a good chance we were about to wrecked by one of the thousands of bikes in the city. There were so many bikes instead of a parking garage for cars there was a parking garage for bikes.

We are not sure why people think Paris is the city of love because at the end; it is kind of dirty and smells pretty bad. The canals of Amsterdam, the small cafes (which are every where), and the Red light district makes me want to think the city of love may be Amsterdam rather than Paris.

At the end of it Amsterdam was a great place. We had 3 roommates; 2 from London and 1 from Sydney and just hanging out with them was a great time, and they were all backpacking themselves so it was good to share some stories. We left the hostel around 5 with the two kids from London and headed to the train station for our 15 hour train.

The train station experience was interesting; we first got to the station and were directed to platform 8b. When we arrived on the platform there were people waiting at the same spot for Berlin, Copenhagen, and Prague. Since Sam didn't believe me when I said 8b for the 19:01 train he went to re-check. After about 15 minutes of confusion we realized we were on the right platform with a train sitting right in front of us, but no one was there to ask about the train and no one was on it. At 19:01 the train left, with all the people waiting for Berlin, Copenhagen, and Prague still on the platform. At 19.02 there was an announcement saying our platform was 15. '

So what the hell? If we actually got on the train who knows where we could have ended up and actually missing our train would not have let us get to Copenhagen until at least tonight. So once aboard the train, which half was going to Moscow, we settled down in our cabin right out of EuroTrip, and waited 15 hours to get to Copenhagen.

We are in Copenhagen now for a night or 2 to visit one of our roomates from Australia and then off to Aarhus, Denmark to visit our other roommate. After the visiting is over we will be off to Germany and Berlin to start and we will go from there.

hej hej
-Michael and Sam