We were very fortunate to be able to stay at houses our friends owned in several places, and Copenhagen was one of those. We made friends with several of the people on the cruise we took in the Galapagos, and we’ve kept up with them by email and Facebook. We met lots of amazing people along the way, and when you meet other people who enjoy travel as much as you do, and you’ve had shared experiences with them as well, these are people you want to hold on to. For all the crap people talk about Facebook, it’s been one of the easiest ways for us to casually keep up with friends we met along the way on our trip. While in Budapeşt Lana shared a photo of her gelato (big surprise) on Facebook. Our friend Judith, who we met on our Galapagos cruise, commented to ask if we were planning to visit her hometown of Copenhagen. When we said yes and told her when we’d be in town, she then offered to let us stay at her apartment, since hotels there are quite expensive. We were thrilled, both just to see a friendly face, but also because as we quickly discovered, she was absolutely correct about the price of hotels. Money aisde, the notion of a stay in someone’s home and access to their kitchen was always a most attractive option. We accepted immediately.
