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So we’ve reached the end of our time in Copenhagen. As you can see by our photos, our feet visited many great places. We also did a surprising amount of work. As we flew to Copenhagen from London a couple weeks ago, I figured we’d goof off 90% of the time and respond to a few emails here and there to make it look like we were working. Kind of like I did at MLB.com for six years. But we actually put in some hours and made progress on a few projects. We also lined up a handful of gigs for November.

Anyway, our last 48 hours in Denmark have been super Danish. Friday night was Culture Night (Kulturnatten) in Copenhagen. The place was lit up with lights and all the sites and attractions were open until midnight. After eating dinner with Inger, Gert, Sonja and Stefan, we squeezed onto a crowded Metro train and met Anette and her friend at Nørreport station. We visited a candlelight botanical garden, Christiansborg Palace (where they made us wear funny shoes), the Round Tower, the Thorvaldsen sculpture museum and a handful of cafes. The whole city had a festive feel and was jam packed with tall people. It was also cold. Really cold. Like Nordic cold.

This afternoon (Saturday) at Gert’s house, we ate a meal that would’ve make my Farmor and Farfar (grandma and grandpa) salivate. We dined on herring, smoked salmon, shrimp, ham, pork tenderloin and hard boiled eggs — all on open faced sandwiches. We also passed around a bottle of Akvavit (a Scandinavian drink that’ll warm your insides). I’ve never had a meal like this before. I’ve seen people eat this stuff at family functions, but never braved it myself. You know, because it’s gross. I tried it this time and it was actually quite delicious. Really, it was. (The Akvavit helped.)

Now it’s back to tourist life. We leave for Vienna tomorrow at 9 am along with my cousin Anette. We’ve rented a two bedroom flat somewhere near the city center that we’ll share with Anette and Josh Cheatham (that dude we traveled with last year). He’s standing out somewhere in Turkey now and will fly into Vienna tomorrow as well. He’ll travel with us through Vienna, Dresden, Poland and Prague. He also takes photos and should be uploading stuff here.

Talk to you from Austria! Hi hi. (That’s really how Danes say goodbye. I didn’t make that up.)

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