After days of constant rain we woke up in the sunny morning. We packed our luggage and set out on one hour and a half long journey that led us from the city of Nykøbing to Copenhagen.

After leaving the main station the capital of Denmark opened in front of us. Immediately we noticed the famed theme park named Tivoli towering in front of the beautiful old station building. Huge rollercoasters curled and twisted behind the brick gates laced with pumpkins, balloons and Halloween decorations.

We walked along the historical streets where all the houses whispered their old secrets to us. Our tour first led us to the Royal palace where we were able to see the changing of the guard.

The palace was a really magnificent place with the white marble walls looming over the square where we stood. Unfortunately, we didn't see any members of the royal family but during our visit we heard a lot about Queen Sophie, after whom is our partner school named Sophieskolen. She had improved the Danish education so much the people still mention and praise her, even after 450 years. She married Frederick II in the 16th century when she was only 14 years old and her husband was 23 years older.

Denmark is a constitutional monarchy with Queen Margarete II currently siting on its throne. Having reigned the country as a monarch for over 50 years she is the longest-serving current head of a state in Europe. The queen has two children and eight grandchildren. The crown prince Frederick is married to Mary Donaldson, the crown princess and they have 4 children. One of them, prince Christian, is the oldest of them and he is now 17(as some of us are, but unfortunately, we haven't met him. It would have been interesting to hear someone our age speaking about living in a palace in the heart of Denmark)

Then our steps were directed all the way through the old town and suddenly the beautiful colourful houses of the port Nyhavn appeared. Naturally we took as many photos as possible at this photogenic spot and had a little break to fill our bellies with delicious waffles and hot-dogs. And, of course, to have some coffee, too. From Nyhavn we walked on to the 35-meter-high Round Tower. After reaching the top and walking around the last bend a striking view of the capital of Denmark materialized out of the thin air. The vast expanse of the city below was breath-taking. The changeable weather and the sea of red brick houses stretching everywhere looked just picturesquely nice and its magical atmosphere reminded us of Great Britain. Later we found a street full of souvenir shops of all kinds and spent our leftover money on some long-lasting reminders of our stay in this green and wet country in the form of magnets and keyrings.

But sadly our time here was over and we made our way to the airport. And there we realised that our mobility was really coming to an inevitable end but the unforgettable memories will stay in our minds forever. Our momentary leaving sadness was repelled by a glowing rainbow Copenhagen offered us as a goodbye.

We would like to thank our amazing guides, Sophie and Isabela, both of whom immediately became our friends and we are still in touch with them.

And also, the deputy director of Sophieskolen Christian who was always open to our many questions and helped us with all we needed. He told us numerous fascinating stories about Denmark's history and fun facts such as that the green cabbage-like weed on the beach is safely eatable. We tried it and it was, to our surprise, quite tasty.

Our final opinion is that Denmark is a gorgeous country of lots of forests, unpredictable weather, stormy freezing sea and mainly of amazing people who delighted our stay there. It is definitely worth visiting but you need to bring at least 2 things with you: an umbrella and a full-size budget 😉

Tak København! Tak Danmark! Farvel!