Copenhagen

After 210km/hr Autobahn adventure and an afternoon exploration of Bremen I made an impressive entrance to Denmark. My 15-carriage ICE train drove directly onto a ferry in North Germany and then 40 minutes later drove off again and into Denmark.

Copenhagen won me over right away. +50 points for the locals being incredibly friendly and outgoing. +500 because they're all tall, blonde and ride bicycles in tights. Bonus points for the people who opened up their first-story apartment window to hold an impromptu rock concert.

Although the weather was mostly awful, I did manage to explore several huge parks and a cemetary with the impressive ability to attract sun-bathers. Another highlight of the trip was spending the weekend with Tim who flew up from Dusseldorf. He almost didn't survive to fly back down again after I talked him into joining me on a 70km bike trip up the coast.

The rest of my time was mostly spent repeatedly opening the hostel door with a bunch of cool travellers, befriending locals as they drank wine from plastic cups outside a convenience store, singing along to a fantastic Irish Wes-Musician and having a more unsavoury discussion about cheese than you can possibly imagine.

I've started making a shortlist of places in Europe where I would enjoy living for a few months. Copenhagen enters near the top!