Got up at 5.00 today morning and got ready by 5.30.. Taxi at door.. checked in a Airport and was up in air by 7.00am. Though it was cloudy while take off, since the flight was above the clouds, the sun was smiling. I buried myself in a newspaper, till reaching Copenhagen.
In Copenhagen, I discovered that onward journey is by “Helicopter”.. yes.. the one flying thing with ceiling fan on top and a pedestal fan on the rear. The weather was still dull and it was really foggy. A bus took us from Copenhagen airport to the Helipad, where the “HeliKopter Service” of SAS was waiting. In the eagerness, I forgot to take the earplugs.. but was soon comforted by the fact that the other three co-passengers had also forgotten the same. Got in the helicopter, put on the seatbelts.. and the chopper was running on the runway?!! It seemed curious for me, since helicopters just take off from the place they have landed. But anyway, this one was on a short runway and soon it pulled us up into the fog.. no I couldnt see anything except fog for next twenty minutes. I saw a bit of sea when we landed at Helsingborg.. The landing was straight.. no runways. Well there wasnt space for a runway either. The client was waiting..
11.30 to 5.30- work!!
After finishing the work, Roland Abels., IT manager, took me out on a drive.. We first went to Råå a small fishing village near Helsingborg. We did all the sightseeing from the car only. I wanted to take some photographs, but I was sure it wont come nice due to the thick fog. So I spared the effort. Then Roland took me to the center of the village, and we saw a bust and Ronald told me it was the bust of the founder of Tetrapack, Hans Rauzing. We drove back to Helsingborg and past it and went to the north end of helsingborg, where there was a castle, which belonged to King of Sweden., from there we went to the beach, which was clean and clear, before he dropped me to check in at the SAS Radisson Grand hotel. Soon Roland was back and we went out for a drink, and were chattering away till he took leave at around 7.30. I decided to do a good walk and just did that, though the weather was not that appealing. Back in hotel soon, I was asleep, impervious to the occasional hoots of the ferry service to Denmark.
Helsingborg is a small town on the banks of Blacksea, and is the closest point between Sweden and Denmark. On a sunny day, standing on the beach of Helsingborg, you can see Helsingnor(pronounced Elsinor), on the other banks. Helsingborg used to be a terittory of Denmark, till Sweden won it in a battle. The Town has a history of around 1000 years, as it was mentioned in a Kings letter round 11th Centruy AD. A clean and nice city, it extends from the Swedish Kings Summer house(the castle) at the north(now under trusteeship of Helsingborg council) and the Råå on the south. This town is a bit industrialised also, as the industrial construction abound in the south.