In early July, Amy was in town for 2 weeks. We all went to Copenhagen, Denmark for 4 days. Scott has been working in a small city 30 min west of here from April until September. A US equivalent is Boston - touristic harbor town. The major difference is that Denmark is a socialist government. A socialist government means that the government guarantees jobs for the entire population (<1% unemployment rate). And while they guarantee jobs, the don't guarantee you the best and brightest of jobs - over 25% of the jobs are public service (i.e. garbage service, janitorial jobs). And what this means is the city is CLEAN. If a dog poops on the sidewalk, you can guarantee it won't be there in the morning. Unfortunately, with a socialist government, taxes are astronomical (60-70% of most salaries are lost due to taxes), and what this means is that it is EXPENSIVE to live or visit there!
Lots of rain while we were there - which doesn't add up to alot of enjoyable walking....
The Copenhagen Opera (built by Maersk, 2nd largest shipping company in the world - located across the harbor so he had something nice to look at out his office.)
When you look up Copenhagen, one of these two pictures are usually what you see. The first, a mermaid and the second, an inner harbor called Nyhavn.
On the weekend that we were there, it was a special holiday on Saturday named "Mid-Summer's Night". On this night they had bonfires all across Denmark.
Copenhagen is an interesting city full of funny-looking spires. Some are immaculate, and some are just strange. While its hard to see, the one on the right are various animals twisted up into the spire.
Next is Luzerne, Switzerland!
