copenhagen, denmark on to stockholm, sweden

This morning we checked out of our hostel in copenhagen, had danishes for breakfast (the call them weinerbrod =S) and caught a morning train to Stockholm, Sweden. The hostel we're at now has free internet, pasta, coffee, and tea.. so that's pretty cool! Looks like we'll be living on pasta for the next couple of days! We're booked here for 2 nights, but will probably add on a third. We've decided not to go to Norway because Scandinavia is kind of on the expensive side.. On Saturday we will catch a train to The Netherlands and problaly spend a full week there.

Didn't do much today, just took time to plan out the next leg of our journey.. Tomorrow will be busier with more sightseeing. First stop - ikea headquarters!! haha.. it's the biggest ikea in the world and i am excited, lol. There are free buses that run there every hour, i guess it's quite popular! After that we will probably take a boat tour or check out Skansen, a big open-air museum.

I can't belive it's almost been a week since our first day in europe! The beginning was quite stressful, but we're getting used to reading train schedules and carrying around our packs. It's really hard to arrive in a new city, with a new language, be starving after a long train ride, and on top of that have to find somewhere to stay and have no idea where you are or what streets go where! We're developing a system though and getting used to the pattern, so we should be pros in no time..

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i forgot to explain the below pics of chistiania! It's this area of copenhagen that has basically been taken over by hippies. It's self governed and the only way to move in is by invitation. It's pretty big, and stretches all the way around a lake.. It's open to the public, but one of their nine rules is that you are not allowed to take pics on Pusher Street (i'll leave it up to your imagination to decide what goes on along pusher street). I'm not even sure how to explain this place and I don't think my pics even capture what it was all about. It was almost like being in a giant treehouse, or like never never land in peter pan.. there were all sorts of huts and forts and people painting murals, tiling benches with mosaics.. it was kind of intimidating at first but everyone was cool there and we were even invited to participate in the tiling! It was definitely interesting to stumble upon on our bike tour..

ok i think im done now! time for bed...
<3 shanon