October 2016: 5 days in Copenhagen
At last, I visited Copenhagen, a city that has strong ties to my childhood memories. The name Copenhagen was a source of immense amusement to me and my sister in our childhood. When my father was in elementary school, a question on his geography test was “Where is Copenhagen?” His answer, “Jekhane Copen moshai hagen” [translation: a place where Mr. Copen goes to crap. “Hagen” means to crap in Bengali.] My dad was full of such funny tales, and they kept my sister and me well-entertained. My sister was visiting Copenhagen for work, for a week. Because of our history with Copenhagen, she asked me to come along. The Copenhagen trip dates coincided with Durga Pujo, my favorite festival. But I decided to skip the festival as I got to see it every year, but a trip to Copenhagen was once in a lifetime event. My hubby intended to travel to India, so Copenhagen became a way-stop on his way to Ind...