WOLFESBUKETLISTS

COPENHAGEN, DENMARK

A SHORT CRUISE FROM HELSINGBORG BROUGHT US TO THE FINAL STOP COPENHAGEN.

THE HIGHLIGHT OF THIS CITY WAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT JACOB FONSS. 33 YEARS AGO JACOB LIVED WITH US AS AN EXCHANGE STUDENT THRU ROTARY. HE’S MARRIED WITH 3 ADULT CHILDREN. WE ENJOYED THE AFTERNOON TOURING WITH JACOB AND LOTTIE HIS WIFE.

THEN IT HAPPENED:

DENMARK IS MOVING TO A CASHLESS ECONOMY. PRACTICALLY EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE IS WITH A CARD OR PHONE. FROM HOTELS, RESTAURANTS, COFFEE SHOPS, TAXI DRIVERS EVEN ICE CREAM STANDS….CARD OR PHONE PLEASE. THIS IS CONVENIENT BUT UNCOMFORTABLE FOR FOREIGNERS. HOW DO YOU TIP THE BELLMAN AT THE HOTEL OR THE PORTER AT THE AIRPORT? IF YOU HAND THE BARTENDER US$20 BILL THEY POLITELY DECLINE ‘ONLY DANISH KRONE PLEASE’ OK, I WENT TO AN ATM AND IT ATE MY CARD! JACOB AND HIS WIFE WERE WITH US TO INTERPRET INSTRUCTIONS BUT NO JOY. NOW ITS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND BANKS ARE CLOSED IN COPENHAGEN AND THE US. FROM PREVIOUS INTERNATIONAL TRIPS WE KNOW TO CARRY SEVERAL CARDS. WE MANAGED.

THE UNUSUALLY WARM WEATHER CONTINUED SO THAT EVENING WE VISITED TIVOLI GARDENS. ITS ONE OF THE GRAND AMUSEMENT PARKS OF THE WORLD.

OUR SPECTACULAR LUCK RAN OUT THE CLOUDY WEATHER ARRIVED MONDAY.

UNDAUNTED WE DID TOURIST STUFF WITH A CANAL BOAT TOUR AROUND THE CITY. THE RAIN HELD OFF WITH ONLY A FEW RAINDROPS.

LOOKING FOR A RESTAURANT FOR A LIGHT LINCH WE STUMBLED ON A ROOFTOP FOOD COURT. THE FLOORS BELOW HELD A 4 STORY DEPARTMENT STORE.

THE RAINS ARRIVED SO WE CLIMBED ON A HOP-ON-HOP OFF BUS.

COPENHAGEN IS BEAUTIFUL AND BUSY. IT PRIDES ITSELF FOR GOING GREEN. THERE ARE EV CHARGE STATIONS AND EXCLUSIVE BIKE PATHS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. PEDESTRIANS MUST BE ALERT. STEPPING INTO A BIKE PATH WITHOUT LOOKING CAN BE DANGEROUS.