Took train to Roskilde today. Travelling in a foreign country is so strange. He sold me a two zone card and told me to punch it four times in the yellow machine... what? And are some of the seats reserved? There are some displays in Danish that suggest so... And of course, was the train going in the right direction?..
Roskilde Cathedral was wonderful. All the Danish Kings and Queens are laid to rest there... I say laid to rest.. they are in ornate coffins displayed on plinths.. and the medieval frescos all over the walls were amazing.
Went for a hike along a cycle track (did 13k)..pah! too easy! Turned wrong deliberately and ended up lost in a Danish forest.. that's more like it... not that I could get lost with the cathedral spires visible for miles... but walking along the side of the road to town with the traffic coming in the wrong direction was interesting.
Went for a walk in Kobenhven yesterday evening before it got dark, aiming for the Kings Gardens... turned left through gates when all of a sudden was confronted by a soldier out of his guardbox blocking my way and looking menacing with his AK47.. "Halt!"
"Sorry... am I not allowed in here.."
"Do you have a military permit?
"Well no..."
"Then please stand outside the gate!"
How was I to know this was the entrance to Roserberg Castle where the Danish crown jewels are kept....
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