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Copenhagen..early 70's..was full of life during the summer months..
from Vesterbrogade(Central Railway Station)one could walk to the central
Radhusplassen..there Stroget starts..now this was the longest shopping
street I ever walked..all the way to Kongens Nytorv..full of shops..
always some animation...street buskers..just hippies hanging around..
I always enjoyed Copenhagen a lot..I've been there about 4 times..
in 1993 i visited my ex girl friend Aslaug in Norway together with my wife..
she had changed a lot..i did not see her for 22 years..on this trip..my goal was the farm of Aslaug in Al(Hallingdal)I was going to work there 2 weeks
so..I left Copenhagen and hitched a ride up North to Helsingor..where ferry
connects over to Helsingborg(Sweden)I intended to hitch to G?teborg and
then to Oslo(Norway)ferry over to Sweden is very frequent and took 25 min.to cross..will tell later about my adventures in Sweden..nice country..
Tiger

Ferry crossing Puttgarden-Rodby..takes only 1 hour..
got a ride directly to Copenhagen..via Nykobing-Koge..
Copenhagen..is a great place..met a French Canadian dude..
and 2 Norvegian chicks..we went into Tivoli park..it's great..
Ann Sissel came from Kabelvag on the Lofoten islands..
nice chick...they were interrail backpackers..came from Greece..
we went to sleep in Christiania freestate..but didn't sleep much..
bit of boozing..i'll tell more about Christiania freestate later on..
so..Tivoli is a fun amusement park...me,Ann Sissel,Gunn and Alex..
went in about 4 P/M..had food there..not so cheap..came out after
midnight..fireworks etc..I did like it...when you visit Tivoli..
from daylight into dark..because thousands of lights go on..
very colourful surroundings..will get a link..
http://www.visitcopenhagen.com/
www.tivoligardens.com

Tiger

As I told before..hitchhiking in Germany..in those days..
was really easy..usually if possible I went from rastst?tte to rastst?tte...
a rastst?tte is a place on German highways...
with tanking possibilities,toilets..caf?taria etc..
so lots of cars coming in..and always lots of hitchhikers..
If I recall well that day i got a ride from Nordhorn to Cloppenburg..
from there on..got the connection to highway for Bremen-Hamburg...
reached Bad Oldesee that day...slept in the bushes of a rastst?tte..
so I was heading direction Puttgarden=ferry to Rodby(Danemark)
cheapest and quickest connection..was aiming for Copenhagen next day..
will tell more later on..I know that city...had been there before..
Tiger

Yip..it was good to see my old mates at the pub..
we used to have a few dancings in my village these days..
macumba,the mill,big pipe,fahrenheit..these days..
when i was in a crazy mood..I went out barefoot..
everybody declared me a fool..eccentric..
I usually got stoned out of my ass..and lots of folks..
payed me a beer..I was the first one with long hair..
in this bloody village..the older generation of folks..
did not understand..my Dad had to face lots of crap..
because of me..it all changed.. in 1974..few years later..
I appeared in a few newspapers....and suddenly..
these fucking assholes..who critisized me earlier on..
came and shook my hand..I shook it back..
but I thought by myself..fuck you mate
you cannot shake hands with a clenched fist
I don't like double standards..never did..
they said..oh well..you never worked etc..
but still..you have seen something in this world..
so..my Dad's friend wanted his house painted...
I earned a few bucks from that..my idea was..
to start middle or end may...on a trip to Sweden..
and Norway..I had a crush on Aslaug from Al..
this is a little village between Oslo-Bergen..
she invited me to come and work on her farm..
in Hallingdal regio..between Gol-Geilo..
I met her in Oslo before I went to India..
omg...she was beautiful..awww..
I also promessed Gunilla to visit her in Nynashamn..
place bit south below Stockholm..
so it became 25th may....and...I started again...
another trip..now...I saw the midnight sun before...
it's marvelous..will tell you when i come to Sweden..
Scandinavia...has got rough weather...very short summer..
Bergen(Norway)has got lots of rains..
there's a joke about Bergen..in this way..
that local dogs start barking at you..
when you don't carry an umbrella
because..they think...you're a tourist..
so here we go..I remember I started off hitching..
in my own village..my Dad was sitting in a pub nearby..
great fellow he was..real great fellow..
I got a ride towards a village about 15km from my own..
Lommel-hitch to Eindhoven-Nijmegen-Arnhem-Hengelo..
hitching in Holland was a piece of cake..
I used these papers..in big letters..Arnhem..
slept outside somewhere just over Dutch-German border...
place called Nordhorn..was aiming next day for Bremen-Hamburg..
will tell more later on..Tiger(Emiel)

Next day..got free breakfast...head still dizzy..
started off by noon only..if I remember well..
good and quick ride straight to K?ln..
stood for a while in K?ln..but got a lift to Li?ge(Belgium)
took a train home..50 km...glad to see my home place again..
but everything looked always so strange..after being away from home
for a few months...my Dad was out when I came in..grandfather home..
brother out..aunt out..took a good shower...later on..
my Dad came home..was very glad to see me..so was I..
I'll tell you all more about my next trip..Scandinavia
Tiger