The Absurd makes sense

As I cycled to check out a swimming pool centre in our area, It dawned on me that I have become part of a society that follows a straight and narrow line. Riding your bike on the other side of the road, crossing the street a second earlier, blowing your horn...these are all actions that are heavily frowned upon and I find myself  frowning with masses. I never thought I would slide and fit so snugly into such a conservative structured society that just does things the way it does. You dont ask questions and you dont bend rules and that naughty side of you that wants to rebel doesn't even lift its mischevious head to try and test the system.

Things just work here and people just obey...its so strange. No cowboys and indians over here, just well behaved Danes.

Sometimes it gets a bit mundane and robotic for me when I really stop and think about it, I am used to jay walking, skipping red lights, speeding and swearing, pulling a finger or hooting at the elderly woman who just skipped the green light for the second time. But maybe thats all wrong and where I am right now is right.

I wont lie, I miss the unexpected..but it also means I am safer and that in its self is far more valuable to have.

When you first get to Denmark, you are so aware of how to cross the road, get on a bus, swipe a ticket, you are so aware of yourself and your actions, it becomes very annoying. But then you are here for a few weeks and it just works so well, why challenge the system? why go right when you know you are meant to go left.

Guess you need to be here to know what I am talking about...

Bitter Sweet Weekend

On Saturday morning we find ourselves wheeling a bike home with no seat from an auction where nothing was understood (whole auction took place in Danish).


Saturday night, I wheeled home Wix; my bubblegum pink city style bike with a basket and seat!


Sunday we decided to do some sightseein and headed to Nyhaven which had been suggested by many, Nyhaven must be the most prominent site in Copenhagen in terms of teh picture that best shows Copenhagen; a cobble street lined with various coloured restaurants

A breakfast was in order after we had tasted a delicious pastry from one of the alley shops a cream cheese choc chip cupcake found its way down my throat 25dk later (R37). City centre is very pricey, my new motto for city centre is look but dont touch and definitely dont consume.


A simple breakfast in a beautiful cosy pub style restaurant on the Nyhaven stretch which consisted of a bottle of water, one capuccino and two plates of scrambled egg and two small strips of bacon, with a few lettuce eaves and fresh bread cost 230dk (roughly R350)


I must say the beauty, vibrancy and spirit is priceless and this is not even summer time.


Later in the afternoon I was adament to go for a ride on Wix, Mustang was left at home due to his lack of seat offering. A beatiful ride Charlottenlund way, led us through a caraven site with willowing autumn trees, a ocean promenade and tracks through the forest, the beauty is undeniable and awesome to experience on ones bike.


Apples and marshmallow snack pack for the ride

 View of the ocean

 Snack pack in my basket

 Gorgeous autumn tree

 Wix waiting for me as I take pics

 Autumn trees

 Stretch of the promenade

The Sweet day came to a Bitter end, as we headed home, 2min away from our front door, like the tomboy I can sometimes be, I decided after a afternoons ride I was a proffesional bike rider and nothing could stop me, so I decided to gain speed and ramp a curb...BIG mistake, I flew off Wix and landed on the pavement, when I realised what had happened I looked up to see 6 different concerned faces above me. For a moment I couldnt move my body, but I slowly got up and wobbled home on what felt like a broken leg. I must say the concern the Danes showed was overwhelming, one woman even got out her car and offered me tissues. It was a pretty bad fall and I appreciated the concern. As I type this post I am sitting on the left cheek of my bum as the right is non functinal today.


Overall the weekend was fantastic with a big Crash Boom at the end to finish it off.


So far so good

Wix and Mustang passion

An early start to our morning found us at the police auction in Islev (topauktioneer) to find some bikes that had been reposessed and found. There were roughly 70 bikes going, the place was packed but quickly cleared out once people had found there bike. A lot of their bikes were in bad condition, rusted and broken but if you knew what you were looking for, and had a good knowledge of bikes and knew what they went for on the market then there were some good deals going. We knew NOTHING

 I had seen a bike I liked; A Kildermoes bubblegum pink old school city style bike, solid with high handlebars, the basket was bent, wheels slightly rusted but generally okay. The bidding started and ended, and a young couple walked away with the bike I wanted and the mens bike James wanted, feeling a little bitter I went and sat in the corner while James eyed some more bikes.

Mustang Passion came home with us that day, James knew nothing about the brands and went on the name itself. We had the lock cut off and off we went to the station: I was a little concerned and James was wheeling off down the street, unfortunatly the option to sit was not available as he had bought a  bike with no seat.

That night I went ono a site called DBA, similar to a gumtree and looked through a few adverts but there was one that caught me eye; a bubblegum pink Kildermoes old school city bike! We called the owner who had just posted the bike and we were off in the dark of the night. There she was: Wix

So although I didnt strike it lucky at the auction, I did ride a bike home with a seat which is more than I can say for James.