Because we live a car-less life in Denmark ("car-free" depending on who's talking and what the weather's like), we ride the buses and trains a lot. We also walk a lot, but that's not very interesting.
Trains, though, trains are very interesting! C is a consummate train connoisseur, having ridden both small local trains--they're green-- and long ICE trains that take you right out of the country. She's a star traveler and reminds us to stamp our tickets and to remember all our bags when we get off.
Besides riding trains basically every time we go on holiday, we like to watch them drive past on their regular routes. Since our apartment is near the train tracks and on the pedestrian path to the main train station, we have lots of opportunities for train-spotting. Most of the year we see the small green trains, the long grey trains, and occasionally freight trains, if we're up early.
But at Christmastime we also keep our eyes peeled for "the pink train!" As an advertising stunt, the Danish chocolate company Anthon Berg pays for several weekend trains to take students and elderly people home for Christmas-- for free. Also to be nice, of course. Notably, though, Anthon Berg also arranges for several of the local trains to be fully covered in advertisements, such that the train closely resembles one of their famous chocolate-marzipan confections.
C adores the pink train and strongly feels that we should ring B up and tell him about it every time we happen to see it. She's pretty much a sucker for all trains, though, and was possibly even more delighted to ride this little number at Zoo Lights tonight.
Trains, though, trains are very interesting! C is a consummate train connoisseur, having ridden both small local trains--they're green-- and long ICE trains that take you right out of the country. She's a star traveler and reminds us to stamp our tickets and to remember all our bags when we get off.
Besides riding trains basically every time we go on holiday, we like to watch them drive past on their regular routes. Since our apartment is near the train tracks and on the pedestrian path to the main train station, we have lots of opportunities for train-spotting. Most of the year we see the small green trains, the long grey trains, and occasionally freight trains, if we're up early.
But at Christmastime we also keep our eyes peeled for "the pink train!" As an advertising stunt, the Danish chocolate company Anthon Berg pays for several weekend trains to take students and elderly people home for Christmas-- for free. Also to be nice, of course. Notably, though, Anthon Berg also arranges for several of the local trains to be fully covered in advertisements, such that the train closely resembles one of their famous chocolate-marzipan confections.
C adores the pink train and strongly feels that we should ring B up and tell him about it every time we happen to see it. She's pretty much a sucker for all trains, though, and was possibly even more delighted to ride this little number at Zoo Lights tonight.
It actually looked even cooler, since the whole train was festooned with Christmas lights, but I don't have a photo of that. I think C will back me up, though, when I say that it was most definitely a...
