Wonderful Copenhagen you still hold my heart..

What a wonderful, long weekend I've just experienced in Copenhagen. Truly delightful, wonderful, refreshing, liberating, cathartic, happy, ecstatic.....My friends loved it. As expected, we did everything we planned to do and had very little sleep due to late nights out and socialising. I met some lovely people; Mathilda and Joakhim from Sweden, Pauline, Anne Liese and her lovely friend, an Inuit man called Ungman from Greenland. This man radiated the most beautiful loveliness, as warm as a golden sun and seemingly has a big heart. I guess I'll be keeping in touch with Ungman, as he now lives in Denmark but visits Greenland on occasion and wanted to keep in contact with me, even though we only spent a small time chatting about different things, he also told me that I was 'meget smukke' which in Denmark means 'very beautiful!' Blimey...A dear man for sure..It'll be nice to have a penpal to write to again!

The transport system in Copenhagen is just as good as I remember it and even better now the Metro is in operation..quick, efficient, easy to use, on time and clean..

Anyway, here's a little picture story...


My son's Grandparents


The beach next to their house in Karlslunde


In a rather 'high' state after the Woodstock, Christiania memorable, mad hashish experience - (this place was like the Wild West full of festival casualties gone wrong who never went home again but partied forever instead!Mad people, mad night)Sadly, I couldn't take pictures of the new people I met because Christianittes (people who live there) are often suspicious of people taking pictures in Cafe/bars etc, due to the police problems and dealers still openly selling hashish (outside certain cafes) even though the government has closed down the main, what was once a semi legal dealing area. Sadly this means that hash is being sold in the city whic is causing problems with turf wars etc, whereas on Christiania, this wasn't a problem cos each person who sold, respected their fellow seller!


Speaks for itself really...


Taken from the aeroplane just above Denmark.




The park/playground where my eldest son used to play as a 3 year old when I lived in Denmark - Skudderbanen, in Vesterbro, formally a workers area of Copenhagen.


Old mural in Vesterbro against Scandinavia joining the EU.


Friends..





A beautiful house that lies in Christiania Free State right near Copenhagen



Mirror mosaic in the grounds of Christiania


Political poster against the liberal conservative Danish Governments' wish to close down Christiania and use the land for development


Granite wish sculpture


More houses in Christiania

I felt sad to leave this morning and as always, pondered the possibilty of one day moving back...times have changed and situations are different but I guess if it's meant to be and I'm meant to live there again then so be it. I do so love my English mates here though and would truly miss them if I did move back there. Once I was back in UK though,as the frost began to lift, I remembered what I also love about England..I feel lucky, alive and honoured to have experienced so many wonderful things in my life..