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Kris' impressions so far
Was quite excited to go to Copenhagen and be part of something as big as the United Nations Climate Week, or COP15 as they call it is generally called. It was a good chance to talk to the people on the street and to various others we had invited to come and give presentations. The first day, I arrived at our boat, where we were to sepnd the first night. I already had three meetngs scheduled that day, One with Nikolaj Bock from the European Environmental Agency who is planning to present at our boat on Friday, and with Maia from the Will Steger Foundation, who will present on Saturday and Sunday. The third meeting was with an old colleague from my Germany days.
I found that the people were very friendly, and after a few mishaps with the Danish Kroner, felt quickly at home. We have a presentation truck at Konges Nytorv Square, where we set up a booth with our flags, banners and lots of flyers. People were really drawn to the flashy bus and interested to find out who we were and where we were coming from. In general, they were very supportive and wished us luck these coming days, standing in the cold and rain. They kept apologising for the bad Danish weather on several occassions, which I found quite amusing. It seemed very important to them that we should have the greatest weather possible while here !
Tomorrow is going to be dry, but much colder and we have various meetings set up, with the WWF and CICERO. Then there will be a presentation at the boat, which has been moved closer into the harbour and a stone throw away from Konges Nytorv Square. The little harbour reminds me of Amsterdam. Now, close to Christmas, there are little stalls lined up at the docks that sell traditional Danish things like lakritz (liqource) and other foods, that really smell good, but can't be good for you :-)
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