DAY 6 – MONDAY 10TH DECEMBER, 2018
We have been finding that it is very
easy to sleep in over here as the sun does not even rise until after 8.30am and
it is almost 9am before it is light enough to want to venture out… Today is quite cold with temperatures down to
5 degrees.
It was time for us to do some washing
this morning, so before we ventured out, we did a little housework, and vacuumed
out and them put on a couple of loads of washing…
Steve spent most of the morning trying
to work out the transport apps on his phone and mapping out which public
transport we would need to catch to take us into Nyhavn which was our
destination for today. It was the first
place we took off to explore when we were here in 2016.
The app worked slightly differently
this time to when we were last here and we did get a little lost when we got to
Norreport Station and had to transfer to the Metro. We ended up going the wrong way and ended up
on train platforms. We had been trying
to avoid stairs where possible because of my sore knee, but ended up going up
and down flights of stairs everywhere trying to get out of the station and back
to the Metro. Certainly getting my steps
up today
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| Near the bus stop out near Maria's and Petes |
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| The streets are decorated for Christmas |
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| Bikes bikes and more bikes in Copenhagen |
Nyhavn.
When we hopped out of the train, we ended up in this massive department
store.
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| Inside Magasin Du Nord |
It was one of the oldest in
Copenhagen. Magasin Du Nord, and it had
a bit sign on the front suggesting it was 150 Years. Everything in Copenhagen is lit up for
Christmas, and being in the colder climate, the lights are on a lot longer each
day really making it like a wonderland…
We had a little walk to get to Nyhavn
and as we were crossing the street we got caught up in a big protest
march. We figured it had something to do
with refugee status as they were calling for human treatment of refugees, but
we really had no ideas what it was really all about as we could not understand
a word they were saying…. We told a
couple of people we could not speak Danish, and they asked us if we were
tourists and we said yes, so they told us to have a good day.
Nyhavn in Winter is terribly different
to what it is in Summer. There were no
where near the same amount of tourists about.
The harbour was not a thrive of activity. In face we didn’t even see the harbour cruise
boats around. We had thought of doing a
harbour cruise again, but decided against it as it was so so cold down
there.
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| The gulls here are enormous |
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| Sleigh riding in Nyhavn - Copenhagen |
Instead we decided to go for a walk
along past all the eateries and check out all the Christmas market stalls along
the water’s edge. We walked down as far
as the ice cream shop we had stopped at last time, and this time, the place was
empty, not a person sitting outside, no one eating ice cream, it was so deserted.
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| The ice cream shoppe we enjoyed visiting last time we were here. |
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| It was freezing down by the water front |
We walked across the little bridge with all the locks and I swear there are way more locks there now than when we were last here. It was pretty much deserted this time of year....
One of the things I enjoyed was seeing
all the little outdoor restaurants, all decorated for Christmas with blankets
over each chair for the comfort of their patrons. For us it was still to cold to sit outside.
After walking around Nyhavn and taking
our fair share of photos we headed back into town through another lot of
Christmas markets. I am very much
looking forward to visiting them at night later in the week when they will all
be lit up.
Before leaving Nyhavn, I wanted to get some photos of the buildings, but the best spot to do that was on the after side of the water. Whilst Steve took off to do that for me I sat and listened to this flute player. He was really very good...
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| This guys was really very good... |
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| Meanwhile I am trying to keep warm.. It was freezing once you stopped |
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| Chocolates - in the shape of roses, spanners and all sorts of other things |
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| Cross stitch Christmas baubles |
Across the road we noticed a hotel with a
beautiful Christmas tin soldier standing
out the front of it, so of course we headed across to take a photo. There was a bell boy (well man actually)
standing at the front door letting people in and out of the hotel. At the entrance to the hotel where coned
trees decotated with Christmas canes. We
took more photos of course…
By now we were feeling a little hungry
and very cold, so decided to walk a block or so down the road where we found a McDonald's. We are not McDonald fans, but
the warmth of the building was a big draw card as to where we were going to
have our lunch….
It was really well past lunch time as
it was after 3pm, but the cold had made us hungry, so we enjoyed a chicken and
bacon burger with fries. ( totally different to what we have back home) They also had some sort of seasoning on them.
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| trying to navigate our way home whilst riding the bus... |
By the time we left McDonald's, the sun
was setting and we were able to see the beautiful orange colours of the sun setting
in the evening sky.
It was around 4pm when we boarded our
bus for home, and the lights of the city were all on. Such a pretty site. By the time we got back to Pete and Maria’s
it was dark. It felt weird getting home
at 4.30pm and it was night time, with lights on everywhere. Still trying to get used to these short days.
At least it was an easy dinner tonight
as we just had the left over curry from the previous evening…
We are still finding that by 8 or 9pm
we are feeling really tired and wanting to head to bed. Not sure if it is still jet lag or whether it
has to do with the fact that it has already been dark for several hours and it
feels a lot later than it actually is.
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