Copenhagen Update

Hello All. I know it has been a few days since I got back from Denmark, but it has been busy. So, here is the travel report...

Copenhagen was a really nice city. I would like to research some more to see if there is enough to do for a long weekend, I think the family would really like it. I just loved that there was so much water. Not just the canals and the sea, but fountains everywhere! They are very bicycle and pedestrian friendly as well. Instead of a square like you find in Germany, they have a very long pedestrian road (at least 12 blocks long) that is lined with stores and resturants.

I had no problems communicating, everywhere I went they spoke English, except for the guy selling hot dogs, but he understood German, plus it isn't hard to coordinate getting a hot dog with mustard :) He was actually selling French Hot Dogs, a baguette which has one end cut off and a hole in the middle for the hot dog to slide into. Really tasty.

The other fun thing I did was get a bicycle from the hotel to go out and sightsee a little bit. I did the complete tourist thing too, I wore my camera around my neck so I could take pictures.

To change topics, if you were interested in the cycling update, there isn't one. The best laid plans... mother nature messes up. I think she really had a good laugh on me today. As I was riding my motorcycle home from work, it started to pour as I came up our hill and it continued as I got changed. So I decided to go to the gym and take the back to back spinning classes. The gym is really nice, the spinning room looks out over the square. And of course, what do I see as soon as the class starts, the clouds part and the sun comes out... Oh well, hopefully she got her laugh in today and I can get a ride in tomorrow morning!

Starting a new program

While on my last really long business trip, I did not get a chance to excersize much, however I did pick up a bicycling magazine. This magazine had an article which featured a "Spring Break Training" program. The objective is to really kick up your rides in a 17 day period in an effort to get you into summer cycling shape a little early this year. I read through it and it seemed like it would be a good challenge. The majority of the riding was in the first 11 days, then you take 2 days off before finishing it up. So, I decided that I was going to do it. The timing was perfect, I don't travel again until June 13 and there is a long weekend next weekend (thanks to one of the many German Holidays!) So today was the first day. I did a nice 65 km ride to start things off. If everything goes to plan, I will have ridden over 1000 km by the end of the month!

To help me plan my routes, I am using an awesome site www.mapmyride.com. I have mentioned it before, but it is just so cool I have to mention it again. One thing I really like is you can see the profile of the ride, so you know how much you are going to suffer! Below is the profile of today's ride. Tomorrow I am going to plan on a nice ride along the river towards Koblenz - aiming for 90 km tomorrow!

Who needs an office?

So here I am, sitting at the coffee bar in Copenhagen Airport, with a wonderful view of the airfield just having watched a Singapore Airlines 747 take off. It is quite a majestic site to watch one of those super jumbo jets lumber down the runway and slowly ascend into the sky.

Now what makes this so wonderful is wireless technology. I mean, who needs an office. I have been sitting here enjoying an americano and have written 16 e-mails, crossed a ton of things off of the to-do list while listening to my iPod and it has actually been somewhat relaxing, no office phone ringing, no interuptions by others... And the view is much better than the one I have in the office (no offense to my co-workers of course).

Well, this is about to come to an end, my flight boards in 20 minutes so it is time to go find some snacks and a drink for the flight. SAS has gone the way of many US airlines and stopped serving food unless you pay for it on board. The muffin and coffee I had on my way here was ok, but not worth the 5 euros they charged me.



The view from my "office" for the day.

Wonderful Copenhagen

A real quick post about Copenhagen, more to come once I am back home. The weather has been iffy - a lot of rain, but a lot of sunshine.

After work today, I took a bike from the hotel to sightseeing. Below is a picture of the Little Mermaid Statue.