Arrived in Denmark....Mary says hello [grin]

Hi to all,
We're in Denmark! Arrived less than an hour ago and as I have found an unsecured wireless network I thought I'd give you a quick update. Just checked the Comments from my previous posting so my thanks to Allison, Mum... and Amber (for the effort). :-)
Allison, I'll keep trying to make the postings more interesting than business reports. Shouldn't be hard. [grin]
Mum, Great to hear you are enjoying reading my blog...but you know this just encourages me, don't you?.
Amber, losing data has happened to me too even though I try to remember to keep saving to the clipboard...just in case. Please try again.

Well, here's the quick update...sorry, no photos this time and I'll explain why later....

Last couple of days in Berlin
What can I say....Hartmut and Marina probably broke open a bottle of wine to celebrate our leaving again, especially as this time we pretty much took over their whole house with all our stuff, used their washing machine, put racks of drying washing everywhere, stacked boxes in their 'winter garden' and generally made a real nuisance of ourselves! Can't wait until they come to Australia so we can make it all up to them and treat them like absolute royalty! [grateful look]

A highlight on Friday was meeting another internet friend...Andreas, and his partner Dagmar. Unfortunately it was pouring with rain and although we had made a previous arrangement to meet at a specific monument, we ended up messing this up and were waiting at the wrong monument! :-S Nevertheless, finally got together and enjoyed a lovely afternoon sipping coffees and walking around a damp but still lovely Berlin.

Another highlight started with a definite downer - my camera broke. Can you believe it! [rolls her eyes] A day before I'm about to start a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Scandinavia, it stops working! But what a fantastic excuse to find technology shops and browse electronic gizmos and other fun things! [cheeky grin] I ended up getting a new Sony but its now on charge so this is why I don't have any photos ready for you yet.

Today (Saturday) all we did was pack. And sort. And chuck out. And re-pack. But finally we ended up with only 2 suitcases and some hand luggage and 3 big cardboxes destined for Australia. I'm wondering if we will beat them back?

Start of the Scandinavian Tour
Not much to report yet. Got to the airport on time (despite lots of ribbing from Norbert, Hartmut and Marina who were laughing at the fact that I kept checking my watch [grin]) and checked in. And of course the plane ended up being late anyway. [sigh] We flew out of Germany an hour and a half late however it was a short flight (about 50mins) so it wasn't long before we landed in Copenhagen although we have missed the 'Welcome Drink' for the beginning of the tour. Oh well....

First impressions? The taxi driver was Hungarian and spoke fluent English and German (and Danish I'm sure). Lots of English subtitles everywhere....on the taxi ride from the airport I noticed that very few shops have no English at all somewhere on the signage. The roads are wide and the weather is cooler, but still nice. When I look out of the double-glazed window I see a street filled with cafes and bikes. The hotel is lovely. So...all is good so far!

Anyway, must stop 'borrowing' this internet connection now as I'm feeling the guilt. [chuckle] We have a tour of Copenhagen starting at 8:30am tomorrow and I'm wondering if Mary will mind if we just pop by and say 'G'day'? [grin]