After our day at Tivoli in Copenhagen came to an end, we headed south to Denmark's boarder on the Baltic Sea. A quick look at the map in an underground parking lot, the C70 emerged.
Her red license plates turned several heads in downtown Copenhagen (or maybe it's my driving). Most plates in Europe are white these days. And when turning at an intersection in Copenhagen, you have to cross three lanes of traffic. One lane is for bicycles. Another lane is for buses. Then you have a median. And with pedestrians walking in the crosswalk, it can get confusing fast. At one point, were we're parked on top of a crosswalk where locals waddled and biked in front and behind the Volvo.
The race was on to catch a ferry by nightfall and head to Germany.
But first, we needed gas. Volvo warned me to avoid the popular Ethanol blend. And to stay away from other formulas. In fact, enough Volvo drivers from the USA have put in the wrong fuel, that Volvo now installs a sticker on the inside of the fuel door to serve as a reminder of what to avoid.
But which one to choose? A quick look at the instructions, followed by Adam's wisdom of filling satellite trucks and we did fine.
As for paying for gas? You can't do it at the pump. Head inside and see the clerk after you fill up, as if this was 1982 all over again.
Be happy with $3.44 cents a gallon in the USA. In Denmark, we were paying closer to $8.00 a gallon!
Think road signs in the USA are poorly marked? Try Denmark... And reading them in a foreign language.
We missed the ferry dock entrance by 50 feet. That resulted in getting back on the freeway and backtracking six miles to the nearest exit. After a lengthy turnaround, we driving six miles back to the port.
After paying a hefty fare for Car and two people, we were in line to drive into the hull of the ship.
"Your car is on a boat!," Adam proclaimed as we parked inside the boat. Before exiting the vehicle, we had to reprogram her theft protection sensitivity. The rocking motion on the Baltic Sea would have set off the anti-theft alarm (the car's internal sensors are busy). Using the radio, we told the car to keep it down.
After disembarking the parked car, Adam and I dined on fine Denmark Cod (Here, everything tastes like Fish) and took in a beautiful sunset.
Next: Germany awaits.
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