Dear HMS readers,
Yesterday I left, my now former residence, in Utrecht to begin a two-month backpacking journey with my pal Jessica. This morning I woke up on a night train in Copenhagen. The remaining planned are: Hamburg, Berlin, Prague, Budapest, Vienna, Salzburg, Munich, Padua, Bologna, Milan, Athens, Skoura, Soverato, Supino, Rome and London. Some are stop-overs for flights, some are reunions with family and new and old friends. Either way, internet access will be reserved for life-threatening emergencies and frivolous Facebook-ing. I will try my hardest to keep you updated on the road but if you find the number of words and pictures sparse in the new few months now you know why.
The weather in Copenhagen is almost exactly like the Netherlands so far. Cloudy, rain off and on again during the day and then blue skies and sunshine in the evening. Jessica and I have negotiated a deal with a local bicycle dealership and rented bicycles for the duration of our trip. The Danes, apparently, are the only people in Europe who bike more than the Dutch. We will give you a definitive statement about this at the end of our trip. So far it seems that the bike lanes are more generous and the people beautiful.
Watch out, we are coming to a European city near you.
