Copenhagen day 6

It was my last full day in Copenhagen and I had a day trip booked to visit Hamlet’s castle and Sweden. A 4.30 am call from Tom asking for directions to the alteration lady had me awake rather early so I managed to fit a final morning walk around the Lakes. The earlier start though… More

Copenhagen Day 5

Wednesday 18th September The forecast for the day was sunshine with a little bit of cloud and I was lucky enough to get the sunshine in for my morning walk. I had planned to head out to this trendy district called Norrebro for my morning activity given that I had found an app-based, self-guided walking… More

Copenhagen Day 4

Tuesday 17 September I woke to light rain but luckily it cleared sufficiently by 8 am to enable me to get out on a walk; there was even some sunshine for this outing. I headed to the sunny side of the Lakes and headed north noting how delightful this side of the lakes is with… More

Copenhagen Day 3

Monday September 16th It was cool, overcast and rather windy for my morning walk but I headed west and walked a loop around one of the The Lakes, a series of 3 lakes that curve around the western part of the city. Being a Monday this was a rather busy area with many cyclists on… More

Copenhagen Day 2

Sunday 15 September It was cool and windy for my first full day in Copenhagen but I ventured out for a morning walk down to Nyholm; the old harbour area. The area was deserted this morning but there was plenty of evidence that there’d been a lot of drinking activity fairly recently! I had a… More

I made it to Copenhagen!

Saturday 14th September Copenhagen Apartment: https://www.airbnb.com.au/rooms/820869? Address: Frederiksborggade 36 4. tv, Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark 1360, Denmark It was an early start for the three of us today with a 7 am departure from our apartment. We eventually manage to find a taxi and headed off to Central Station. The boys were catching a… More

Milan Day 3

Friday 13th SeptemberThis was our last day in Milan and Mark and I started the morning with a walk up to the Duomo and galleria whilst David went on his own journey exploring. We stopped off at Disciplini cafe again and it was even busier this morning. What we can’t understand is how all these… More

Day 2 Milan

Thursday 12th SeptemberWe left the apartment this morning at 8.45 am but didn’t get very far as there was an interesting cafe just around the corner;the Disciplini cafe. So, in we went for the boys to have their morning coffee and pastry fix. It was interesting watching the flow of locals coming in and having… More

Milan: Day 1

Tuesday 10th September Milan:   https://www.airbnb.com.au/rooms/18615257? Address: Via Crocefisso 25, Milano, Lombardia 20122, Italy We made it to Milan! Albeit without one key member of the group 🙁 Flights for all were ok and we found our car transport easily too. Things, so far, were going very smoothly, more so than the lead up to this… More