Tivoli Bloom Festival
Tivoli Gardens Amusement park is busy being decked-out for the Bloom Festival this weekend
We’re shocked that the day has arrived so quickly, but here we are on our last day in Denmark. It’s been an amazing two weeks, and we have already started planning our return to explore more Danish provinces like Jutland, Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Funen. Oh yeah and also Bornholm! A bike adventure will almost certainly be involved.
We have really appreciated the Danish culture and approach to life! There’s an emphasis on equality that permeates many things here. People can speak their minds, and there is a priority placed on all modes of transportation. The Danes are a lovely people, and their cultural heritage and history are both available and fun to explore. The country is beautiful.
We have had a very lucky run of our trip to Denmark and Sweden. From landing here in the capital of Denmark in the middle of pride AND a global triathlon competition through travelling around the entire boundary of the Øresund through the gardens of Sweden. In typical Huffowicz-fashion, we ended up ringing around an entire body of water to wind up back where we started. It’s a great way to end our trips and to reflect on the experience that we’ve had together.
Right now we are sitting on the rooftop of our hotel, eating free snacks, having drinks, and talking about our trip. Ok, also I’m writing this blog in the lulls. The citizens of Copenhagen below are on their bicycles, whizzing down the bike lanes. They are walking the streets with their shopping or chatting with friends. They are driving their well cared-for vehicles here and there. The city has a sort of flow, and it’s very interesting to sit up here and watch the ballet dance of the city streets.
Tonight we will head over to Tivoli for one last time (you know, before we come back here and go there again). We’re planning on visiting the Tivoli food hall for dinner and walking under the lights, before coming back here to the hotel for an early bed time. Our flight leaves tomorrow at around Noon local time, and we will be home in Alexandria in the evening. Our cat, Mischief, will have forgotten who we are. Our dear friend, Kristen, has very kindly been looking after poor neglected and abused Mischief while we are gone. Kristen, If you’re reading this, thanks so much once again for checking in on her now and then. Thanks for going (as you do with everything) the extra mile by reading to her and playing with her!
As for today, we woke up later and made our way back to the canal next to Christiansborgslot (Christiansborg Palace). We took a canal tour of Copenhagen, gliding underneath dozens of bridges, many of which we have biked over in the past 2 weeks. We even saw some things on the canal tour that we did not see by bike or by foot! Our guide was a cheery older Danish woman, who survived the baking sun and being exposed in the boat like the rest of us. The weather is 75 degrees here and it’s quite warm for the Danes. Back home right now it’s 100 +! We are not looking forward to returning to that!
After our canal tour, Jessi wanted another chance to have the best fish and chips she ever had in her life from a joint on the Christianshavn-side of the Inderhavnsbroen (inter-harbour bridge). Unfortunately, and unknown to us, the bridge has been shut down for renovations from 9-14 every day this week! We had to walk our way down to the Knippelsbroen (Stick Bridge) and then walk backwards to find lunch. No matter though, it helped build our appetite! We finished lunch just as the bridge opened back up, and we got two Lime bikes to take us back to the hotel for a good long rest. Once we grew bored of that, we came up here to the rooftop to enjoy some time reflecting and snacking with our cool upgraded room privileges!
Here’s our last photo dump of the trip!
