Aarhus; Thursday, 05 August, 2010

I left my luggage in the baggage room at the hotel and wandered into town for a final couple of hours before I had to catch the train out of Århus.

There was a long list of museum that I was thinking of going to, so I thought I would start at the Art Gallery as that wouldn’t take too long and then I could see what was left after that.

In the end, the gallery was so good that I had to almost run round the last part of the exhibition so that I could get back to the hotel, pick up my luggage and catch the train.

The train left on time into a tremendous downpour. A little while after the skies cleared and as we entered the rolling countryside the skies became pretty clear. A quick change at Fredericia and I was on the train to Esbjerg.

At Esbjerg it was a quick change onto a bus down to the harbour where I checked into the ferry. I had thought that there might have been some facilities down there, but there weren’t just a couple of seats and a coffee machine. But as there was only a hour until boarding, and the buses were only every 20 minutes, I thought it was best to just stay put and read a book.

With typical Danish efficiency boarding started bang on time at 17:45 and less than a quarter of an hour later I was in my cabin. I had treated myself to the upgrade to Commodore De Luxe class so that I had a much more comfortable journey (and a free lounge with free snacks and drinks).

At 18:45 the ships horn sounded and we slowly pulled away from dock and from Denmark.

It’s a pretty uneventful journey to begin with, and after dinner I go for a wander around deck, which is when I notice that it is starting to get a little choppy. This proceeds to get quite a bit worse over the next 20 minutes or so, to the point where there are quite a few people either dashing to the side of the boat, or grabbing for the carefully placed bags that are in racks on the walls every hundred meters or so.

What is most surprising is that given how full I am, and given how much, as a Kid, I would get travel sick at the mere sight of a coach or a ferry, how well I felt.

So, just after 11, with a group of people outside being sick, I drew my curtains and went to bed.