Something is strange in the state of Denmark

Blogger has finally let me log on. Arrived in Roskilde yesterday, despite the threat of the ash cloud. I spotted two Irish literary 'heavyweights' in Dublin airport - Anne Enright (Booker Prize Winner) and Colm Toibin (Costa and IMPAC prize winner). No doubt off to collect more deserved plaudits. Roskilde is a pleasant but very quiet town. When I walked through the streets last night at midnight I was the only person on the main thoroughfare in the town. In fact, I've seen very few people at all since I arrived. I'm not sure where they are hiding, but the place is a little bit spooky with its perfect streets and houses and very few people. Everything feels planned and managed and controlled. It's all very orderly. I'm definitely feeling a little out of place - I'm too used to the messiness and busyness of Irish towns; the bustle and hustle. Roskilde feels like the inverse of Maynooth, despite the fact that they are both university towns. Strange.