Trains float: Copenhagen, Denmark

Sorry that my posts have been slowing as of late, but I've been doing a ton of non-internet writing as well, and there is only so much time in the day for such activities. But If I ever "fall off the earth" as it were, just assume I can't find access to free internet. Or my laptop got devoured by a giraffe. Giraffe are native to Europe right?

When I first arrived in Rotterdam, my first impression of the city was "Berlin II." Both cities were bombed flat, both cities are huge, and both cities have spent the last 60 years rebuilding. Rotterdam is Europe's largest sea port, and it shows. I visited the core port, and it was just a constant stream of (rather large) boats flying about. That was entertaining on its own.
My primary beef with Amsterdam/Rotterdam is that they are soooooooooooo expensive. People have been telling me that Denmark is pricey, but so far I'm paying a good 20% less for everything I need, and I even have free internet here (I had it in Rotterdam too, but it was slow and hard to access). Due to the high cost (I was running nearly 60EU a day, which is unacceptable), I decided to seriously tighten up on my primary expense: food. I asked where I could find the cheapest sustenance in town, and they told me where to go. I found the supermarket store on some back street, and I was quite happy with the place when I left. I found a box and filled it with all the basic survival staples:
Peanuts, apple sauce, beans, cucumber, waffles, and marzipan (of course).
MMM MM GOOD!

I would have bought better food, but I was already making lunches from my hostel breakfast buffet, so I didn't need bread, cheese, solid fruit, or ham/turkey. I made away with that box of food for under 10EU, and it lasted me for a glorious three nights in Rotterdam. That being said, I paid a terrible, terrible price. Let it be known that cheap, bulk food is *sometimes* of questionable quality. The beans and apple sauce were rancid (I never finished them), and the marzipan ended up not being marzipan at all, but some strange marshmellow snack. The waffles were O.K. with some Nutella, and I did manage to finish the Peanuts and cucumber. Why do I hate myself?

This is still the Netherlands, and the use of marijuana in Rotterdam is still quite high (their pun, not mine). The smell in my hostel room was of something seriously nasty. If I had to describe it, I would say someone had a bag of wet, month old dirty socks under their bed. One night they probably barfed into this nonexistent bag, and then they decided to smoke pot for two days straight, with the objective of getting barf aftertaste out of their mouth. Yea, that sounds about right.
Every night I stayed in that hostel, I had dreams of owning one of THESE badboys.

Bad food, and smelly rooms aside, I did manage to have some good fun. I had a good run around the city, and got to admire much of Rotterdam's modern architecture. I saw more skyscrapers than I've ever seen in one place, and I also visited the "cube homes," the Nai Museum of Dutch Architecture, the old olympic torch building, and the Huis Sonneveld house. I met some cool people at the hostel (as I usually do), and have to admit that one evening was completely wasted away, watching a "Mythbusters" marathon (it was crappy outside anyway).

I took a night train to Hamburg (the night train to copenhagen had a new December schedule), and then transfered to a magical train directed to Copenhagen. What makes this train magic you may as me, but the answer is simple; it can float on water... sort of anyway. I was asleep on the train, and awoke to the noise being made by the entire cabin being emptied. I thought "do as they do" and followed them out. We were in some strange tunnel, and I walked up some stairs into a mini-mall. I then found a window and noticed a deck, which I walked out onto. We seemed to be in forward motion, and away from the shore. Seem they can fit entire trains on big boats, and ship them overseas. Boy did that confuse me for a minute though, wow.

Copenhagen looks promising so far (I just got in), and my hostel is seriously groovy.

My pictures from Bruges/Lux/Amsterdam/Rotterdam are ready to go, so enjoy!

-Kyle- *hungry and ready for some exploration*ing- out