Not so fast retreat from Bergen to Copenhagen

So we kind of misinterpreted the flight and we did not leave this morning but rather this afternoon, so we slept some more this morning, moved the car off the street to free parking (at 8am all the delivery trucks roll in) to a lot up the street, and went back to the hotel for breakfast. After that we packed up, checked out, rolled the bags down to the parked car and decided to walk all the way around Bergen and back. Today Bergen was crawling with tourists (that would be us). There were about 4 to 6 cruise ships in the harbor and the wharf was loaded with people. Being Bergen experts by now (very smug) we took the upper streets away from the wharf and avoided all that. We watched one of the big cruise ships back in and parallel park at one of the big docks (at least I thought it was cool). They have side thrusters so they can actually push themselves around pretty well. I did notice some dents in the back bumper so I guess it isn't always perfect landing for those guys. The woman at the hotel sent us off looking for pretty little white houses away from the downtown, which we found and they were indeed very small and white and quaint. We then found a back way into the ramparts above the fortified area of town and got a good view of the whole town. We were too cheap to ride the funicular up the side of the valley so this was just as good and free. Also got some great views of the back of the tenements (above) with the morning sun. So back to the car and off to the airport. I stopped for diesel (fill before returning the car) and gave our last kroners to the fuel guy. I sadly returned the car (it was fun) and we got to the airport, checked our luggage and then sat outside until we had to board. The flight was 1.5 hours to Copenhagen and uneventful. If you want a drink or snack you have to buy them. We are much too cheap for that.

Dehydrated and starving (just kidding) we got to the Copenhagen airport, got the rental car (actually more like a go cart, yippee), and headed west a half an hour to Roskilde where our hotel is.

This town is way older than Copenhagen and all the monarchs are buried here in the cathedral. It has a big downtown street for pedestrians only and I do not get the sense that they see many tourists. Copenhagen gets the spotlight. We checked in and did a quick recon walk around the town and found a great Mexican place under the tattoo parlor. Tattoos are big here, and most seem a little too big, if you know what I mean. We easily got money out of the ATM so that was good news after the saga in Norway, plus I am not sure they have deposit bottles here.

We checked out the grocery store in town which is always a good indicator of what things cost (less than Norway, which would not be a stretch), and also is fun to see all the weird stuff they buy here. Not much English on store labels so who knows what some of this stuff is.

The train station is right in town and the plan is to hit Copenhagen tomorrow and then stay around here to visit the Viking Museum, the Cathedral, and maybe drive around and look at wind turbines. It is supposed to pour for the next few days so we will see.