Budapest – Vienna – Linz – Hamburg – Copenhagen
This trip pleasantly sounded longer than it was. I traveled through Austria as the sun was setting, ever more early now, a reminder of winter’s approach.
I fall soundly asleep on the Night Train from Linz to Hamburg. And the morning train from Hamburg to Copenhagen has wireless internet on-board, so I am able to spend the morning feeling connected before arriving in Copenhagen mid-day.
On board in Denmark, I meet a man who moved from England to work with LEGO. He remarks how he likes it here – the pace, the space, the countryside. A train attendant walks through offering us free apples in a basket, looking as though he just picked them himself from a tree, along with cookies. “But Denmark’s socialist background sometimes feels a bit too orderly, a bit too invested in ‘the system.’ I don’t know if ‘the system’ always works so well,” he continues. Just then, the same train attendant walks through again, now trying to sell us snacks after first offering them for free. The socialist background at work, we laugh. For better or worse?
Benjamin Thomas
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