WInterrail - 31 December 2019 (Hamburg)

My interrail trip last summer (2019) gave a taste for more.
This time, I have written about my trip on  https://karinblomblom.wordpress.com/
 
Accompanying below pictures, I have sometimes cited (in italic) a few lines from my "wordblog"  and sometimes there is instead a new supplementary text.

More Hamburg photos in my portfolio

We were only 4 in the bus, Die roten Doppeldecker, waiting for the guide and once arrived he sat down together with us which provided for a really nice and familiar touch to the guiding tour.

"American fruit shop" (According to the guide in the hop on hop off bus Die roten Doppeldecker).

After having seen the town from the hop on hop off bus, giving me a hint of what I wanted to see more closely, I started by taking a look at the town hall.

A year ago, I took the beginner’s course in German and now I followed in the traces of the first of the textbooks Lieber Deutsch 2.0, walking through the shopping center “Europa passage” of Mönckebergstraße.
 

My next aim was strolling around in the port and Speicherstadt, which I did, with an increasing hunger for lunch though. Having the habit of only paying with my card in Swedeen, my walking tour all of a sudden got the goal of finding an ATM. Cash is king and entering the ATM room can be hard work as you need to enter in the same time as a customer of the bank who's credit card is also an access card...
 

The Elbphilharmonie, a costly and criticized project due to the increased cost and delays (Elbphilharmonie on Wikipedia).

My much longed-for Fischbrötchen (sandwich with salt herring) and Fritz-kola in the warehouse district (Speicherstadt). What could be more Hamburg for a lunch?
 

Spitaler Straße

I realized that sleeping would not be an option due to all the fireworks and decided instead to admire the view from my safe haven in the hotel room.

WInterrail - 30 December 2019 (Towards Hamburg)

My interrail trip last summer (2019) gave a taste for more.
This time, I have written about my trip on  https://karinblomblom.wordpress.com/
 
Accompanying below pictures, I have sometimes cited (in italic) a few lines from my "wordblog"  and sometimes there is instead a new supplementary text.

More Hamburg photos in my portfolio

A healthy breakfast is vital for a good day and this one was enjoyed at the cosy place Nelle's Overgade where I also had dinner the previous night.

Before leaving Odense for Hamburg, I took a walk to the nougat and marzipan factory.

Thinking it was worth a try, I rang the bell and was welcomed by a kind man, answering my questions: No, there was no factory outlet. And no, they did not offer any visiting tours. At least I had seen the place…

A while later, I was one among the contemplative train window outlookers for the next three hours...

When the train slowed down, I was already stuck by a window, luggage ready beside me, taking pictures.

Here again finally and this time not only to change trains....

The hotel I had booked, Europäischer Hof, happened to be a real treasure! I fell in love with my room facing on to a small road and showing a glimpse of the open space outside the central station... (And such a suiting room for someone who loves going by train. Hint: photo above bed... )

Arriving about 4 pm, I soon could admire a golden sky from the setting sun.

Christmas decorations at Hamburg Hauptbahnhof.

To my great satisfaction, I came across my favorite fast and healthy food chain that I know from Berlin, Dean & David, and once again energized, I returned to the hotel doing a bit of a homework to prepare for the guide tour the following day, a lucky decision as it turned out!

WInterrail - 29 December 2019 (Odense)

My interrail trip last summer (2019) gave a taste for more.
This time, I have written about my trip on  https://karinblomblom.wordpress.com/
 
Accompanying below pictures, I have sometimes cited (in italic) a few lines from my "wordblog"  and sometimes there is instead a new supplementary text.

Having enjoyed the delicious breakfast and the kind welcome at Mokkariet, I returned the following day for their healthy and nourishing youghurt & granola before taking the train to Odense.

...a great deal of the town was under reconstruction

 


Christmas decorations at H.C. Andersen childhood home
 


So... this is the house where he lived as a child, H. C. Andersen. I wander what his life was like then..., in the beginning of the 19:th century.
 

Cranes looking over the setted streets. The yellow corner house in the center of the photo is H. C Andersen's birthplace.

Vintapperstraede
 

Odense town hall

WInterrail - 28 December 2019 (Copenhagen & Elsinore)

My interrail trip last summer (2019) gave a taste for more.
This time, I have written about my trip on  https://karinblomblom.wordpress.com/
 
Accompanying below pictures, I have sometimes cited (in italic) a few lines from my "wordblog"  and sometimes there is instead a new supplementary text.

It is actually not the tempting cakes that was my focus when taking this photo but the awesome cup-art. Mokkariet is the name of this place where I had a first breakfast.

Morning walk through a sleepy Copenhagen.

 
Vesterbros torv

Now... Take a close look at this blurred photo... There isn't just the shopwindow dogs... When taking the photo, the door beside opened letting out a woman and... a charming little one....

 
Helsingör - Elsinore

Arriving at Kronborg Castle

I ought to have remembered my aptitude of getting stuck among beautiful tapestry and paintings...

When returning to the small town, it was already dusk and soon night fell. It was time to take the train back to Copenhagen and have dinner.

Heavenly Scandinavian Tapas at Cofoco

Top: Sustainable Danish salmon, green grapes, lemon balm, pak choy, cilantro and crispy rice
Bottom: Hokkaido pumkin tatare, miso-orange bouillon, greek yoghurt, pickled pumkin and shiso

WInterrail - 27 December 2019 (Heading for Copenhagen)

My interrail trip last summer (2019) gave a taste for more.
This time, I have written about my trip on  https://karinblomblom.wordpress.com/
 
Accompanying below pictures, I have sometimes cited (in italic) a few lines from my "wordblog"  and sometimes there is instead a new supplementary text.

The feeling of anticipation…, waiting for the train at the home railway station

Watching the passing landscape is an opportunity of peaceful relaxation.

...Enjoying in the same time the remains of the Christmas ham on rye bread flavored with wort, and a marshmallow Santa for dessert, a tasteful start on this first day of my WInterrail trip, which would for a part, also be a delicacy trip...

In between the two trains, I had the opportunity to see a play of light on the Post building, just outside Malmö central station.

Crossing the Oresund bridge in golden sunlight.

Train stations.... There is something special about them: If it is not for the art of the station, it’s for the anticipation of travelling…

Copenhagen central station dressed for Christmas

Compenhagen Twilight
 

Tivoli Food Hall