Berlin --> Copenhagen

Said goodbye to the land of King David Hasselhoff and headed North from Berlin through fields of brilliant yellow rapeseed planted with wind generator pinwheels.

And the occasional nuclear power plant.

Spring arrived late this year in this region after a record cold winter and everything has exploded in a riot of color. It’s mid-May and tulips, cherry blossoms and hyacinths are just now blooming. Chestnut trees are awash in white clusters.

When we reached Rostok on the northern coast, we caught a 2 hr ferry over to Denmark and drove on up to Copenhagen.

Our ultra-modern Royal hotel was designed in the 1960’s by Danish architect Arne Jacobsen who created the well-known ‘Egg’ and ‘Shell’ chairs especially for this hotel. Now it looks a little too Jetson for our taste.

Later we walked over to Tivoli, an amusement/pleasure park since 1843. It is said Walt Disney got his inspiration here at Tivoli. The lighted gardens are beautiful. To us, it seemed like Disneyland-Lite. Nice but not that exciting.

 

Linda and Diane