Exploring

 

We had to take the boat trip around the waterways of Copenhagen and it was a good way of seeing the city and finding out a bit about it. Old and new architecture nestled together.  We had a good guide.

I think this was an old warehouse, now waterside apartments.

I'm not sure how the honeycomb windows building works or indeed, what it is.

This area is where homeless people set up home - there's an area of Bristol I believe, where the same thing has happened. The house was unusual and looked to be missing a storey.  Modern building behind...

The iconic Little Mermaid of Hans Christian Anderson's imagination. Smaller than expected.

There were lots of houseboats on the river.

Then yesterday it was on to our Airbnb in Silkeborg. We discovered at the train station that there had been a total outage on the train lines throughout the country the previous day. People working in Copenhagen just couldn't get home!  There were lots of cancellations and overcrowding on the trains where people were still trying to get from A to B. Our train wasn't affected. The electrified line took us to where we changed then we travelled on to Silkeborg on a "dirty diesel" - ever since reading the Thomas the Tank Engine books to Danny, that's what they've been in my mind :). 

Some train views. Around Copenhagen it was very flat and the soil light in colour. As we went Northwards, the land became hillier and the soil darker. Hardly any sign of livestock though.

We had a lovely apartment for our Airbnb accommodation and shopped at a localish supermarket for a pizza and some wine. Nice to relax in a more homely setting.