the ride north from Belin was fantastic, i followed a bike route the entire way to the Polish border.it was very enjoyable to be on established bike paths for the entire distance. after arriving in Poland i changed my pans at the last minute and decided to take a ferry to Copenhagen instead of traveling through the Baltics. partly because my bike frame broke again where the rear rack attaches to the frame so i put some clamps on this time instead of finding another welder to braze the broken piece back on.
i met an American guy at the port before boarding the boat to Denmark, he was also bike touring around Europe and heading to Copenhagen. when we got off the boat he offered to have me stay with a friend of his in Copenhagen so we rode outside of the city to meet his friend early in the morning. for some strange reason his friend had two apartments and offered to let me stay in on of the apartments which was not being used. so i have been very pleased to have my own place to stay here, especially considering how expensive acomodation is in Denmark.
i am staying in a small suburb about 15km outside of central Copenhagen. my plan is to stay here until the middle of next week and then start riding to the north-western tip of the country and take a boat to Bergen, Norway and then ride as far north as i can. i really like the feeling of Denmark,the country has a very comfortable and civilized approach to life, the only thing is that it is shockingly expensive. need to watch my budget in a place like this. you go into a bar and order a beer and find yourself saying, "the beer is how much? 10 dollars, umm no thank you!"
another upsetting thing is that my camera was stolen out of my bag on my first day here. i had a lot of great pictures from Berlin which i had not downloaded so that bummed me out a bit. i need to find another camera for the ride north.things like this happen on all trips, i just try to not let them get me down and just get back up and keep moving on.
overall everything is going great and it has been a fantastic voyage and a life well lived indeed.
