Den-Me: Day 1-2

Well we finally made it here. It took us about 20 or so hours but we are now in Esbjerg. We flew into Copenhagen and had a couple of hours in the train station before we left for Esbjerg so we went out and took a gander. Turns out we were right across the street from Tivoli Gardens which was the only place I knew about in the Cope so that was cool. It was closed for the season but the gates were open so we went in anyway. Didn't get very far before we got kicked out though. We really only walked around the park but it was enough to make some observations.

1. The Danes love their bikes. There are probably just as many bikes on the road as their are cars. They even have special lanes for them.

2. There are no fat people. But almost everyone smokes, go figure.

3. They love their 7-11. Not even shitting you, their was three in the train station alone, all within 300m of each other. On the walk around the park we saw 5 of them. all within 1 square mile. It was nuts. And they are better than our sevs. You can buy anything there, even hard alcohol.

The train ride to Esbjerg was uneventful but nice. Got to see some of the country. Even saw some buffalo. Our hotel is alright, our rooms are like a dorm but we are close to the arena which is good for stumbling home. There is also supposed to be a bar here that is open until 6am but we haven't found it yet.

We went downtown and walked on Denmark's longest pedestrian mall. It's a nice town because there is little commercialization. Only the aforementioned 7-11s and a couple of McDonald's so far.

Opening ceremonies were pretty good. The drumline was pretty entertaining. Apparently they are some soldiers who won Denmark's Got Talent last season. The crown prince of Denmark threw the first stone. Apparently he's a big deal here. Who knew. Tomorrow we play the Chinese in our first game so hopefully we can have a good game and get off to a good start.