…..To Denmark

Well I’m on the train again….this time to Copenhagen….land of Hans Christian Anderson , spinner of fairy tales….

If you think the last train was fancy, this one is even fancier….first there are actually 5 cars on this train…until Hamburg where it looks like we drop 3 of the cars. We get complimentary drinks and a snack on this one. I am seeing speeds up to 190kms

Had elecrical plugs no internet

some had screens

I kind of like this way of travelling, by train, it forces me to relax and get things done, or not and just look out the window.


The country side has been farm land….wheat, cattle, horses….we left right on time 11:25 and are now arriving in Hamburg at 1:20.….Raining!!!
　
Then we headed north….countryside a bit more treed
Well I decided to go and get my free coffee and snack….a little snack bar in the middle of first class and second class…no one was behind the counter but a few people were waiting with me…..then a lady came from 2^nd class area with a tray and money…she headed to the door to go into the concession area….either she didn’t have the right key or the door was blocked, she came back to the the opening (see picture) promptly pushed me a little back, wedged her feet in the wall climbed the wall and onto the counter (about 1.5m tall) and over the counter and into the concession…knocking down something!! Quite a sight!
　

The wall & counter

The lady!

Then we approached Puttgarden, a town on  the tip of a peninsula. Here  our train drove on to a ferry to  go across the little strait into Denmark. It’s too bad that it’s so rainy….it would have been a pretty crossing….we were are in the Baltic sea. But trains on ferries…..

The ferry……very different….it is smaller than our ferries…..but has 5.…yes 5 restaurants, a large duty free shop (apparently Demark has high taxes on things especially alcohol and candy), a money exchange booth, slot machines (only 3). There are very few areas,  to just sit and relax, except outside and it’s raining and blowing…..they want you to buy something! It was only a 45 minute crossing and boy did they sell, I‘d say 95% of the people had a meal. We landed in Rodby, Denmark about 150 kms from Copenhagen.

I'm hoping the weather for the trip back to Berlin is better than today's so I can get some good pictures.



Written at the hotel

About 100kms from our destination the train stopped….apparently a train on the track ahead of us was blocking the track we were supposed to be on , was having major mechanical difficulties…we sat there for about ¾ hr. I chatted to the Danish family next to me and asked a few questions about my next destination.

Arrived in the station, an old station that has been upgraded I will take pictures later….because now it was past 7 when we arrived and I wanted to get to my hotel….It is walkable (about 1km from the station), although it is farther than I thought, from the downtown section……but it was pouring with rain and I grabbed the first cab in line…I will look in to public transit when I get settled.

The hotel is the Cabinn Scandinavia, one of a chain…..it is kind of like a cabin in a ship….very small, meant for up to 3 people (Hmmmm), the bathroom is the size of a shower and it IS the shower, like a bathroom in a trailer (Carol, it is about the size of the Brisbane hotel BUT this has a nice big window that you can see out of and the décor colours are white and turquoise)!

That's a bunk bed in the top right corner...the ladder is in the closet

It is still raining and it is supposed to be like this tomorrow and lightening up on Tues and Wednesday….Hmmmm what will I do tomorrow……
PS I did find a cache that was around the corner from my hotel!