Copenhagen

On our last day in Iceland we saw Reykavik. Small city really little more than a town. It was kind of cute but easily covered in a few hours. The interesting thing about it is that all their heat is geothermal which means no fossil fuels needed and consequently no pollution at all. There are also no dogs and very few cats. The Icelanders feel dogs are dirty and banned them until a few years ago except on the farms. I only saw 1 or 2 the whole time. The evening of our flight we went to the Blue Lagoon which is a giant hot pool over a acre large outside, lots of minerals and kind of fun. It is surrounded by these large hills and very peaceful, as is much of Iceland. Our flight was at 1AM so we were tired but Iclelandair is a nice airline and we reached Copenhagen at 6AM. After a short ride on the train we reached our hotel hopeful that they had a room ready. No luck but they did store our bags and off we went to explore.
A ride on a canal boat was awesome. Copenhagen is so much fun and so beautiful. Lots of canals and colorful narrow old houses and wonderful masted boats. Three palaces and a city hall so ornate you have to see it. We saw Tivoli Gardens from the outside. It looks like a fairyland any child would love. Overall one of my favorite cities so far.
This morning we took the train to Malmo, Sweden where we are now staying in a gorgeous old hotel in a part of the city that dates back 500 years. For the past 7 years there has been a bridge connecting Denmark and Sweden called the Oresund Bridge. It is over 6 miles long but what a difference it has made in this part of the world. literally connecting Sweden to the rest of Europe.Malmo is so much better than I expected. There are streets with old, brilliantly painted canal houses covered in flowers. The streets near our hotel are trafficless unless you count the ubiquitous bicycles. Literally there are more bikes than cars. No wonder these women have great legs. Tomorrow we pick up a car and head out to Karlshamn to see where Bert's father came from.