September 22, 2019
Day 4 - Copenhagen to Præsto
Cykel er Konge
We got a pretty early start from Andres’ place and rode the 2.5 km to Malmo central station. As we were riding along through light Sunday morning traffic we noticed that all the traffic lights were synchronized.
For bikes.
Sweet! Great timing when we got to the station, the next train for Copenhagen central was leaving in 5 minutes. This turned out to be lots of time.
We were comfortably on the platform when the train came rolling in. We saw the ‘bicycle’ car and moved along the platform so we were right alongside it when the train stopped. A few folks got off in Malmo and then we rolled our bikes on at a level entrance and looked down the car to see where we could put the bikes.
That’s when we encountered our first problem. Nearly all of the fold down seats along the side of the car were occupied by gormless folks with their faces pressed up against phone screens and there was not a bike in site, and really no where to put our bikes.
As we were contemplating what to do, the train conductor, Greta Seriousson entered the car and quite loudly and very assertively said to all the gormless folks“This car is for bikes. You have to move. There are seats in the next car”.
These folks know not to mess with Greta. They weren’t asked to move, they were told to move.
And move they did.
Now there was lots of room for the Tout’s and us. Very sweet!!
Soon we were in Copenhagen central and ready to start our ride.
As I write this, I’m lying in out tent in Præsto with no internet. I’ll post more verbiage, maps and pics sometime tomorrow. Overall it was a wonderful day with very nice cycling through the genteel Danish countryside .
Song of the Day , Until We Get There by Lucius
...and There will be where ever we end up many days from now.
Today's riding was a perfect start to the trip. Easy riding out of Copenhagen with a few detours as we realized we had NO cash and needed to find an ATM. A little backtracking to a business district and the problem was solved. The rest of the day was carefree cruising on bike paths or deserted roads through the Danish countryside.
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5 years ago
Not only looks flash but works great too. Full on test yesterday as it drizzled all day and then we got dumped on riding into Berlin.
5 years ago
Today's ride: 102 km (63 miles)
Total: 102 km (63 miles)
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5 years ago
Hope your Spain trip is going great.
5 years ago