Wanderings: Denmark February 2009

Well hello there! We are finally back from our 4-day jaunt through Germany, Sweden and Denmark and boy, are we tired! Our butts are sore from sitting for so long, and our cheeks are chapped from the biting wind. The places were beautiful, but like we found in our London trip, sightseeing is no fun when you're cold and miserable. As it was, most of my pictures were taken out of a moving car, or quick little park-and-shoots. Also, the sun did not show herself the entire trip, which makes for really dark photographs!

Sunday, we left our little town in Germany and headed off to Berlin to stay the night...

A view of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church. I loved the juxtaposition of a destroyed relic of the war and the brand new buildings.

Checkpoint Charlie, where once stood the gate through the Berlin Wall. Traces of the wall itself is no longer visible.

The Brandenburger Gate

After our tour of Berlin, we stayed the night in Malmo, Sweden. We had no real intentions of going to Sweden this trip, but ended up finding a slightly cheaper hotel there than in Denmark. But, as luck would have it, we ended up spending more because of the toll bridge ($50!!) between the two countries. To rub the salt in a little further, the four-star hotel was decorated sparsely... no carpet, small bed, tiny room, no fitness center. So beware of the Scandinavian Decorating Theory.

On Tuesday, we finally headed off to Copenhagen, and found that it was much too cold to do any walking. Such is the weather along coastlines, I suppose. So more photographs were taken out of a moving car.

A Copenhagen intersection with the "THE" store.

A city square

We did stop and park to find the very elusive Little Mermaid. She is well hidden and is actually pretty small for being "the Statue of Liberty of Copenhagen." Nevertheless, she is quite stunning and melancholy.

We stopped in Roskilde, which used to be Denmark's capital but was replaced by Copenhagen. We toured the Viking Ship Museum which was overpriced (as was the food in the museum restaurant) but interesting. I never knew a pile of rotten wood could be so thought-provoking.

Tuesday night, we stayed at the Mercure Hotel in Bremen, Germany. The area was pretty happenin' for 11 p.m. on a week night, but it was right next to a train station so it wasn't too much of a surprise. There was also a museum and a cinema within 2 minutes walking distance.

The train station in Bremen. Inside were many stores and eateries.

Thus ends our trip. So as for Lia's Country Count: USA, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Liechtenstein, Austria, Switzerland, France, England, Sweden, Denmark. Philippines, here we come!