16th August, day five - Copenhagen
I took a conscious risk when deciding to stay at a hostel. For sure the risk for covid for example is that little much larger. Well, this morning that risk partly materialised. The reception informed us in the morning there is a person in the room who tested positive with a self-test.
Now, amazingly, this person in their own words already had flu symptoms the day before. Either they didn't inform the staff of this or the staff put the person in a room with 3 other people anyway. Somewhat irresponsible either way.
Mask on, quick pack of gear and out of the room as quickly as possible. At least the person wasn't coughing but still I spent approx 7 hours sleeping in the same room. Going to need to mask up when inside for some time and do some daily tests. I checked out of the hostel two nights early to avoid further exposure.
But, "onni onnettomuudessa", as we say in Finland! Means roughly luckily getting away with something in an accident. A person who I was going to meet for beers today offered me their couch even though the risk, massive thanks β€οΈ A replacement hotel room would have cost a few hundred euros and even more if I do get sick for some days.
So out for some breakfast. Chose Cafe Kalaset from my list. And wow this place is really worth the visit. The banana bread was especially awesome!
(^ apparently the cats were waiting for me in the bathroom of Cafe Kalaset π )
Itβs another hot day in Copenhagen. Loaded with a full backpack without access to a shower until the evening it felt a bit too much combined with the humid heat, so I mainly cycled around a bit and had a few beers in the shade. My corona test for today was negative.
Apparently it's pride week in Copenhagen, which explains the flags everywhere. I kind of assumed maybe it's always like this? :P
Met my friendly host later and we had a really nice evening with spicy vegan ramen and got taken to a few nice places for beers.
Total kilometres approx (still): 990km