Day 4 Friday 

We are due to depart at 10:35am this morning therefore we could have a lie in and in theory no hurry. 

We found our carriage and our reserved seats so all was well as we set off from Hamburg. The journey would take us about 7 and a half hours. 

We were two and a half hours into our journey when the announcer said that we had to get off and change trains in a place called Padborg. When the train doors opened there were police officers and we couldn’t get off the train until they had scrutinised our documents. Then it was a hurry across two platforms to get onto a new train and find seats. Fortunately we did and went on our way to Fredericia where we needed to change trains again. 

Fredericia was a very quiet station and we had a twenty minute wait for our connecting train. When it arrived it was very very long and would split at various stations along the way, we needed to find wagons 81 or 82 which we did and boarded ok but it was extremely crowded and a free for all with seats. We managed to find seats after the first stop which took about ten minutes so it wasn’t too bad, this part of the journey would take us around 4 hours going right through Denmark. It was here we saw the first signs that we were traveling north as there was snow in the fields. We also saw a red kite which was a treat. 

Gradually the train split and we were left with just two carriages to go onto Frederikshavn, there were not too many people either so we could spread our things out and relax. 

Our hotel, Hotel Frederikshavn, was just a few minutes walk from the station. The receptionist was very welcoming and our room was bright and airy. We left our bags and went out to have a look around. It was very quiet but seemed to be a very nice town with quite a large shopping centre. The temperature had dropped dramatically so we didn’t stay out too long.  Time to check the details of the ferry trip tomorrow.