Berlin to Copenhagen: Copenhagen

Berlin to Copenhagen Bikeway Finish: Copenhagen.

While the Freewheeling tour had ended, we continued to hang out with each other while pursuing our agendas as most of the group had booked added days at Hotel SP34.  We avoid guided city or museum tours in general and DW does not like urban bicycling but Jesse persuasive person that she is, talked her into it. She sold the concept as a great way of getting a more bird’s eye view of the lay of a city as one covers much more ground than walking and is more engaged with one's surroundings and able to stop when desired compared to using public transportation. Pretty much the same reasons why we like bicycling vacations. Thus the day following our arrival in Copenhagen, our Freewheeling group (minus two who had left town earlier) went on a guided city bike tour.

Our guide was personable, experienced and patient.

 We were able to take in many of the tourist-y attractions in Central Copenhagen.

and were able to spend some time in Christiania.

I briefly lost track of the group while wandering around the craft area of the enclave. As mentioned earlier, we had many experiences in Denmark that were relevant to my interest in woodworking- in the spirit of if you’re a hammer the world looks like a nail; enough to merit a separate post. Our guide took the Cristiana group photo.

I had become online friends through LumberJocks, a woodworking site, with a fellow hobbyist who as it turns out, keeps a workshop space within walking distance from our hotel. Our visits with him were a wonderful memory and evidence that us humans tend to treasure experiences with other humans over places and things we have seen and done.

Not only was Mads great company, he provided us with one of my favorite photos of DW and I and the cover for our cat-centric holiday card.

In our walkabouts, DW noted  the abundance of hotdog stands. 

Being a foodie, she had been looking forward to elegant dining while in town. But she knows that hotdogs are one of my favorite, if infrequent, indulgences.  Reading up on it, it turned out that Copenhagen can make the claim to being the Hot Dog Capital of the World. Thus, after some research as we wanted beer along with our hotdog as well as a sit down setting, we went off to the meatpacking district to have dinner at Johns Hotdogs.

My all time favorite hotdog remains the chilidogs we ate regularly at House of Burger in Watts. A childhood memory, my sister and I still wax nostalgic about that place 50-some years later.

John’s however made it to my top three and takes first place for breath of selection.

Tivoli Gardens was DW’s top priority destination having been advised having been advised as a must see attraction by more than one of her friends. Arriving in late afternoon, it felt sorta Disneyland/Universal City.  However we lucked out with our timing as it became magical at night and indeed was a memorable experience.