*Day 1 we began our trip on Friday the 13th and made it safely to Copenhagen for a day full of sightseeing after getting settled! Copenhagen is such a fantastic city, 5 story buildings, lots of people on bikes, and a bustling town of history and architecture! We walked around the central town area seeing Trivoli, the Town Hall + Pheegan, and the Natural History Museum. On the way back to the hotel we found the Hard Rock Cafe and even took a shot!
*Day 2 started out early with a 4 hour bus trip to a town on the main part of Denmark called Hjortshoj where Inforse is located, a fully sustainable community of 250 residents. We toured all their buildings and even saw a compost toilet! Certainly a fascinating way to live! At the end of the day we got to tour around Aarhus where we stayed for the night.
*Day 3 was the full day on the island of Samso! We started by taking a ferry and met up with our guide for the day Frank. He works at the Energy Academy and to me seemed a little insane, but none the less an interesting guy! He took us all over the island - literally! We saw the Baltic Sea, visited a wind turbine field and climbed to the top of one!, visited a medieval church from the 1600's, a wood chip heating plant and solar field, and a cute village which has been there since the start! It was a busy day of sustainability!
*Day 4 was another free day where a group of us literally walked the whole town! Our stops along the way included the Christianborg Palace, Nyhavn Walking strip + Pheegan, Amalieborg Palace, The Little Mermaid Statue, and the Rosenborg Castle. We had a quick session as a group near lunchtime and then we were off again to walk the "walking street" that was filled with lots of great shops! At a little chocolate shop a bunch of us got hot chocolate and ice cream and a free marshmellow ball ~so delicious!
*Day 5 was our final day and a bunch of us remembered our green attire to celebrate St. Patrick's Day! We only had meeting in the morning at the Environmental Agency and then had lunch with a lady who helped set up our trip! The rest of the day was our plane, train, and bus trip back to Lillehammer! It was all very tiring, but a really great trip filled with some memorable moments!!
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That Mermaid statue is awesome! I have a little figure of that from my grandma! She wanted me to have it when she passed away. I never knew it was from Norway! crazy! Keep on living it up! Miss you!
ReplyDeleteWhat a GREAT trip martha!! I am glad you pushed through being sick - looks like you had a FANTASTIC experience - so unique and different - keep cherishing all of the off the beaten path adventures you are experiencing - the sustainable city sounds sooo neat!!! Can't wait to hear more about that!!
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