Another beautiful city

I could go on for a whole blog about Amsterdam but i would basically be repeating everything that Greg said so i wont bother. I'll describe the couchette train ride with the only other living experience i can match it with, camp. For you Ctt people out there, the couchette was like having a three person bunk bed in the regular sized tents. Cramped but cozy and a fun experience for sure. My favorite parts are when greg and i were off the train during a stop and the train starts to move so we bolt to the door. The train didn't leave for another 5 minutes but still. I also loved the moment the rail car attendant explained everything to us in a mixture of english but mostly german and we all looked at each other in utter confusion. Oh and when the police woke us up with flashlights in our eyes at 5am asking for passports, then coming back 2 hours later to test us by asking our country of origin...fun times.

Here we are in Copenhagen, a quick 2 day stop on our journey. Today we took a lovely boat tour around Center City, the main part of the city. It is fairly similar to amsterdam in how the city is built around the canals, just not as many. The city is beautiul, especially one street ( greg will post a picture), in which all the buildings face a canal and are all painted different pastel colors. One thing to note is how friendly the people are here. Within 5 minutes of us bein in the city and looking at a map, just as our boy Rick Steves said they would, a guy came up to us to see if we needed help. And the big difference with this city from others is that he didn't ask for money after! Love it. The rest of the afternoon was spent wandering around the city then taking some very needed showers. When discussig dinnernplans we realized we had been eating supermarket food( very cheap and surprisingly good just not always a full meal we're used to coming from our households) since Paris! As a treat we went to a mediteranian place and got a really great filling dinner. After sharing a 6-pack of Carlsburg in a park we ended up meeting and chatting with a bunch of people in our hostel.

I've notices an interesting part about talking with people and sharing travel stories is the moment ou go to say goodbye. Here you've spent no more than a 1/2 hour together but you get to know the person somewhat and when it comes time to say goodbye, you're really saying, "have a nice life," and it's understood by both parties. It's part of the traveler's code. I find it very interesting and awesome.

Other things i've observed here abroad... I see a lot of iphones, more often than not when i see someone on heir phone i see that beautiful white apple, go Apple! I love the way most of these cities are set up with bike lanes, for so many reasons. But what boggles my mind is seeing women biking in heels. I've heard from a lot of girls heels suck so i'm impressed. Also, it's been nice being able to communicate and get through every city with our native english but i gotta tell ya, there's definitely an aspect of traveling through europe we're missing. Now i reailze we're only 2 weeks in but hey, these are my thoughts, when they change, i'll let you know.

Hope all is well with all of you,

Dave