Work-Trip to Denmark

2018-08-26Denmark, Hrefna Standard

[Photos taken on 26 August – 01 September 2018, posted on 16 March 2019. Finally seeing the sun mental-energy-wise after a very busy February!]

I traveled to Copenhagen with a colleague of mine to conduct some tests at the Marel office that’s located close to the airport. The trip lasted a week, and was generally successful.

More importantly, I think I showed great restraint in only taking photos of one dinner! (55-ish images total)

Sunday 26 August 2018

On the walkway at Keflavik airport by the endangered animals showcase.
The airport has a few design details that I like, like this Björk lyric from Joga on a window.
“I feel
emotional landscapes
they puzzle me.”
It was as gorgeous day in Iceland.
Huge leg-space, always nice.
Flying over a ridge of intense geological features.
A river exiting into the ocean on the south coast of Iceland.
Denmark is a lot more green than Iceland.
We had decided to stay at a hotel that was one train-stop away from the main train-station.
At the main train-station, health at 90%. I’d spent the previous week sick at home with a super nasty stomach bug.
Waiting for our train to the hotel.
My first room at this particular Scandic (Sydhaven) hotel looked fine, until I checked out the shower…
Hang on a minute… what’s that dark stuff by the floor?
Ewwww! It turned out the shower had a small water leak, and so the whole shower stall was moldy. For the first time ever, I went down to the lobby and insisted on getting another room.
Room #2!
This bathroom had it’s own small issues, but I decided I’d survive a week there nonetheless.
The view from my window.
The hotel has three wings, and linking two is a large glass structure. This is the view out the back.
The weather was very nice, so we decided to walk to a promising ramen place for dinner, but it was closed due to a private party. There were not a lot of options nearby but after some more walking…
… we got lucky and got the last table at this tiny but very good and comically intimate restaurant. Next time we might consider getting a hotel closer to more dining options!

Monday 27 August 2018

I thought this was very clever, breakfast eggs being cooked to different done-nesses via sous vide.
The breakfast/dining area was nice, and I’m now hooked on Danish breakfast-breads.
Selfie inside the very nice Marel office, which functions as a showroom/training site/lab.
A slightly questionable decorative feature, inside a toilet stall.
It started pouring down with rain in the afternoon, but there was also a rainbow!

Tuesday 28 August 2018

We decided to take the train downtown to eat dinner. Copenhagen is super bike-friendly!
The hotel hallway.
Road work going on outside my window past 11 pm.

Wednesday 29 August 2018

Not strawberry ice cream.
The train-stop of this evening’s dinner.
My colleague used to live in Copenhagen with his family. To fully use the trip, his wife flew over that day, and we all went out to dinner.
Areal view of the sushi kitchen.
The eating area. (The toilets were really high up, hence the strange view-point.)
Skák is Skak is Chess. I though it was pretty cute.

Thursday 30 August 2018

The view from the taxi on our way to work in the morning.
My colleague and his wife had a date-night planned, so I located a restaurant for the night, and walked on over. It was probably a 20-30 minute walk, but it was nice.
Yours truly.
Impressive art.
Nice road, houses on both sides, but a large green area between the two driving directions.
Met this fellow.
The back view.
The restaurant was another tiny place. The chefs all stood up on a platform to perform their magic.
The view from my solo-table.
I felt like I’d done such a good job at not photographing my dinners (which were all of the “… and here we have this mixed with that with a sprinkling of fairy dust and dehydrated clouds.” variety.
Those circular things were potatoes with stuff inside. It was thoughtful food, you had to chew it really slowly because the tastes kept coming and mixing and it was fun.
Attempt at artsy.
The bill. And then I walked back.

Friday 31 August 2018

It was a pretty calm day, as the people we’d been working with had to leave a day early. The biggest drama was discovering just how bruised my arm was after repeatedly thwacking it on a stainless steel contraption over the course of the week because I couldn’t be bothered to fashion a tool make my life easier. You live, you learn! (Now we have a tool!)
Bjarki reading out-loud for school over the internet. Yay for technology!

Saturday 01 September 2018

Departure day. The last Copenhagen view from the hotel.
Looking over the shoulders of the very famous Copenhagen airport departure hall statues.
Icelandair planes are always a sight for sore eyes.
Climbing out of Copenhagen. There’s a tunnel-exit basically in the middle of the sea!
Little islands with fences are weird.
More little islands, this time with roads between them.
Ah, Norway! Of course!
By the south-eastern shore of Iceland, looking over the famous glacial lagoon of Jökulsárlón.