Tuesday, February 01, 2011

Stuck In Limbo

Oddly it never came to mind, but Copenhagen really has been like being stuck in Limbo for me. I had the odd situation with my camera, where for over a week I really had no idea how that would go and I simply never planned to come here so I was always just waiting to go to India. Such situations I would say are not the best situations to be in when you are trying to see somewhere new. Now I don't want anyone to think from my previous post or from this post that I don't like Copenhagen, but perhaps it is the wrong time of the year for me and I wasn't really planning on it so it simply as always been simply a point of being in between. So some quick recapping of thoughts of Copenhagen.

It is very expensive. This is for multiple reasons, one is the VAT is 25% and then for say food there is additionally a service charge. These type of calculations aren't taken into the Big Mac Index, but fyi according to the basic Big Mac Index from 2010 the DKK is over valued by 31% compared to the dollar.

Bikes are king, but that doesn't quite mean that cyclists follow all the rules and not matter what, scooter drivers are the worst, most reckless, and scariest road users.

Things close early, this is due to good labor laws.

Buses really run well and frequently, but can be quite packed and are relatively expensive.

More cyclists wear helmets than I expected, but in many ways I'd say this is a good thing.

They have single stream recycling, but huge bottle deposits.

Their trains are amazingly tall and very accessible, both for people with needs and for the Internet.

The citizenry has the most amazing English, but I can't seem to find a word of spoken Dansk comprehensible, though written isn't too bad, the names are equally difficult.

Danes are simply always friendly and hospitable and helpful.

I could probably keep on going, but I think that will do for now.

Colored opinions are some much more interesting than Black and White ones.

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