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For the last few weeks before I returned to the US, I worked in Copenhagen (København). I flew there every Monday morning, and home to München every Friday afternoon.

A bicycle tour from København to München

Dave Hood
2004-02-19 20:21:47

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I’ve ever seen, easily a hundred birds. Beautiful.

Crossed to the other side of town. Someone had put out plastic bags of apples with a sign asking for 5 kroner. I had a 10, and I had 4,50 in small coins. Had someone been there, I’m sure we could have negotiated something, but as it was, I didn’t get an apple to munch on.

On the other side of the town is a forest, open, deep, quiet. Fallen leaves on the ground, and acorns. There’s a Christmas tree farm, and then the shore of Guldborg Sund, the trail coming out at the top of low cliffs. I must be living right: there was one perfect, ripe, sweet blackberry just waiting for me.

Walked back along the shore, in the woods, in the open. More swans. Only (only!) twenty or so in this flock. And here and there, other separate pairs. It occurs to me that you almost always see swans in pairs – maybe that’s one of the reasons I like them so much. Makes me miss the other half of my own pair – sure would be nice to share this.

The street lights came on: 5:30. At the bridge is a small marina. I wandered in to see the boats. Got to the water, looked in, not expecting to see much of anything. And what to my wondering eyes should appear but a tidal current carrying along thousands of jellyfish! Cups and saucers: they swim by changing from saucers to cups. Transparent, pink (blue in the flash from my camera), with some kind of body structure visible in the center. Some have four rings, some have six, some have just an amorphous thickening. Ausgezeichnet! Who would have thought!

The hotel restaurant was open. “It’s always open, until we go to bed,” said mine host. I declared my famished state and they loaded on so many extra potatoes that I could hardly eat it all (but I did, I did!). A superannuated German shepherd supervised the dining room – when he was awake. One other couple, locals, came to dine. ...