Tour Blog #1 - Copenhagen, Denmark
I have arrived safely in Europe flying from Chicago, IL to Reykjavik, Iceland and then on to Copenhagen, Denmark. It was a nine hour bus ride from Omaha to Chicago and then around eight to nine hours spent in the air. After a little turbulence, a stamp on my passport, and a sleepless night we arrived at the Copenhagen airport. We toted our heavy bags, guitar, and banjo down to the metro station where we were greeted with the chatter of a very large crowd, all heading toward the Danish capitol. On what seemed to be a futuristic metro train I heard many different languages being spoken around me all at once. I had arrived. I had finally left North America. It felt a weight being lifted off my chest.
After calling our couch surfing hosts from a pay phone in the city center we proceeded to walk to their house, pulling our suitcases down the street with us, Amy with her guitar on her back and I with banjo in hand. Bikes and cars whizzed past as we made our way through the busy Copenhagen streets. The air was fresh outside as I breathed it in. The clouds hung overhead on what appeared to be a dreary day as rain softly fell down. I stopped for a second, trying to catch my breath from all the walking.
We finally made it to Joesph and Lindsay's house where we would be staying for a few days and I was overjoyed to not be hauling my heavy bag up and down stairs and across crowded streets anymore. Jet lag soon settled in and the both of us went to sleep only a few hours after our arrival. Amy on the couch and I on the floor, laying upon a small pad our hosts provided us with. Tomorrow we would hit the town.
The city of bikes, that's what Copenhagen is. I found out that one third of the population of Copenhagen ride their bikes to work. Everyone is on a bike here. They even have bike lanes almost as large as a lane for a car on almost every street I have been on. We can definitely learn something from the Danish, and as far as I am concerned they are way ahead of us as far as "going green".
We walked a lot on our first two days in Denmark, seeing old buildings, the Rosenborg Castle, several old churches, and a museum with old Egyptian and Roman artifacts in it which can be viewed in the photographs below. It's hard to sum up all I have seen in the past few days. It's truly an amazing place. We perform at a venue called Tjili Pop on Wednesday here in the city. I can't wait to get this tour started. Soon enough we will be in Germany.
ps...I'll be updating this blog every week or so to keep you guys informed on where I am traveling to next. Stay tuned.
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