Travel Day - Copenhagen

Today is Metta Fock's birthday, my gggg grandmother. She was born June 10th, 1765 in Kettlestorp near Yllestad in central Sweden. Today she is celebrated by many including Ann Rosman the author of the book Mercurium that details the innocence of Metta Fock. 

I traveled to Copenhagen on the last high speed train ride of this trip. After yet another hearty breakfast, I settled up with my hotel and walked the short distance to the Kalmar Central train station. 

I am traveling to Copenhagen as this is where Hulda Cecilia Kristina Persson, my g grandmother, emigrated from. She also lived in Copenhagen for 8 years before leaving for Chicago. There she met and married my great grandfather Claes Erik Leonard Sjowall, the great grandson of Metta Fock.

One item on my agenda is to see the docks where the emigrant ships departed Copenhagen. And to get an idea of what Copenhagen was like during Hulda's stay. 

My train was scheduled to leave at 11:00 for the 3 hr 28 minute ride to Copenhagen Airport where I would then connect to local transportation to my hotel. However during the ride I learned that the train would continue on to Copenhagen Central. I had booked the ticket from Kalmar to Copenhagen Airport but decided that since the train was going into Copenhagen Central I would simply stay on for another couple stops hoping no one would check my ticket.

I enjoyed the ride taking in the scenic Swedish countryside, dozing off and reading my latest novel. The train was traveling the same route I had taken with my rental car to Växjö. What Google Maps showed as an 1 hour 20 minute drive, the train made the trip in 1 hour 8 minutes. No wonder people ride the trains.

I stayed on the train all the way to Copenhagen Central and asked a friendly Dane where I could get information on taking a subway. He directed me to go up one level and look for anyone who had 'DSB' printed on their shirt. Sure enough a DSB person helped me buy a ticket and showed me the way to the number 12 platform. She even suggested I take a photo of the directions she brought up on her phone.

The train would be leaving in 4 minutes which turned out to be plenty of time. I hopped on the subway and rode for two stops.

A short 5 minute walk to the hotel and I'm now sitting in my room writing this blog after a nice big burger in the hotel restaurant. The rest of the evening I'll be reading my latest novel and researching for what tomorrow may bring.