THE GREAT DANE
In Chicago we met two fabulous lasses – Mel & Sara – from Copenhagen who insisted that we visit them when we got to Europe. It didn’t take much to persuade us so after Germany we fanged it for Denmark and caught the car ferry across the Scandinavian Sea (it’s not really called that but we can’t remember the name of it!).once we arrived, we were immediately smitten with the buffet of uber cool design that Copenhagen offered; be it clothing, architecture, interiors or even the coffee shops! We stayed at Sara’s apartment and had the pleasure of Mel’s company for dinner and caught up on each others news from the past 5 months. During the days, we went to the “must see” attractions that CPH offered: including Christiania, basically a parcel of land that a bunch of hippies overran, refuse to pay taxes on and developed their own legal system – which obviously allows provisions for certain substances. It was definitely an eye opener, but not overly inspiring – and not too different to Hunter Street Mall. Our fave hangouts though were Tivoli – a theme park in the centre of the city, the festive streets, The Royal family’s digs and even Parliament House. Sara who we stayed with is the PA for a member and gave Kez a no-boundaries pass “backstage”. Kez was beyond delighted to brag to Ads (who was visiting people in Sweden) that she shared a cuppa and shortbread with Denmark’s first female Prime Minister, who spoke better English than our own female Prime Minister. After that, she strolled the offices, grand corridors and mosied on out an hour later. All in all, we rated CPH up there with one of the coolest cities we’ve been to… in every sense of the word ‘cool’!
WIN:
Copenhagen oozes some of the best modern architecture – even the library is red hot!
FAIL:
The cost of anything in Scandinavia is rudely expensive; it should be called Scam-dinavia!
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