Solo trip in Europe - day four in Copenhagen

Last day in Copenhagen. I woke up to the rain. 

Decided to go out and walk around the neighborhood. Can't stand the rain so ended up having a cuppa to chillax.

I live their cafés, even their decor is so chic and cosy. I'm definitely in love with Scandinavian design. ❤️

After the coffee, went back to the apartment where it's warm and toasty. 

I finally talked to my host. She's really friendly and this apartment here is more than 100 years old. Wow! Since she moved in 2 years ago, she has been doing up the house all my herself little by little. 

Finally time to leave Copenhagen. Definitely glad to leave the rain behind! 

Solo trip in Europe part 2 - day three in Copenhagen

Today is castles day. I set out in the morning to the first castle - Kronborg Castle. 

Located by the seaside, the place is damn windy, I was freezing when I was walking there. I regretted not wearing my down jacket instead. 

Unfortunately, the castle was not open when I arrived. I learnt one thing - everything in Copenhagen open late, even the tourist attractions. Everything either opens at 10 or 11 and closes at 4 or 5pm.  Anyway, I walked around the castle ground and took some pictures.

After Kronborg, I proceeded to Frederiksborg Castle. I couldn't see the castle from train station. But the first time I saw the castle, it took my breath away. The castle is way more beautiful than Kronborg. 

Of course these two castles cannot compare to the Neuschwanstein castle which simply looks so fairy tale.  But Frederiksborg looks really pretty too. And the town is also very charming. It was a pleasant walk to the castle. I finally tried the hot dog. Hmm...Jac said the hot dog in copenhagen is one of the best. I beg to differ though, I felt the ones I had in Stockholm tasted much better.

After the castle, I headed back to the main city where I went on to take the canal tour. Yawn, the canal tour is damn boring and I was freezing to death. 

Last destination of the day - Tivoli. The place is packed with families with kids. After all, it's an amusement park for kids. The whole park is currently decked out in Halloween decor, lots of pumpkins all over the place. 

Solo trip in Europe Part 2 - Day two in Copenhagen

Thank god my leg is ok again, no more knee pain. Yay!

The weather is dreadful today. It kept raining. Lucky I had my umbrella with me. I decided to go to Christianhavn today to see the Freetown Christiania.

Nothing much to see actually, just a small part in Copenhagen. Though I can see lots of men smoking marijuana in the morning! I can actually smell it in the air. 

There are three rules when you enter the main district where people smoke. No photo, no running and have fun. 

The sign you see when you leave the small community of Christiania.

After Christianhavn, it's shopping time!

I went to Stroget, the main shopping stretch. Such a disappointment. Everything is so expensive! Even the H&M. I had better luck buying stuff from Stockholm. The most time I spent is in Lego shop. 

I decided to visit Normann. Big mistake. I thought I read that the shop is in Osterport but my gps showed me another place which is rather far away. I decided to follow the gps which turned out to be a mistake. There was no Normann shop there and I ended up along so much for nothing. 

Not wanting to further aggravate my legs, I decided to give up. I went back to my apartment and rest before meeting Jac for dinner.

The restaurant, Madklubben, Jac had made reservation is only less than 10 mins walk away. The place is packed. Lucky it's not too expensive, the price is 100, 150, 200 or 250 depending on the number of course you choose. 

I had a great time catching up with Jac and the food is good. Jac gave me a few recommendations which I planned to try tomorrow. 

Solo trip in Europe Part 2 - Day one in Copenhagen

Yet another solo trip. Arrived Copenhagen super early in the morning around 6:30am. Taking the train was really easy. This time round I remember to use my GPS and I was lucky as it was also raining.  Kinda of dejavu.

This is my first time trying AirBNB and I was lucky to find a host who have no problem for me to check in early.  

IThe room look exactly the same as pictures. Room was big and bright and the whole flat looks really cosy.

My host Lotta seems alright. She's a Korean who has been adopted since young. After freshening up, I went out. I was kinda feeling miserable as the rain kept getting heavier and my jacket was rather soaked through. In the end I went to the HC Andersen fairy tale house to get some warmth before the start of the walking tour. The place was really interesting.

I decided to buy an umbrella for the walking tour as I have no wish to get anymore wetter. Once we start the walking tour, the rain stopped. Damn! 

The whole tour took around 3 hours and we went to many places. I met two friends, one from Texas and one from Singapore who happen to know my colleague! Both were on sabbatical traveling around for 2 and 4 months. So shiok! 

After the walking your, I decided to go to the Acne Archive outlet. I lost my way and ended up walking a lot. Turned out to be such an waste of time since the outlet has nothing interesting. Bleh.

On my way back, I suddenly realized that my knee joint hurts whenever I go up or down the stairs. Shit, I hope it can recover after a night's rest. Today is only the first day and I have many more days to go.