Saturday, July 24, 2010

Days 7 and 8 July 18-19th Singapore to Copenhagen.

Days 7 and 8 July 18-19th Singapore to Copenhagen.
We awoke, breakfasted, packed our bags, and checked out of the Hotel. I had to call at the Sony service centre as I could not get my Picture Motion Browser software updated for my new camera as my computers DVD drive would not work. It was great to find the centre open on a Sunday. A nice young lady technician downloaded the software from the internet.
Then caught a number 36 bus to the Big Wheel. This is like the London Eye only larger. As we walked from the bus stop towards the wheel rain started to fall lightly. We did not make it as the rain became too heavy. Even though we had an umbrella we got wet and had to return to the hotel. We decided that we should go to the airport early. We caught a taxi. I was surprised at how cheap the ride was.
We had lunch and a late evening meal in the lounge courtesy of the airline. They have very nice food. My idea was that if I did not eat first thing on the plane i might sleep better.
The plane was nearly and hour late leaving the ground at 12:05am. We had had a long day. I thought I had slept about 7 hours as the time had passed quickly.
Even though we left later than scheduled we arrived in Frankfurt on time 11:20hours later at 5:15am Frankfurt time.
At about 3:30am the night sky started to day ever so slowly. The sun was still 2hours from rising. We were served breakfast at 4:15am.
After landing we had 2 hours to catch a connecting flight to Copenhagen. We had a long way to walk and eventually found our check in point. We had a half hour to spare before being bussed out to our waiting plane. Frankfurt is a large hub airport. Our plane was one of about twenty all lined up on the tarmac. At this point we were only feeling a little tired.
We left the ground at 7:50am and at 8:15 we were served another very nice breakfast.
The scene beneath us was a patchwork of different shades of brown and green fields interspersed in large areas of green forest. I guess the brown fields were being readied for crops to be planted. There were many electricity generating windmills scattered throughout the fields. I guess they do not have a Resource Management Act like we do. There were many small villages. I only spotted about three houses on the farms so I have come to the conclusion the farmers have their houses in the villages. The landscape was very pretty.
As we approached the airport at Copenhagen I noticed a long causeway reaching out into the sea to halfway between two islands. There was a roadway in the centre which stopped at the end. I theorised that the road dived into a tunnel to continue across the bay to the other island. I have yet to find out whether I am correct.
After landing all we had to do was pick up our bags. No entry check and no customs; we have never had it so easy. When we exited the terminal there was our hotel within 100 metres. They allowed an early check in.
The Airport Hilton Hotel is a very nice hotel. I can thoroughly recommend in. The day before while in Singapore I received a welcoming email from them. I thought that was nice.
At 2pm we crossed the road and caught the train into Copenhagen Central Station. It was a 12minute ride and cost about $4NZ each. We strolled around the uninteresting streets for 15minutes, bought a rather expensive ice cream and the caught the train back to the hotel.
Later in the day I became extremely tired; in fact I was falling asleep at our early evening meal. I went to bed at 6pm and slept for ten hours.

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