copenhagen train station

i'm sitting at a internet place in the train station. the rate for using the internet is much more reasonable here than at the hotel. i still hope to find a place where i can use my own laptop.

a couple quick observations about copenhagen... there are a great many bicycles all over the place. i am quite impressed. i wish i would see that more often in the states. actually, parts of downtown are for pedestrain use only. cars are only allowed for deliveries and emergencies. since i have not been to the suburbs i don't know what it is like there. they also have a city bike program. you insert a 20 kroner in the machine and get a bike. when you return it to another machine you get your 20 kroner back. i haven't tried yet, but i would like to.

most people here speak english so it is easy to get around and navigate. although i wish i knew a little danish. it's easier to find places and talk to people here than in greece, but i had some idea of vocab in greece which helped. so i guess it's a toss up.

after i finished writing yesterday i walked north and visited another church, the marble church (keyboards are diff. here so i am using all lowercase). that was quite impressive. and there were statues of luther and kierkegaard outside. i also walked by some nice fountains near churchhill park and, of course, the little mermaid statue. what a waste! i got back to the hotel for my mtg. it went well, but lots of translation. someone from denmark is overseeing the exhibition, and he speaks danish, english and germany. someone from germany came up for the exhibit but he doesn't speak danish or english, and i don't speak danish or german! we had a beer later and i returned to the hotel. my feet were sore. it turns out there is maybe 5 hours of night here. my sleep kept getting interrupted.

today i did some shopping in the AM. then went to saint peter's church, a german church in the middle of copenhagen. had some lunch and supervised as professionals unloaded. tomorrow we'll set up the exhibit so it doesn't look like i'll be going to legoland. still some stuff to see in copenhagen. we'll see how i feel tomorrow. going to do some more shopping tonight. had dinner at hard rock. been craving something american. i like to mix it up, something danish w/ something non-danish.

k... that's all for now. later!