Sunday, July 8, 2018

July 8 - Maps of the trip

Here are a couple of maps showing our track and where we stayed.  Unfortunately, I had to eliminate most of the detail on the maps due to the scale.




Ireland and Great Britain














The Europe portion.

The entire distance I cycled was just over 2800 km, including a couple of rides before we started the Pub Ride and one after when we cycled to Fredenborg, Kronborg & back to Copenhagen.  The Pub Ride portion was about 2600 km. 


That's the last post for this blog,  assuming I have no disasters or adventures on the way home tomorrow.

July 8 - Last Day in Copenhagen

This is it - my last full day.  What to do?  I did fulfill my promise and make up maps of the trip.  I'll add them as a separate post.

With nothing planned I wandered off towards Christiania and the naval base beyond.  Turns out that there's lots to see.

First photo is a most unusual bicycle frame.  I assume this is a custom as I haven't seen one like this before.  Modern version of a Penny Farthing?








Next a vegetable stand just outside of Christiania.  Prices for restaurants, accommodation and other similar services are really expensive in Copenhagen, but the basic prices for food, while not cheap, are not as high.  Looking at the prices for some of these items, they don't seem significantly more than at home.








At the entrance to the Naval Station are a pair of figureheads.  This one is from the Dagmar, a corvette in service from 1861 to 1901.










There was public access to the naval base, so I wandered in.

This pair of very polished and shining boats must be used for ceremonies.









This is the Peder Skram, built in 1964 and Denmark's major contribution to NATO naval forces during the cold war.  It was decommissioned in 1990.  Now it is restored by volunteers as a museum.  Actually, it looks more modern than some of Canada's ships..









The bridge of the Peder Skram.  I'll spare you the other photos and technical details about the ship, although I found them fascinating.









This is the yard's dock crane, dating from 1751.  I saw a photo of a Danish warship scuttled in front of the crane in WW2 to prevent the Germans from using either.












A small coastal submarine, also on display.










The original shore defenses.  The cannons can be aimed by swinging the gun on the wooden tracks, which also serve to limit the gun's recoil when fired.  (There were modern guns behind me wrapped in tarps with a No Entry sign.)








Leaving the naval base, I have seen this at least 3 times today - a fellow pedaling his fully grown significant other in the box of a cargo bike.

NO, Laura, we are not going to get this style of tandem bike!
(Unless, of course, you want to pedal)










Docked near the Naval Base is the Georg Stage.  This is a training ship and it looks as though things are happening as there were young people in the rigging shortly after I took this picture.

This vessel is a replica (built in 1937) of an earlier ship of the same name that had a long history.






And I finally got my harbour cruise - sort of.  This is the local harbour bus boat - 5 bucks (Cdn) to get back across the harbour, instead of hoofing it around.







I finished the day with a Latte on the dock at Nyhavn - with about a zillion of my new closest friends.  Everybody is out and about, sitting down, chilling and enjoying life.  A fellow with a clarinet is playing behind us.

A very pleasant way to end my stay here.

One more short post with the maps and I'm done.  Hope you enjoyed the tales.








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