Why Not?

“Tourists don’t know where they’ve been, travelers don’t know where they’re going.” – Paul Theroux

If you were living in Europe as an 18 year old and you had easy public transport that could take you from country to country in a matter of an hour, would you take the train? Well, that’s what my friends and I did this weekend.

After a night spent dancing and singing away at a Valentines event downtown, we woke up the next morning to a fresh blanket of snow- another winter wonderland. Unlike the normal Sunday, where we spend our time sulking around and resenting the next day, we made a plan to travel to Copenhagen, Denmark. It took us a little longer than expected to get ready in the morning, but eventually we gathered in Helsingborg Central Station and waited for our train.  

Traveling with friends is one of the best things I can think of. Even if we didn’t have more of a plan than walking around and then eating at the Hard Rock Café, we had a great time. Even the ‘short’ train ride to Copenhagen Central was full of smiles and laughter. 

When we stepped out of the train station in Copenhagen, we soon realized that we didn’t have to walk very far to reach the one destination that we knew we needed to be, the Hard Rock Café. It was too early to eat so we just started walking. The first thing we stumbled upon was some sort of Arabic-held protest in front of an impressive building. We stood and watched that for awhile… it’s too bad we didn’t go and ask someone what was going on but it was still amazing to see these people brought together holding up big signs that had hearts and some Arabic writing, hear the chanting and the singing, it was great. 

Keep in mind, it’s a bit chilly here in Scandinavia. We kept wandering down the shopping streets eventually reaching one of the most famous areas of Copenhagen, -Nyhavn. I had actually been here before with my mother earlier this summer, and it was crazy how some places here were giving me such flash-backs! It was much warmer the last time I meandered down those streets.

When we reached the end of Nyhavn and glanced at the half-frozen water for a while, it was time to go back for our long-looked-forward-to dinner. 

On the way back, we ran into a huge candy store. Of course we went in, and the first things on display were a bunch of American items, like Milky Way, Reeses, M&Ms, Popcorn, Maple Syrup and Pancake Mix, Poptarts, Arizona Ice Tea, Mountain Dew, Vanilla Coke, Beef Jerky, and many other silly little things that I haven’t thought about in a long time but was happy to see them again.

We didn’t have to wait very long for a table, and very soon we were immensely enjoying ourselves with refreshing drinks and waiting impatiently for our delectable ‘Merican food. I treated myself to the whopping 10oz burger, and let me tell you that I was completely satisfied. What a great trip!