I have just recently returned home to Miami after a 3.5 month internship in Milan at the World Expo. During this internship, I had the opportunity to visit five new countries and even experience traveling completely by myself once. To start off, I am going to write about Copenhagen, the first city I visited and the one that is still my favorite.
Denmark was a country I had thought about, but did not have ahead of places like Austria or Israel. When I booked this trip, I was actually looking into visiting Budapest with my friend and colleague Brittany. But because prices had increased exponentially from the time we decided to take a trip to when we finally sat down to book flights, we needed a Plan B. Knowing we did not want to waste any more "vacation" days in Milan, we looked on Google flights and found that Copenhagen was not only more affordable, but a place I was now very curious about. Essentially, I had a "why not?" moment. So, four days before the flight was set to depart, we purchased two round-trip tickets for a 2-day trip to Denmark's capital.
Day 1: June 15.
Day 2: June 16.
After having breakfast and coffee, we felt sufficiently fueled for the day's adventure. Copenhagen does not disappoint in offering healthy options to those who are more conscious of what they are putting into their bodies. I was blessed enough to even sit down at a place with gluten free options. Though pricey (something we would soon discover was the case everywhere. God bless economically rich nations), we ate well, healthy and the service was phenomenal. Something else we learned quickly was that Danish hospitality was not restricted to service jobs, but the every day person was 10x nicer than the nicest person you have ever met in United States.
After breakfast, we crossed the bridge over to the central city and began exploring. The only thing we knew we definitely wanted to see what the Nyhavn port, so we decided to see the sights on our way there. As one might expect, we were awestruck by the beautiful architecture, the amicable people and the cool weather. Does it actually get any better than that?
It did not take long before we made it to the port and let me tell you, it's much more beautiful in person than any photo gives it credit for. The colors are vibrant, the restaurants are charming and even the old, rusting boats have more character than anything I have seen before. We spent a good amount of time admiring, taking photos and being much colder than we expected to be. I tightened my scarf, closed my jacket and wondered if it was actually June. But even with that, this Miami girl would move there in a heartbeat.

Day 3: June 17.
This day was just a traveling day because our flight time was 9:30 in the morning, but even our stroll to the station to catch the metro was enjoyable.
The trip to the airport via metro is another incredible part of Copenhagen that should be mentioned. It took us a mere 20 minutes to get to our terminal from the Nørreboro stop and vice versa. There's nothing more frustrating than finding it difficult to get into the city center after flying for a few hours. It was not this easy on every trip, but like I said, Copenhagen is near perfection.
My next trip was a solo one. Completely solo. I have been on airplanes by myself plenty of times, but I am always off to meet someone or do something with a group of people on the other end. Never before have I set out to explore a new city completely on my own. It was something I have always been curious about and thankfully, Prague was a safe and enjoyable place to explore by myself.
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