There was no update last night as I wanted to get straight out as soon as I hit the hotel but I had h-huge disappointment as I have realised how far south Denmark is, Copenhagen is only on the same latitude line as Edinburgh so the chance of seeing any northern light activity is remote, there’s a chance but very remote. It is dependent on the strength of the solar storm but shall be looking all the same. At least the sky has cleared following early morning rain, so if there is going to be something it will give a better chance of spotting it.
So I went out there with medium hopes of seeing something. The sky was dark and therefore not too sure how clear it was, there were a couple of very bright stars or maybe planets on show but not too many. Anyway I set off from the hotel after work and headed off Hans Christian Anderson Boulevard once again to the big platz, I think there were some other people looking for the northern lights as the platz is a big open space and ideal to look north as there were doing. So I stood for a little while but nothing, just very black skies. Disappointed I set off through the streets having a look around and a listen to the buskers again. The really good violinist was there but this time had a keyboard player with him, not so good tonight. There were a couple of accordion players who were very good. I changed my route on the return and turned left at Kongens Nortyv and eventually found my way back to Vellesport which is the metro stop before Copenhagen Station and there I found a cinema, so I thought daft question but I will ask if any of the films are in English. It was a daft question as it turned out as almost all are. I didn’t fancy a film last night but thought it is somewhere for the future if I see something I want to see and a first as I have never been to a cinema in another country.
It was back to the hotel via a few more streets and a bit of window shopping and as the night was late and I had to be up early I hit the sack.
This morning was a mad dash of getting up, having a morning brew, having a shower, packing and getting out the door for 6.30 a.m. I was expecting to say that my travel to work was normal but no, there was a bit of panic on the old driverless metro. The train pulled into one of the stations and as people approached the train from the outside and the passengers from inside stood waiting for the doors to open. THEY DIDNT. The train paused in the station for a few seconds and then off it went. I assume a computer glitch. But what did that mean, did it mean we were all prisoner on a metro that may never open its doors again. In 10 years time would a power failure result in them finding 50 plus skeletons or worse, would people become so hungry we would have to start eating each other and yet more drama, my stop was next. As I stood by the doors a little Chinese woman stood next to me and I couldn’t help myself thinking, would she taste like chicken. Whilst staring at her the doors to the metro opened and we were free, or rather she would live to put on more meat for another journey on the metro.
I should finish this off with a dun dun dunnnnnnnnn. But that doesn’t quite come out as it does in my head as I type it.
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