Husk Fart Kontrol!

We know we haven't been here long enough when we can't help giggling at the highway sign "Husk fart kontrol." It means "remember speed checkpoint" - it was posted shortly before an automated speed monitoring station on the highway outside Copenhagen. Unfortunately we couldn't get a picture. Maybe next time... On the driving front, we now have a registered car in Denmark! Thursday was mostly dedicated to the final bureaucratic hurdles: getting the registration tax estimate, paying the tax, and picking up the plates. At this stage another anology came to mind - a scavenger hunt. The lowlight was when the woman at motorkontoret (the motor office) asked for my foreign plates and I didn't have a screwdriver and wrench to remove them from the car. That led to an hour-long detour to a local mall to track down the needed tools. Last visit was to get the resident parking permit, the only inexpensive part of owning a car in Denmark - DKK 175/yr (about $30) to park anywhere within a certain zone of the city. Gasoline costs about $6.75/gal. This morning we took a hike through a cool summer rain to get what we need to mount the plates on the car.

Summer has begun to fade here - we have a week of rain in the forecast, and the days are getting shorter now. Noone seems too upset, given the two months of sun we had in June and July, but it will be interesting in the next two months as the days get shorter faster.