Chicken and mushroom tagliatelle with a pint for a tenner.
The bloomin hassle over the airport and the security means i might abandon my planned Copenhagen days. Sweden, in a sense feels so much easier already but that is an unfair comparison as i didnt do big cities in Denmark, tho Malmo is not a big city, possibly equivalent to Aarhus. Early days. No internet other than on my phone else id check out the relative sizes.
Having caught an earlier train than planned, my host, who had said she would be home from six onwards, now wont be home until after seven, fair enough, i did say that was when i would arrive. Just a pub but with pizza pasta type pub grub but at a price i can afford and it tastes good.
The streets are dirtier. The toilets on the train dont work. The trains are crowded, the internet is so slow as to be redundant, i didnt see phone charging points or feel air con was working. Signage on stations was less good but i feel comfortable, it feels less precious. No idea what i might do for five days here tho.
Takk somiket is thankyou very much, its manna takk in Denmark and takk feria in the Faroes. Im amused that thankyou is the same across Faroes Denmark and Sweden and its just the 'very much' that changes. Im amused that autocorrect doesnt capitalise Sweden and am reminded of the Scottish Irish English jokes told in in Finland about Norway, Sweden and Finland. Sweden was always the equivalent of the Irish. I suspect its actually something ive done to my ipads dictionary but never mind.
Theres an aggressive game of chess being played at a table near me and lively conversation all around with a good male female mix. Im sitting wrapped up in a red fleece blanket, as are many around me, both men and women, very typical of Denmark too, all eating establishments have blankets for customer comfort. I confess to being distinctly chilly, oh yeah, its very windy, thats still here.
Theres a bit of me thinking maybe i could return, pick up where i left off and wonder what lessons ive learned. Two weeks i think is enough for a country, to get the feeling whether one wants to stay longer or not tho in fairness Denmark was such a small country perhaps i overdid it after my initial exhaustion of thinking i would fly through europe. Travelling without Lonely Planet is a very different affair, more of a happenchance wander but apart from the hostel information i havent missed the reams of information to read, have been quite happy to go with recommendations. undoubtably Lonely Planet would have told me Ribe and Faaborg were expensive places and i may well not have discovered them.
Its good that im happy that ive moved on. I just got Nicola to check parkrun but its not yet reached Malmo, only recently started near Stockholm. Phew, no drama for tomorrow then. Time to pay my bill and find the rest of my way to my new home. Havent properly read through this but a quick hot spot upload using my phone as wifi. Xx
