Today was the turn of visiting the Danish capital, Copenhagen, sound familiar? As we spent 4 days here last year, the plan was to take a leisurely stroll into town and visit what we missed i.e. a walk around Nyhavn and The Opera House. Now this is me your talking about, nothing ever seems to go to plan! One woke up this morning expecting to be docked nearish to the Opera House but no, we seemed to be docked in a cross-between industrial estate and barren wasteland some 7 mile away with the only real option to hop on the shuttle bus. In the UK, especially in Bristol where you have Avonmouth docks, you see conventional coaches with no wheelchair access to and from the city centre. One therefore thought it best to leave Superbunny to the confines of the ship and head out in the manual wheelchair. A thought then crossed the mind, this ship is full of people with mobility scooters so how were they supposed to get to the centre? Unbeknown to us, the cruise line laid on accessible transport for just that purpose!
The one thing I remember from visiting Denmark (and I think Sweden has similar) is that for many of the pavements that are cobbled, they have essentially wheel lanes comprising of concrete slabs making for an easy roll for wheelchair users..
We headed down to Nyhavn to grab lunch, it needs to be noted that many restaurants in this area have steps either up or down so eating al fresco is the only viable option or, in ones case, be carried down a flight of stairs!
Before heading back to The Sapphire Princess, one couldn’t resist a roll around the perimeter of The Opera House. As expected from a Scandinavian country, the area is fully wheelchair accessible…
Our next port of call is Stockholm in Sweden on Thursday!