Copenhagen is a great city. I wish I had more time to explore it. Last night I decided to stay in after spending $50 CND on a burger, Fries, Onion rings and 2 beers. Not very adventurous but when something has the word "Spice" as a prefix I tend to gravitate towards it. Money aside it was one of the best burgers I have ever had. I wanted to be up early - and I succeeded. Unfortunately I couldn't fall asleep till about 5am as the sun was coming up. I woke up at 9am, took a shower and went to the hotel bar for my free breakfast. The room was packed. I browsed the buffet. There were a lot of what I will assume to be Scandinavia breakfast items on display. After the flight I had and only 4 hours of sleep I didn't feel like experimenting. And it appeared, at the end of the line, My Canadian haven. Bacon, scrambled eggs, and coffee. Say what you will but this was the second best thing to come from this hotel (I will spare you the story of the three drunk girls I saw out my window at 4 in the morning).
If I could sum Copenhagen up in one word it would be - Quiet. While there is a fair amount of car traffic but most people travel by bicycle. Walking around is extremely relaxing. The weather is identical to home. Hot and Humid. As I look at myself in the mirror in front of me I indeed have a sunburn. I checked out of the hotel at about 11:30 as to give myself plenty of time to get to the dock and meet my ship. I asked the desk attendant for directions. He printed me a map and asked if I wanted a cab. After the cab fair from the air port I was not about to do that again. I asked him how far it was. "4km" he replied. That's nothing I thought and told him it was fine. He said in his entire time at the hotel I am the first person to walk to the ship docks. You probably see where this is going.
I began my journey to The Azamara Journey (see what I did there). With in 10 minutes I was asking a bus driver if I was going the right way. With in 20 minutes I was completely lost. I should say here that 4km is not a big walk, but when you are dragging luggage over cobblestone it becomes significantly more difficult. Also when I said that Copenhagen is quiet, its not when you are "That guy" dragging luggage over cobblestone. I broke and turned my cellphone on to use the GPS. I manage to find my way to The Little Mermaid. Its one of Copenhagen's main land marks. When I arrived I found a few people from Florida with luggage that had tags for Azamara. They informed me that a shuttle was on its way. I skipped The Little Mermaid to making it to the ship on time. I boarded the bus and it took me straight to the ship. 5 euro for the bus beats the cabs by a long shot.
Boarding went quickly and my luggage arrived at my door just after the emergency protocol demonstration. I arranged 4 nights at the Premium restaurants and 1 at the chefs table. I also got my Premium drink package and Internet all sorted out. Azamara has a pretty decent selection of free drinks. As for beer there is Bud, Bud light and Coors light free I believe. For $11 a day you get a selection of about 25 import brands and for $12 a day you unlock a whole tier of Liquor as well as the beer. Seemed like a no brainier. Ive already had 2 Red strip and 2 Heineken (they ran out of Red Strip). At over $5 a bottle it has already paid for itself.
Its just after 7 right now. They have an Italian and Spanish inspired dinner tonight that I am planing on attending. Then I might check out the cellist that is playing songs by The Beatles (I know my Dad would like that) and Andrew loid Weber. If I am still lively I might check out the Dance party at 10:30 tonight to see if I can meet some people.