This is a travel voucher from Skånetrafiken that allows a passenger unlimited travel on trains in Sweden and Denmark, and over the Öresund channel that lies between them. We traveled first north from Lund to Helsingborg, one of the larger cities of Sweden.
We wandered about for a little bit and then boarded a ferry connection to the city of Helsingør, Denmark, visible across the sound. It was a whiz-bang ride, only twenty minutes and we were in another country. We managed, in the short crossing, to have a nice café lunch,
and to do a little tax-free shopping (licorice allsorts and some more Gin Long Drink). We disembarked in Helsingør with a few hours to spare to our hostel check-in, so we hoofed it on over to Kronborg, the castle of Denmark's King Frederik II.
The impressive fortress is widely held to be the castle of Shakespeare's Hamlet. We didn't buy any admission tickets and so weren't able to see any interior spaces. We did, however, find the entrance to the casemates unguarded. These are the tunnels underneath the castle. Just before descending into the depths, we saw an empty flashlight automat. Hunh, well... it was dark down there!
We made it back to the station and caught a train to Fredensborg, where we were hostelling for the night. We wandered (appropriately) down the central pedestrian street to our vandrarhem (wander-home = hostel) and were startled by the lack of anything at all going on.
The shops were closed and we were really the only pedestrians. Fredensborg is the summer vacation home of the Danish royal family, and they've got a big palace there, but beyond that, there really wasn't anything to see. Our hostel was nice and we had our own room. The breakfast buffet had chocolate and brie, so we were thrilled, and railed quickly on to Hillerød.
Here, we set up the rest of our Sunday with the purchase of Copenhagen Cards. These were in the same vein as the Tallinn Card from earlier this summer and gave us discounted and free admission to several Denmark attractions. Our first stop was Frederiksborg Slott, really a giant and grand castle.
Check out the album for more luxurious photos!
We finished the day in Copenhagen. And once again it was (and forever will be, as far as we know) raining. We went to some museums, visited sop-soaked Tivoli and had some Japanese girls move out of the way and take our photo with a famous lady of the sea:
.We nodded and dozed on the way home and were relieved when the train pulled into Lund C.
-J.
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