Scandinavia, Part 1: Copenhagen

Just after the summer solstice, Charlie drove us to the airport for an Air Canada flight to Copenhagen Denmark via Toronto. Nice display at SFO. Easy breezy, kinda sleepy. Trained into town, saw a party bus. Let’s go…

After lunch and a nap I went for a big walkabout (while ML napped) taking in some of the classic sites of Copenhagen

Wished I’da hadda bike, but that’s in the works. Long walk, efficient/sufficient tourist trek…

Coupla clips with street performer soundtracks – …

On Sunday evening, after much jet-lag recovery & relaxation, we met our Intrepid group. Six Aussies, two Americans, and a Canadian, and our guide is from Ukraine – great group. Somehow theyHad an informational meeting then went out to dinner.

The next day we took a morning bike ride to see some of the main sites of Copenhagen. Some repeats from my walkabout earlier, but more fun & informative with our guide Dexter…

After our ride, we had a spot of lunch, then most of us went to visit “Freetown Christiania,” an autonomous commune or intentional community near downtown Copenhagen that began in 1971 when some “hippies” started squatting at an abandoned military base. Here is there website: https://www.christiania.org/. Made for some interesting photographic opportunities…

More of Christiania

More soon…

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