Sweden and Denmark makes 18..

I have now visited 17 of the 45 European countries!!

Last weekend we headed off for a cheapy flight to Malmo in Sweden, where we took a short bus ride accross the channel to Copenhagen in Denmark.. We spent most of our time in Copenhagen, only entering Malmo for a meal before we flew back to London..




The Copenhagen highlights were:

- Going to the Carlsberg brewery only to find all the attractions closed for renovation - though the bar was still open where they compensated by giving us lots of free beer!.. including the special christmas beer where they release a different bottle for each advent day!..





- The pretty portside restaurants and bars (where vikings used to hang out) and standing outside warming our hands by the buckets of hot coals on the footpath..



- The brand new Opera House - pretty swanky!

- Christiania - the hippie commune which has become independent of Copenhagen and their laws..

- Being late for the city tour and instead making our own tour with the help of the lonely planet book (and me as "Tour info woman", Megs as "Group & Safety woman", Sam as "Text man" and Blake as "Direction & Extreme Man") through the city to see the major sites - the longest pedestrian shopping street in Europe, some old churches, the palace, the museums, the little mermaid and climbing a round tower to look over the rest of the city..

- Seeing seagulls stand in the middle of a frozen over stream.. for some reason it just looked weird - i mean, why wouldn't they stand on land where it was warmer?



- Seeing Blake's eyes widen when he heard a cracking noise when he was testing the ice to see if it would hold his weight..