Life in Denmark: Spring Break: A Preview

10 days, 4 cities, 5 flights, 2 trains, 10 buses, 1507 photos, 5 pizzas, 5 scoops of gelato, 1 lost lens cap, and 1 lost cell phone (sadface) later, I am back in Denmark :) But spring break is only technically halfway over- I head off to the Czech Republic later this evening! I don't even know where to start blogging about my travels...

Ryan Air- in case of emergency landing,
glasses, dentures, high heels, earrings,
and necklaces are not allowed.

Danielle and I decided to start break a few days early, and left on April 6 for a 10 day sprint around Italy and Spain. The travel was definitely exhausting, but it was absolutely incredible. The weather was AMAZING- sunny on all of our days in the cities, and very warm- especially compared to Copenhagen!. I wore sandals pretty much the whole break, aside from hiking in Cinque Terre and travel (needed to wear my sneakers to save room in my bag, thanks EasyJet and Ryan Air!). The only cloudy days/rain we had was on our days of planes, trains, and buses :)

the alps from easyJet

Here is the 1 minute summary of our itinerary: we flew from

ohhh ryan air

Copenhagen to Milan Malpensa on Wednesday, took a bus to the Milan Central train station, took a train to Cinque Terre, and stayed in Levanto for 3 nights. Then, on Saturday, we took a train back to Milan Central, a bus to the airport, and flew to Catania, Sicily, where we stayed with Danielle's WONDERUFUL Sicilian extended family. On Tuesday we took a train to the Palermo train station, a bus to the airport, and flew to Venice. We landed in Treviso and took a bus to Venice, where there was a big lightning storm! After a day and a half in Venice, we took the bus back to Treviso and flew to Barcelona (finally, the main airport!) on Thursday morning, where we took a bus to our hostel and spent a day and a half exploring the city, before finally taking the bus back to the airport and flying home to Copenhagen Saturday morning.

So, it was definitely a whirlwind of 10 days. I have been in Denmark for just over 24 hours now, and leave in less than 3 to head to the Czech Republic, as I previously mentioned. I'm going on a trip called the "Czech trek" (gotta love the cheesy czech rhymes/jokes- Czech the trip out on the blog once I get back!). We'll take a bus to a ferry across to Germany, and then a looong bus ride to a small town where we will stay in a castle, nbd. We'll have 3 days of outdoorsy stuff, such as hiking, rock climbing, splunking, rappelling, and archery, and then spend the full day Thursday in Prague, before returning by bus and ferry overnight to Denmark.

I'm sure you will understand why I am going to go pack (okay, and upload pictures to facebook) instead of giving you a in-depth chronicles of some highlights of my travels. But, I promise, once i return to Denmark Friday morning, I will (at some point in the next few days...) catch up. Get ready, it will blow your mind. Well, maybe not...but you still have to wait.

But I will give you this as a preview for what is to come. Enjoy, and hope all is well, wherever in the world you are :)

TOP 10 (ONE WORD) HIGHLIGHTS OF MY TRIP
1. sunshine
2. warmth
3. sandals
4. sea
5. beach
6. nature
7. spring
8. people
9. exploring
10. spring

Could I BE any more vague? Probably not. Pictures might do a better job of capturing my experience...

CINQUE TERRE