It's 3:30 in the afternoon here in Copenhagen, and the sun is about to set. The city is at a latitude similar to southern Alaska, giving it about seven hours of daylight in early December. We are currently experiencing bitter cold and drifting snow. I forced myself to go to the Scandinavian Design Center today. It was closed when I was here in September, so I was eager to see it, but the walk there was brutal. On the way back to the hotel, I was plotting and scheming for this evening. The hotel does not have a restaurant, so I determined that the train station is the closest place to eat. (Desperate times, desperate measures.) The station is a mob scene this afternoon, with transportation snarled as a result of the weather. (Wish it had stopped our gonzo bus drivers last night...) Here's what we're dealing with: http://edition.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/12/02/uk.snow/index.html?hpt=T2
As I was looking around, I spotted something that would be popular in the States: a quart/liter-sized can of beer! It goes for $5, although I don't know it that's a good price or not. Everything else here is expensive. For instance, the basic breakfast at the hotel is $10, and a plain sandwich, nothing extra, is $6.
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