Flying into Europe and immigration ask me the one question I
really hate.
Do you have enough money to travel 3 months in Europe ?
Why do they do that … or rather why do they do that to me ?
Do I look like a person who would travel without money ?
Sheesh ….
My retort was simple enough …. Yes I said …. I am
backpacking for a year and have been on the road for 8 months now.
He gave me a wide grin and a little envy look and wish me
all the best with entry stamp. Backpacker privilege I guess …. You can travel
anywhere if you are a backpacker even if you don’t have money.
Train to city centre was simple enough and the walk to the
hostel that I pre booked from hostelworld.com was pretty easy.
66 bed dorm …. Oh my I was wondering how it would be like, a
little excited and also a little dread of horror I guess and I arrive at the
City Public Hostel. Funny that it was called that .. Public Hostel, as if it
was a charity thing but it was nowhere as cheap as other parts of Europe.
Scandinavia was expensive and that was why I was even considering a 66 bed
dorm.
Got in and a long queue at the reception. It’s a full house
today the reception guy said to a couple in front and I rolled my eyes
wondering how a 66 bed dorm could be fully booked. I was banking that most
people would avoid a 66 bed dorm hence it would not be as bad as it seam but … It
was really fully book …. And that was not the only room in the hostel.
It was indeed a 66 bed dorm and I had to pay extra for linen
and bedsheets as well. The dorm was set in somewhat a basketball or some indoor
court. They had low partition built in like an office cubicle hence although a
66 bed big indoor court it was well separated into cubicles of 4 each with each
his own small lockers. Interesting indeed and not as bad as I thought.
Just like that … Family break and safezone was over …. I was back on the road … time to start
exploring
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| A typical street in Copenhagen. |
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