Blue Eyed Babes

I've been seeing a lot of Danish children, toddlers, and infants around the streets of Copenhagen in the past couple of weeks. The littlest ones are usually being pushed around in large prams, many of them sitting up and taking in the world with their big blue eyes. Toddlers ride in the front or back of their parent's bikes, or else in a large shopping cart sized bin mounted on two wheels at the front of a bike. Needless to say, more than half of them are blonde and blue eyed, very cute, and very well behaved for the most part! It seems as if Danish parents tend to take their children out as part of their daily routine; shopping, coffee, reading the paper by the lake. A very nice lifestyle and seemingly happy babies as a result. Maybe all the bad ones stay at home or get stowed away in a car.

Speaking of cars (again), this morning I decided to take a new route to work, when I suddenly encountered a big flash of white light. I was in a 50km/hr zone (unlabelled I might add) and my speed was displayed as "Din Fart: 63km/hr". Fart in Danish means speed. Kendrick and I figured this out from all the signs on the highway near construction areas that read, "Fart Kontrol". But fear not, the flash was just a warning that I was going too fast. A real speed trap would have had an actual person sitting there writing me up. The Danish authorities give their instruments a margin of 3km/hr. Anything above that and you start to pay incrementally. It's very good incentive for me to travel at low fart. :)