Are we ever going to make it to Copenhagen?

We arrived from London on Thursday afternoon. Friday I went to class, and Friday night I went to Copenhagen! Insane, right?

So we left Friday night, and caught our train out of Maastricht to Roermond. Our next train was late, thus making us late for our next two connections. We met a nice U Maas student who was on his way home, and he helped us out, translating the Dutch announcements and asking a conductor to hold our overnight train in Düsseldorf.
Sadly, his efforts were in vain, and we arrive about five minutes too late for our overnight train. We instead changed tickets for a 3 am train, which had a change in Hamburg, so we could get to Copenhagen at noon, four hours after we were supposed to get there. It was our only option, so we took it.
At this point it was only a little after midnight, so we decided to wander Düsseldorf for a while. It was kind of sketchy, so we returned to the train station and sat on the platform for three hours.
Our 3 am train was late, so when we got to Hamburg, we had to run across the station to our next train, which had moved platforms. It was insane.
On the way to Copenhagen, the train was loaded onto a ferry to cross the Baltic Sea. We all moved up to the deck to take pictures, it was really cool.

When we finally got to Copenhagen, the ATM declined my card, so I had to borrow money from Tracy. But we really enjoyed our short time there; we saw a really cool church with a climbable tower, the royal palace, and the Little Mermaid statue. Copenhagen, if you didn’t know, is the home of Hans Christian Anderson, who wrote the Little Mermaid and other fairy tales.

I’m not sure if it was just because I was so happy to finally be there, but I really loved Copenhagen. It just seemed to blend the old and new so well.He doesn't look that excited to be with me...

We ate dinner at the Hard Rock Café before boarding a 12 hour night train to Cologne. I studied a little and slept a lot, though it wasn’t a comfortable sleep because we had opted for the cheap non-bed cars.

We got into Cologne at 7am, and saw the beautiful Gothic cathedral there. We even went to the 8am mass, which was kind of cool, even if I couldn’t understand the German, and I was the only one who didn’t take Communion.

Me and the giant Gothic Cathedral in Cologne

At 9:30, we got on a ferry boat which took us down the Rhine River. It was a nice, leisurely cruise, and we watched the scenery, talked, ate, and studied. We got off in the cutest little town called Linz, and proceeded to take an array of trains back to Maastricht, arriving at 9 pm last night.
The first thing I did when we got back was shower, since I didn’t know that night trains had such amenities.
But I had an amazing weekend, with some great memories and stories that will last a lifetime.

This week, I have to study like crazy, because midterms are next week. I can’t believe I’m half way done with the semester!