We are always flying in and out of Copenhagen when we go to Sweden, because it’s the closest airport with direct flights to NY. When my husband and I were gonna fly back home from our vacation in Sweden in August last year, we had a flight at 8 am in the morning on a Monday. We decided that it was best to book a hotel in Copenhagen for that last night.
My lovely parents drove us all the way over, took us to the hotel, joined us for lunch and then they drove back home again. Jim and I spent the afternoon as tourists. I have been in Copenhagen some times before but never really been a tourist. I’ve been there on school trips which mostly mean sitting in a bus, I’ve been to the amusement park with my parents when I was a kid, I’ve been to dance auditions, but never been a real tourist.
Of course we went to see the Castle, the little mermaid (Den lille havefrue) and Nyhavn with all the restaurants. It started to rain after a while so we walked in to a random bar, but they closed at 7. We walked around for quite some time until we found something that was open. Strange. Even if it was a Sunday night we still expected the Danish to party all night long in bars, but nope, they didn’t. Eventually when we had been to two other bars and also finally found some food, we decided to go back to the hotel. We had to get up so early anyway.
Copenhagen was cute and I’m glad we got to see it. But I didn’t get that wow experience like some of my American friends talked about. There was construction everywhere and you couldn’t see big parts of the city (and you could definitely not drive anywhere). It also rained a bit which makes any city boring. I don’t know, maybe I’m too Swedish to appreciate it. But overall, my husband seemed to enjoy it and I’m glad I finally got to be a tourist in a city I ones wanted to move to (for school). I want to go back and go to other parts of the city that I’ve been before and I actually want to go to Legoland, with or without a kid, hihi.
Vi flyger alltid in och ut fran Kopenhamn nar vi ska till Sverige, for det ar den narmsta flygplatsen med direktflyg till NY. Nar min man och jag skulle flyga tillbaka hem fran var semester i Sverige i augusti forra aret, hade vi en flight kl 8 pa morgonen pa mandagen. Vi bestamde att det var bast att boka ett hotel i Kopenhamn den sista natten.
Mina kara foraldrar korde oss hela vagen over, tog oss till hotellet, gjorde oss sallskap for lunch och sedan korde de tillbaka igen. Jim och jag spenderade eftermiddagen som turister. Jag har varit i Kopenhamn nagra ganger forut men aldrig riktigt varit turist. Jag har akt dit pa klassresa vilket mest betyder att sitta i en buss, jag har varit pa nojesparken med mina foraldrar nar jag var liten, jag har varit pa dans auditions, men aldrig varit en riktig turist.
Sjalvklart gick vi och kolla in slottet, den lilla sjojungfrun (Den lille havefrue) och Nyhavn med alla restauranger. Det borjade regna efter ett tag sa vi gick in pa en random bar, men de stangde vid 7. Vi gick runt ett bra tag innan vi hittade nagot som var oppet. Underligt. Aven om det var sondag kvall forvantade vi oss att danskarna skulle festa hela natten lang pa barerna, men nej, det gjorde de inte. Till slut, efter att vi hade varit pa tva barer och aven antligen hittat lite mat, bestamde vi oss for att ga tillbaka till hotellet. Vi skulle ju ga upp sa tidigt anda.
Kopenhamn var gulligt och jag ar glad att jag fick chans att se det. Men jag fick inte direkt en wow upplevelsen som nagra av mina amerikanska vanner har pratat om. Dar var ombyggen overallt och du kunde inte se stora delar av staden (och man kunde definitivt inte kora bil dar). Det regnade en detl ocksa vilket gor vilken stad som helst trakig. Jag vet inte, kanske ar jag for svensk for att uppskatta det. Men i det stora hela sa verkade min man gilla det och jag ar glad over att fa vara turist i den stad jag ville flytta till (for skola). Jag vill aka tillbaka och besoka andra delar av staden som jag har varit forut och jag vill faktiskt aka till Legoland, men eller utan ett barn, hihi.
A photo of my little love and me from exactly a year ago
