Last day in Copenhagen.
We board the ship this afternoon at 2PM.
This time we plan to go on the cheap.
Our plan is to avoid a 350 Krona taxi cab ride for a 140 Krona train ride.
Yesterday, we walked the to city from the Little Mermaid statue to Tivoli.
Of course, a few wrong turns added to the mileage. My feet are still in pain.
Tivoli is a very nice park-like amusement park. I understand it may be the second oldest in the world. Check it out on wikipedia. Admission 1 USD = 6 Krona.
Shows, restaurants, and a few scarey rides where in full swing.
Club sandwich, salad, two drinks along the waterfront, 75 USD.
This town is bicycle crazy. There a were a least two hundred bikes parked in front a depatment store.
I'll post pictures later.
George & Diane
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Friday, June 24, 2011
THE TRIP BEGINS - on to Denmark
Thursday proved lucky. Sometimes USAirways comes through. We arrived at the airport early which may have helped us get upgraded to Envoy class. Wow! This is the first time that I sat in a power seat on an airplane. This baby had a powered foot rest, powered recliner, powered head reast, powered lumbar support-two places, and a powered foot rest.
Next came free food and drinks. A choice of entrees. very good.
Each seat was equipped with a Monitor with a selection of movies , etc.
The idea is to get sleep on this flight so that you can get back on the clock the next day.
Denmark and Frankfurt are 6 hours different.
I watched three movies instead on my personal screen. (no click flick compromises.)
This was the best USAIRWAYS experience I ever had.
I still have a tear in my eye from the memory.
We arrived in Frankfurt for our transfer to Lufthansa. Since USAirways could not give us boarding passes, we faced an uncertain path to Copenhagen. We have an hour and 30 minutes to make it.
First mistake, we went through customs and entered Germany. Later we found that we could have stayed inside the security zone and walked directly to the connecting gate. Walk, walk, walk, and walk some more. This is when Diane discovered how heavy her carry-on was. We grabbed a luggage cart and kept walking to the Lufthansa end of the terminal. I truly believe that the last gate is in Denmark. If you ever walked Atlanta, or the Phoenix airports, you only have had a warm-up. Frankfurt is long, long.
After a failed attempt at the check-in Kiosk, we tried people check-in. It worked. With boarding passes in hand, off to security. US security is tighter than German security. You don't have to take your shoes off. no pat down or body scans. "Zee papers pleez."
After walking from A1 to A36, we arrived at the gate. Lufthansa's plane was spotless.
Germans are often accused of being regimented. I found that if you sit straight and keep pulling on your seat belt, the flight attendents won't scold you with stern glances.
One hour to Copenhagen. 40 minutes waiting for baggage. Lufthansa, how embarássing.
A short walk to the Airport Hilton. very nice.
Last night, we did the Metro to Copenhagen, Kognens Nytorv Stop. Walked the town. Nice place. Street side restaurants, boats, a Tango club was having an outdoor event. They were dumping sand in the park for a volley ball tournament. Bicycles everywhere.
2 Coffee lattes for 74 Danish Krona. On Kr equals .17 USD. (No dollar sign on this Danish keyboard.) I found it hard to hand over a paper 100 for coffee and get what looked like 2 quarters for change.
Breakfast is included at the hotel. Free food is a good thing.
More to come, George.
note spell check is set to Danish. my apologies for my missses.
Next came free food and drinks. A choice of entrees. very good.
Each seat was equipped with a Monitor with a selection of movies , etc.
The idea is to get sleep on this flight so that you can get back on the clock the next day.
Denmark and Frankfurt are 6 hours different.
I watched three movies instead on my personal screen. (no click flick compromises.)
This was the best USAIRWAYS experience I ever had.
I still have a tear in my eye from the memory.
We arrived in Frankfurt for our transfer to Lufthansa. Since USAirways could not give us boarding passes, we faced an uncertain path to Copenhagen. We have an hour and 30 minutes to make it.
First mistake, we went through customs and entered Germany. Later we found that we could have stayed inside the security zone and walked directly to the connecting gate. Walk, walk, walk, and walk some more. This is when Diane discovered how heavy her carry-on was. We grabbed a luggage cart and kept walking to the Lufthansa end of the terminal. I truly believe that the last gate is in Denmark. If you ever walked Atlanta, or the Phoenix airports, you only have had a warm-up. Frankfurt is long, long.
After a failed attempt at the check-in Kiosk, we tried people check-in. It worked. With boarding passes in hand, off to security. US security is tighter than German security. You don't have to take your shoes off. no pat down or body scans. "Zee papers pleez."
After walking from A1 to A36, we arrived at the gate. Lufthansa's plane was spotless.
Germans are often accused of being regimented. I found that if you sit straight and keep pulling on your seat belt, the flight attendents won't scold you with stern glances.
One hour to Copenhagen. 40 minutes waiting for baggage. Lufthansa, how embarássing.
A short walk to the Airport Hilton. very nice.
Last night, we did the Metro to Copenhagen, Kognens Nytorv Stop. Walked the town. Nice place. Street side restaurants, boats, a Tango club was having an outdoor event. They were dumping sand in the park for a volley ball tournament. Bicycles everywhere.
2 Coffee lattes for 74 Danish Krona. On Kr equals .17 USD. (No dollar sign on this Danish keyboard.) I found it hard to hand over a paper 100 for coffee and get what looked like 2 quarters for change.
Breakfast is included at the hotel. Free food is a good thing.
More to come, George.
note spell check is set to Danish. my apologies for my missses.
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