Day 2 involved a couple more museums and shops but as usual not enough time to see it all. The Copenhagen museum was intense to say the least with an impressive collection of early artefacts that were great to experience and intellectually challenging. So much so that it took us nearly 90 minutes to do the first of 4 floors and subsequently not as much time on the other 3 but well worth the visit. The Scandinavian design museum on the other hand was a little under- whelming but maybe we were just a little tired and “museumed out” Our hotel is a budget one and therefore rather small with paper cups for your wine and not a lot of room for the ever increasing luggage (yes Robyn does have another new coat.... this time a rather delightful Helly Hanson number that will definitely impress the local Marion Bay community). Back to the hotel, we actually went back to reception after we checked in to enquire if they had made a mistake because there was only one single Donna and one towel in the room, it was correct , the others are under the bed in the pull out drawer....
Day 3 included some wandering around the shops! A visit to the round tower and some general sightseeing before the legs had simply had enough.
Today was spent driving to Odense. We first needed to find our way to the Metro with our luggage in tow to get out to the airport to pick up our next hire car. Once we found the metro station it was all very easy. Metro to the airport, free shuttle bus to the rental car centre, pick up our little diesel Renault and head out. First stop Roskilde and the Viking Ship Museum. Absolutely awesome! They recovered five Viking ships from the bottom of the Roskilde fjord which in itself was an amazing feat. They built a metal wall around the wrecks, pumped out the water and then began excavating, cataloging, processing and preserving every piece. Once this was done it took 25 years to reconstruct the ships in the purpose built museum. The museum harbour also houses reconstructed ships modelled on the wrecks as well as many other reconstructions all built using traditional Viking tools and methods. This is all done on site and you can visit the workshops and shipyard and see work in progress and talk to the craftsmen about the process and how everything is done. They sailed one of the reconstructed ships to Dublin to “test” it and try to work out how the ship would have functioned in Viking times. Really well worth the visit.
From there onto Svenborg on the coast via an amazing bridge (18km) across the ocean linking the two islands. From Viking engineering to current! Both impressive! Svenborg was a lovely little seaside town, lots of boats - probably very nice to spend a few days relaxing by the sea but onwards to Odense after a short walk along the waterfront (and an ice cream for Stu). Small apartment tonight so “home cooked food”. Very nice - some steak and veggies. Much cheaper and nice to eat something simple.
Is it just me or do others agree that there is something wrong with having to insert your Visa card into a slot just to open the toilet door? Not only that but you can’t use your card twice due to security reasons meaning only one of us can go to the toilet or you have to use a different card and therefore attract an international banking fee for the pleasure of a pee.....
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