我還在旅途中，感謝雲兒雞毛信通知活動。
我是個很直的人，也是個慢熱的人。雖然以前和林子，雲兒美眉，杜鵑美眉在文城博客都有過友好來往，還是猶豫很久以後才在去年金秋悄悄地走進星壇發帖，試探著和大家互動。
是班長們和各位壇友們給了我溫暖和支持，西島非常感動感恩（。。。此處省略千字，因為試了幾次，筆跡未落，淚水先行 。。。 ）
嗯，那就把我在美壇的英文小遊記譯成中文，為這次星壇活動助興。
旅途中時間有限，請星星們原諒我不能多互動。
謝謝讀帖。
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我和先生上月底在丹麥首都哥本哈根住了5夜自由遊了4天。這裏也是安徒生童話裏的“魚美人”和“賣火柴的小女孩”故事發生的地方。
發個小帖子說說哥本哈根給我留下的幾個印象。
1。丹麥是北歐海盜維京人的老家。他們的後代非常高（但不胖），我們看見很多女士和我先生一樣高（6英尺，1米8），男士們更高，個個像巨人。在那裏1米6的我覺得像個誅儒，使勁兒伸手也夠不著地鐵車裏頭上的把手。
2。所有公共廁所都是男女合用的（有下麵照片為證）。頭一次去時看見男士女士都在toilet booth外麵同一個地方洗手，覺得很不習慣。但是，去了幾次後，很快就入鄉隨俗了。而且覺得這樣很合理，沒有女廁所排長隊的問題。
3。這裏的白天很長，東西也很貴。一杯普通咖啡要10加元！更別提在餐館用餐了。
4。和我去過的其它城市不同，我在哥本哈根街頭沒有看見討乞者和流浪漢。聽帶著我們做城市步行遊的導遊說，丹麥雖然是一個資本主義國家，但有很好的社會福利，特別是對那些處於劣勢地位的人們。比如所有住房裏有20%是國家補助房。
丹麥國家公民的平均收入高，稅收也很高（大概是42%左右，但我沒機會詢問這是平均稅率還是邊界稅率）。這裏是公費全民教育，包括大學。而且，每個月國家還發給每個大學相當於1000美元的生活補助。
我個人覺得衡量一個國家的先進不僅是她有多高的GDP，更在於她是否愛護幫助自己社會裏的窮人和不幸的人們。這也是我雖然在工作時有很多機會移民去美國，但選擇了加拿大為第二故鄉的主要原因（當然加拿大的社會福利比北歐國家要差不少，目前公費醫療和住房政策都有急需改進的地方）。
5。自行車，自行車，哥本哈根到處都是自行車。導遊說，這裏10個居民裏有9個有至少一輛自行車。而且不少人用自行車為主要交通工具。不僅城市裏有安全方便的自行車道，市外各村鎮之間也建有自行車專用小路。我們在的那幾天氣候不友好，天天都下雨，不然我們肯定也會租自行車騎騎滴。
下麵是我在美壇對應的英文帖子和我照的照片和大家分享。
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We spent 5 nights and 4 very busy days in Copenhagen, capital of Denmark and where Hans Christian Andersen, the author of “The little mermaid” and “A little match girl”, wrote many of his fairytales.
Joy shared is joy doubled, knowledge shared is knowledge gained. Hope you don’t mind me sharing some of what I saw, heard and felt during my short stay there.
#1. Descendants of viking people are white and blonde, and very very tall, lots of women are 6ft (180cm) in height and men are giants! With 5’2” (160cm) height, I can’t even reach the overhead holding bar inside the subway trains, felt like a dwarf. 
#2. All public washrooms are shared by all genders. Felt quite odd the first time to see both men and women in the same washroom washing hands outside the toilet booths
, but one gets used to it very quickly.
#3. Daylight is long and everything is very expensive there: a cup of coffee costs $10CAD, and felt cost an arm and a leg to eat a simple meal in restaurants. 
#4. Different from any city I have been to so far, I didn’t see any panhandlers nor homeless people in streets. I was told by our walking tour guide that Denmark has very good social support system (eg. with 20%+ housing is social housing) to help its disadvantaged people.
I highly admire this, as I strongly believe the measurement of advancement of a society lies not only in its GDP, but also in how well it takes care of the disadvantaged ones.
That’s one of the main reasons I love and chose to stay in Canada (over US), although I must admit that Canada can't compare to the Scandinavian countries. To me, it has nothing to do with right or left wing politics, but the basic humanity.
BTW, not only is tuition free, Danish people get paid about $1000US/month to study in university !!! I’m not sure if Trump could match those even if he did take Greenland. 
#5. Bicycles, bicycles, and they are everywhere. The tour guide said 9 out of 10 people in Copenhagen have at least one bike. Many use bikes as their main transportation, and the city has built very good bike infrastructure. We were told there are even separate bike paths between towns/villages. The weather wasn’t friendly, cold and rainy when we were there, otherwise I would love to bike some, rather than depending on No 11 all the time.
So much to say but so little time. Have to go now, till next time … …
Note: all pictures below were taken by my dear cellphone “devil”
Denmark parliament building (used to be king’s palace)
丹麥國家議會（以前是國王的宮殿）
Copenhagen city hall
哥本哈根市政府
The little mermaid looking out to sea
凝視著大海的魚美人（她的故事其實有一個悲慘的結局，這尊雕像也曾被多次損害過）
Danish navy on solid ground (with permission)
駐守在陸地的丹麥海軍（拍照得到了他們批準）
Inside Copenhagen university old library
哥本哈根大學老圖書館
The famous ones associated with university
和學校有關係的那些得過諾貝爾獎的學者
Copenhagen art gallery, the one we missed first
美術館
An original drawing by Michelangelo
米開朗基羅碳筆畫原作（是他在做雕塑之前的底稿）
Canal built using Swedish labour
丹麥以前在北歐三國裏稱霸，用瑞典俘虜挖的運河
Bikers everywhere
到處都是行車人
Expensive (+ tip) lunch in museum cafe
博物館餐廳裏的午餐（盤裏那兩根是當地令時的白蘆筍）
The shared washroom
合用的公共廁所
A magpie outside our stay
住處外：喜鵲喜鵲在看什麽？
A gentle visitor who came into our stay without invitation, and spoke universal cat language with me
住處內：一位不請自入的友好禮貌貓咪
