Lead up day

admin Denmark 2015 2 Comments

Today was the day where I wanted to get everything in place, get a nice ride in and otherwise relax as much as possible before what I knew would be a very difficult yet hopefully satisfying day tomorrow. It started with breakfast. Danish waffles with jam and icing sugar, fruit, bread with cheese and ham and a nice cuppa tea. …

Bikes, bikes and more bikes

admin Denmark 2015 1 Comment

You really don’t get a full appreciation for the extent to which people in many European cities utilise bicycles until you’ve been there. I tried to take photos which would reflect the sheer number of bicycles parked beside the road and outside buildings along the streets but they all came up well short of conveying the numbers. There are literally …

Waiting for the taxi

admin Denmark 2015 5 Comments

After a somewhat disconcerting previous evening where a Qantas staff member told me that I would have to ship my bike via Qantas Freight and arrange this at 5am this morning, I am finally ready and calm 😜. The 5am call yielded no outcome as they didn’t open till 7. Thanks very frick’n much. A follow up call to Qantas …