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When you travel from New Zealand it’s never worth going for just a week. So you often end up away from your family for a weekend or two in the middle. I find that pretty hard with a rapidly growing little boy.
To make the most of the weekend I stayed over in Copenhagen before heading to the UK tomorrow. It was cold!
As my luggage has still not arrived (hopefully meet it in the UK tomorrow - yeah right!) I ventured out in a shirt and jacket. It looked sunny enough but the temperature was around minus 10 with the wind chill. I had to quickly find a hat and scarf. Even that wasn’t enough and I finally found a full set of thermals which I just put on in the shop and never took off.
Copenhagen is a beautiful city. The architecture is stunning, it’s very clean, well laid out and it was a buzz to walk around and drink it in.
Last night, we finished our 5 cities in 5 days tour and went to Noma, probably the best eating experience I’ve every had. Some have said the best restaurant in Denmark. The food and service was unbelievable - unfortunately so were the prices. Not sure how I’m going to get that through on my expense claim.
The winter in Northern Europe is something I haven’t experienced before and it’s hard to believe this temperature is normal for so many people. While it is hard to travel so much I do feel very lucky that my career allows me to experience another stunning part of the world and see how other people live.
Click the photo above for shots of the city.
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