THIS IS REALLY A CITY WHERE I COULD LIVE... IT'S FANTASTIC... EVERYTHING IS TIDY AND CLEAN AND THE PEOPLE SEEM TO BE MUCH MORE SERENE... THE STAY WAS SHORT BUT INTENSE, WE STAYED AT THE HOTEL ADMIRAL, TRULY FANTASTIC, IT WAS AN OLD CASTLE FROM WHICH THE AFORESAID HOTEL HAD BEEN MADE... THE AREA WHERE IT WAS LOCATED WAS VERY CENTRAL, IN FACT WE WERE A FEW METRES FROM NYHAVN, THE LOVELY STREET WITH THE MULTICOLOURED HOUSES... I CERTAINLY CAN'T DENY THAT THE MOST SUGGESTIVE THING WAS THE LITTLE MERMAID, SHE'S TRULY ENCHANTING, WE WENT THERE THREE TIMES IN THREE DAYS, WE WERE LIKE DRAWN TO HER, SOMETHING CRAZY... THE BEST THING ABOUT COPENHAGEN IS THAT EVERYONE ALWAYS GETS AROUND BY BIKE, AND SO WE TOO DECIDED TO RENT THEM AND WENT AROUND LIKE THE LOCALS, IN THE SADDLE OF A BIKE...
IN FACT ALL THE ROADS, EVEN THE MOST OUTLYING ONES, HAVE A CYCLE PATH RUNNING ALONGSIDE THE NORMAL ROAD, WITH CYCLE-LANE TRAFFIC LIGHTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE... ONE EVENING WE ALSO SPENT INSIDE THE TIVOLI AMUSEMENT PARK, REALLY LOVELY... IN THREE DAYS WE ALSO MANAGED TO TAKE THE TRAIN AND GO TO MALMO, JUST TO SAY WE HAD SET FOOT IN SWEDEN — BECAUSE BEYOND THE AREAS AROUND THE STATION WE SAW NOTHING ELSE... EVEN THOUGH I SUFFER TERRIBLY FROM VERTIGO, I WENT UP THE CHURCH OF OUR SAVIOUR AND THE VIEW FROM UP THERE IS TRULY STRIKING... COPENHAGEN IN SOME OF ITS ASPECTS SEEMS ALMOST FAKE, OF COURSE IT'S NOT ENTIRELY PERFECT, WE RAN INTO — DESPITE THE MANY SIGNS PUT UP AMONG THE CITY STREETS — THE CHRISTIANIA COMMUNITY, WHICH I REALLY WOULDN'T RECOMMEND ANYONE TO SEE, I GOT SUCH A FRIGHT... ANYWAY, APART FROM THAT, I WANT TO GO BACK...
MAYBE IN WINTER, TO GO AND VISIT THE LITTLE MERMAID AGAIN...THE MELANCHOLY LITTLE MERMAID...WHO WITH HER MELANCHOLY GAZE ENCHANTED US ALL...
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