Chris asked me that this afternoon. It`s Denmark, the last country of our trip. We sailed from Tallinn to Stockholm last night. We were supposed to take a night train to Copenhagen tonight and then on to Æro Island in the morning. Tommorrow is May Day, and being as we are in the countries we`re in (I`m not gonna say Socialist Tendancies or anything), nothing is as it should be. The Swedish trains ran today as if it were a Sunday, meaning no night tain. Honestly, I`m not really sure what Sundays have to do with night trains, but whatever. So, we traveled during the day. And actually, it was quite nice. A day with not so much walking, and we actually got to see the scenery. We`re starting to be too old for the night trains. I know, I know. We aren`t that old yet, but whenever we`ve taken them, we haven`t gotten but a couple few hours of sleep, and those few hours were ridden with wake-ups.
So, here we are in Odense. It is Denmark`s third largest city. We`re glad to be here. I slept like a baby last night. Literally. I woke up like a million times. That would be on the boat. The boat that was not so impressive. We`ve actually been on quite a few boats lately. This was technically our third cruise-type boat (our second being the shuttle to Tallinn - there were actually cabins on it!). Like I said, we were not overly impressed. There was no pool on this one, just a sauna. There was only one shopping shop and one tax free shop. The Stockholm - Helsinki boat put it to shame!! I know I haven`t talked about that boat, or any of Helsinki for that matter, but bear with me, I will.
I`m actually a little ticked at myself that we are here in Odense. I thought we were doing the right thing. I`d read somewhere that the ferry to Æro stops at like 6 pm or something. Turns out it runs until 10:30. I figured that out after we were already here with a room. I just now found out that the ferry service doesn`t run at all tomorrow as it`s May Day. I stick my tongue out at May Day! They say here that it`s like our Labor Day, but not really...in oh so many ways! For instance, ferry service doesn`t stop. The easiness of this trip has gone out the window. The first week was pretty great (let`s leave out Oslo for a moment). The second week seems to be one pitfall after another. Not to say that we aren`t having a great time. We are, it´s just there`s been a bunch of set backs. I´m just sayin`s all.
So we may have to spend an extra night here. I`m going to Æero if it kills me. It`s nice and idyllic and quaint and quiet. All things we need. Plus, our feet are well rested from the lack of touring today. But man, have those packs gotten heavy. Mine has this special way of pressing right on the nerves in my shoulder!!
On an upshot, we are staying in an awesome little botique hotel, and it`s only 595 Danish Krone (divide by 6). For this place, the only is appropriate. By far the nicest place we`ve stayed so far. I guess this is a slow week because he said they have plenty of rooms for the week. In fact, I think he charged us the price for a room with the bathroom down the hall (we`ve had our fair share of those), but we have a bathroom (wC - water closet) ensuite. Yay us! And, it sounds like it`s a good thing they have plenty of rooms. We may be sleeping in tomorrow and reading books (I read a whole one by James Patterson today. Beach House, I think it was. WOW!! Good book. Great twist at the end!) and then seeing what there is to see here.
Tonight we had a fabulous dinner. Service in this part of the world is not quite on par with that at home. In fact, you could even call it non-existent. In most places you don`t tip. I wonder if they got paid less and relied on tips, like at home, if they`d give more/better service? So the service stunk, but the food. Oh my, the food! It was awesome. The guy at the hotel recommended the place. Marco Polo (click on the top M). They love that name over here. You see all kinds of things with it. There`s even a clothing line called Marc O`Polo. Anyway, the food rocked.
Afterward, we tried in vain to find a place with ice cream. Finally, we ended up back at the hotel. Chris went upstairs already. I`m on the free computer in the lobby. He`s probably asleep already. It`s annoyingly easy for him to sleep. Today, I was miserable on the train. Seriously. In bad shape. And there he sat, sleeping. Ooooohhhh, I just wanted to pinch him!
*update* I just talked to the guy at the desk. he says it doesn`t make sense for the ferry to not run, all the shops will be open. I checked again. It was January first. Ugh! Like I needed those two years of my life I just lost!!
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