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<\/a><\/p>\nMy first salt and pepper on the trip! \u00a0Lufthansa was so great (and not just their condiment packaging). \u00a0I got to fly Virgin Upper Class for business a few weeks prior and was really worried my ability to adjust to life back to coach. \u00a0But the flight was great. \u00a0We were on an A340-600 and thanks to booking early and seatguru.com, we got a 2 person row all to ourselves. \u00a0The best thing about this plane is that the bathrooms are on the lower level and they are actually quite large. The decent food, free booze, nice bathrooms, free snacks throughout the flight, and good movies on my own screen made for a very nice flight. \u00a0I highly recommend the airline, especially if you get one of these newer planes. \u00a0The SAS flight from Munich to Copenhagen wasn’t nearly as nice.<\/p>\n
These are two shots from our layover in Munich. \u00a0What an amazing airport. \u00a0The top shot is the McDonalds. \u00a0When have you ever seen Eames chairs in an McDonalds? \u00a0The food is the same, but it is clear that Germans really care about design.<\/p>\n The whole airport is amazing. \u00a0Giant panes of glass, soaring ceilings, and a mall with its own brewery with some of the best beer I’ve ever had. \u00a0There was an Audi flagship showroom \u00a0which was very cool and a nice little mall. \u00a0It was a great place to spend a 3 hour layover. \u00a0Any more time would have allowed us to take the train into Munich – something to consider next time.<\/p>\n Finally – Copenhagen! \u00a0The shot above is the view from our hotel room. \u00a0That’s the Arne Jacobsen designed SAS Royal Hotel on the right (now owned by Raddison) and it was really cool in the morning to get up and see it out our window. More on that later.<\/p>\n We stayed at The Square<\/a> hotel which is right on the main Radhuis square, around the corner from the train station and right across from Tivoli – the famous amusement park. \u00a0I highly recommend The Square for anyone visiting Copenhagen. \u00a0It’s a very cool modern hotel with very comfortable contemporary Danish design. \u00a0It felt very classy but was not expensive. \u00a0In fact, it was the most reasonably priced thing in the whole country!<\/p>\n OK – now you got me started. \u00a0I think the fine people of Denmark found the guy that decides how much things should cost at the airport and movie theater and hired him to set the price of EVERYTHING IN THE WHOLE COUNTRY. \u00a0Don’t get me wrong, I loved being there, but $5 for a small bottle of water, and the $5 for a bag of chips? \u00a0And in a strange twist, things were no more expensive in the movie theater or airport (which might be what threw me off in the first place). \u00a0It was a bit stressful, but you did get what you paid for, and the Danes seem to get by OK. \u00a0All I can say is that my wallet was so glad to get to Pairs – where things are cheap by comparison!<\/p>\n This is some sort of IKEA electric car. \u00a0No idea what this is about, but I do know that Denmark is really moving ahead with their green initiatives and this must have been something to do with that. \u00a0There was also a Tesla dealership on a swank street on the other side of town.<\/p>\n OK – now we’re talking! \u00a0Our first morning we headed straight for the flea markets, which only take place on Saturday morning. \u00a0Since the big one was closed due to construction, we found a different one along an old canal. \u00a0There were a lot of good pieces there, but except for this stand, not much teak. \u00a0There were a lot of great pieces for collectors of vintage Holmegaard glass, Krenit bowls, and Jacobsen – some reasonably priced. \u00a0It seemed that stuff that was readily available in Denmark had pretty good prices and most everything else was quite expensive. \u00a0Most of the teak pieces available were Digsmed, some Nissen, and very few from Dansk (remember – Dansk is an American company). \u00a0Dansk was mostly very expensive.<\/p>\n Those heavy, round Digsmed trays that guy is carrying in the photo were very nice but they were somewhat expensive (and the price got higher each time I asked). \u00a0You can see a few mills on his table, and I ended up buying a salt grinder and pepper mill from him. \u00a0They were not expensive, but they were of the sort commonly seen here in the $10 range. \u00a0I would have loved to get some glass, Jacobsen stainless, or some other stuff but I was saving my money for JHQ finds and was careful to load up too soon on breakable stuff. \u00a0I’ll post about all my finds at some point.<\/p>\n At the heart of the Stroget – the beautiful pedestrian shopping street in Copenhagen – are the three grand palaces of Danish shopping. The classic design store Illums Bolighus, Royal Copenhagen porcelain, and Georg Jensen silver. Right next to each other. Standing there ready for the well heeled to buy amazing things for their homes.<\/p>\n \n The old port area of Nyhavn is a beautiful part of Copenhagen. \u00a0There’s an old canal lined with classic old wooden boats. One side (pictured above) is a row of colorful buildings housing bar\/restaurants of every kind you could imagine. \u00a0The other side are fine homes and businesses. Quistgaard’s design studio was among these harbor-side businesses at one point, and he was born just around the corner. On the beautiful late summer day we visited it was full of Danes enjoying food, drink, street musicians, and the fresh air.<\/p>\n We were able to find a restaurant serving traditional Danish Sm\u00f8rrebr\u00f8d – open faced sandwiches with all sorts of different toppings. \u00a0I splurged for the mega awesome platter (that is not at all what it was called) and got shrimp, beef, smoked salmon, bacon, cheese, and other toppings for two different kinds of delicious bread. \u00a0It was well complimented by some nice Danish beer. It was both my late lunch and dinner.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n