Copenhagen Day 1
Staying at the CABINN Hotel in Copenhagen. Cheap, with crappy net, but it does the job. The rooms look and feel like cabins on a ferry, down the bunk bed and the shower that takes up the entire bathroom. The last hotel really spoiled us, so we'll have to get used to more sparse amenities.
Started the day by getting some local currency. Copenhagen is way more expensive than Stockholm despite the fact the Danish Krona (DKK) is stronger than the Swedish Krone (SEK). I got a hair over 500DKK for 100USD (in Sweden I got 650SEK), so I treat these 100SEK bills like they're twenties. Problem is, you just burn through them. For instance, beer is about $10 a pint. If I lived here, that would put a serious crimp in my beer drinking, though it would significantly up my brewing.
There are some bargains, though. We took a great canal cruise for only 30DKK each, and ended the day with a visit to the free National Art Gallery. In between those activities we walked the Strøget in the Latin Quarter, a very touristy pedestrian mall. How touristy? They have a Ripley's *and* Guinness World Records museum. Yeah, that touristy.
In fact, Copenhagen is far more touristy in general. I think I prefer Stockholm between the two of them. Though Copenhagen does have the wonderful Mikkeller Bar, serving 9 taps of Mikkeller and 6 guest taps (all quality US brews while I was there, and all of which I could get back home). I had a Simcoe IPA and a small glass of George, their Imperial Stout (12.12%! Named after George Foreman). Tisha had a glass of their Spontanale and their "Brett" yeast series. I recommend checking this place out if you're in the area.
Tomorrow, we'll check out a palace, and make our way out of town in the late afternoon, on our way to Malmö to catch an overnight train to Berlin. Sleeping on a train, woohoo!
I'll get pics uploaded to Flickr at some point, but can't right now as my net is craptacular.