Visiting Copenhagen, Denmark/Carlos Pueblo

Visiting Copenhagen, Denmark/Carlos Pueblo

I took DB Bahn train to Copenhagen, Denmark from Berlin, Germany

one morning through Hamburg, Germany which was quite an experience

for my tour. Berlin to Hamburg is operated by DB itself has no problem

what so ever yet Hamburg to Copenhagen is operated by Danish Rail and

is across the border line which runs into problem. The conductor hesitated

yet let me pass like the one in Belgium. I read the German Rail Pass again

and again, there is indeed a highlight orange line shown that this pass can

be used between international cities only on a DB operated IC Bus with an

additional 5 Euro fee with two exceptional routes, Brussels and Venice,

called ICE and DB-OeBB Eurocity. I understand ICE means, International Cities

Express while I still don’t know the other one means. It was full between

Hamburg and Copenhagen many passengers including were forced to sit on

the floor because the pass was the most economic ticket without a seat

assigned. The express passes through Lubeck, Germany and from Puttgarden,

Germany enters a ferry to across a straight between these two nations.

I was not aware that the entire trains enter and stay at the bottom deck along

with buses and regular vehicles at upper decks while all passengers stay at the

top deck full of restaurants, gifts shops and casinos etc. The surrounding water

is the famous Baltic Sea. I was viewing the sea with my new purchase of a used

pairs of binocular. 45 minutes later the ferry landed and every one took the

elevators down to their designated deck. I went down to a wrong deck and had

to go back to the upper deck to ask for help and I was in panic. A young staff of

the port asked me to follow him to his office and passed through another gate

to a platform, the train was across the rails on the other side seemed to be waiting

for me. A family of the oriental was stopped to enter the train by an officer of

immigration who checked my passport and the train soon departed. I was in panic

because if I missed that rain, I would have to pay additional expense and it was a

money matter. I was lucky indeed.

The hostel is an automate check in style, no clerk involved. I began to walk around

the surrounding blocks following to a city map. I knew that I could not go very far

on foot. Copenhagen is another lovely city nice and clean. Danes speak English well

however Denmark uses her own currency not Euro. I did make it in three days on my

credit card for all the purchase. The inn provides a nice kitchen for its customers to

use.