Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Copenhagen

Copenhagen Denmark will be one of the stops on Rob's and my upcoming vacation (our honeymoon!).  I have been reading several travel books and found the following some fun information to pass on about Copenhagen:
  • Copenhagen is the largest city and capital in Denmark with a population of ~1million.
  • The currency in Denmark is the Danish Kroner (kr). 5kr is ~$1.
  • One of Denmark’s top exports is pharmaceuticals.
  • Denmark is approximately twice the size of Massachusetts
  • The Danish language has three extra vowels.  Sorry I don't have them on my keyboard and don't know how to easily add them for you to see.
  • Copenhagen is 6 hours ahead of EST.
  • Noteables - Hans Christian Andersen is a Dane, Carlsberg Brewery was started in Copenhagen.
We fly into Copenhagen and will have less than a day to explore.  I am thinking we will be pretty tired after our transatlantic flight, but I am hoping we will have the chance to spend some time seeing Trivoli Gardens, walk the Stroget pedestrian street, potentially see Carlsberg Brewery and the Little Mermaid Site and definitely sample some "Danishes" or known in Denmark as wienerbrod,

I'll make sure to share more about Copenhagen (along with pictures) after our trip.

Monday, May 23, 2011

Explaining the url - shotglasscollector-Beth

Well I decided to start a blog. The idea is to share items from upcoming travels and other random happenings.  So I'll start by explaining the url to this blog. 

I have been fortunate in that while growing up my parents took my sister and I on family vacations.  They liked to see new places, so we rarely visited the same place twice.  Starting when we were little, we wanted to have a souvenir from our different stops and found that the 'little glasses' were cheap and fun souvenirs.  I didn't realize for quite sometime that they had another purpose (shots).  Don't worry, I have never allowed these souvenirs to be used for anything other than an occasional contact lens holder for a friend who has forgotten their contact lens case.

Over the years I have collected over 100 shot glasses, either through my travels or a friend or family member bringing back a glass from their trip.  Unfortunately I have had two accidents over the years that resulted in several broken shot glasses, but luckily I still had over 100 amazing souvenirs. 

Funny how when I met Rob, my now husband, he had also been a shot glass collector from his travels starting back when he was a kid as well.  Together we have 9 shelves of shot glasses, and surprisingly only 1 or 2 truly duplicate glasses. 

So it is with great excitement that I have a lot of fun travel in the near future.  I can't wait to expand the shot glass collection for each new country that we visit!  Over the next several months, I hope to share with you my adventures, teach you a little about the countries we are visiting, share photos and if other fun random happenings occur, I'll update you on that as well.

Hope you enjoy!
Beth