Time in Copenhagen

I landed in Denmark in the afternoon, checked into the hotel and then headed out to Sommerfuglen which is a yarn store at Vandkunsten 3 that carried the Hanne Falkenberg goods which Scottie had requested. My hotel was conveniently connected to the airport which was adjacent to the Metro system. Even though Copenhagen is not a large city, I felt quite brave venturing out with a cryptic map and not a strong sense of where I was to end up. Artwork in the corridor between the hotel and the Metro station aptly captured my mood at the time! I knew this would be the only opportunity I had to venture out on my own since I had a full 2 days and evenings of meetings before I was scheduled to fly home home Friday morning. I figured that staying up until a respectable hour in the evening after my arrival would provide the best way to overcome jet lag anyway. The Sommerflugen was a sweet shop with a good variety of yarns, fabrics, designer kits and buttons. I picked up two kits for Scottie -Tweedie and Pagode. I also choose a Tweedie kit for myself in the same soft, muted colors as Scottie's as it seemed silly to go all the way to Denmark and leave empty handed. Right?


Afterwards I walked up the main street and through the popular city square before catching the Metro back to the hotel. The people in Denmark are very warm and friendly and wandering the city was a pleasant way to spend the evening. I had two action packed days and evenings with work meetings and not much sleep which is typical for me when I travel because of insomnia. Unfortunately the hard drive on my laptop crashed so I was limited to using my Nokia PDA for email and I had no access to the corporate web site or to the internet at all. That did leave me some time to knit in the late or early morning hours. I was scheduled to leave on Friday morning and arrived at the airport early. While standing in line to the ticket counter I was told the flight to Atlanta was overbooked and asked if I would consider taking the same flights from Copenhagen to Atlanta and then Atlanta to Seattle the next day (Saturday) instead, however I would be upgraded to business class. Also my hotel, transportation and food would also be covered by the airline. Hmm... Let me think here. One more day in Copenhagen with time to explore the city at no expense incurred by me? I jumped at the chance. This photo shows my originally scheduled flight leaving without me as the ticket agents prepare my $1000 voucher which I can use anytime within the next year for travel to any location that Delta flies. Whoo hoo!