Day two in Copenhagen

Yes I know I should blog daily but then I have to have an internet connection daily to do that, so I will be as daily as I can be.

Nor and I arrived in Copenhagen after an uneventful flight from Phoenix. Uneventful, except for the very agile seat mate I had who was able to leap from the window seat over two seated passengers to the aisle. Nor has noted that the seats are getting much smaller and the space much narrower between seats--just can't fool the guy!

We arrived early in the morning at the Copenhagen air port and despite the excellent instructions from Barbara about what to do, we stood somewhat in a 'stunned mullett' pose for awhile as we decided where to validate our Eurail pass and where to get the Copenhagen pass. We did figure it out and then jumped on the Metro for a quick ride to Konges Torv (sp) metro stop. We came up right in front on Bente's favorite store Magasin du Nord. I think I will stop with the (sp) just understand that anything that doesn't look like English has the (sp) designation behind it.

We again took our SM (Stunned Mullett) pose and figured out which way to turn to get to our hotel. For anyone who knows us it will come as no surprise that Nor thought we should turn right and I was sure we should turn left. Again for those who know us, either would have been correct, we just have different ways to get to the same place.

We took the right hand turn ( I am holding out for a big one to insist on my way) and arrived at our hotel is just a few minutes. We thought we would have to just leave our bags and sightsee in somewhat used clothes but again in keeping with the now established tone of this trip, our room was available. So up we went.

We cleaned up a bit and set out for our first taste of Copenhagen. We walked along the waterfront to Nyhaven. This area is on an inlet and has reclaimed the former warehouses as resturants and bars. A number of sailing ships are moored infront of the warehouses. It is a great start to our tour.

With the help of Rick Steves, we walked around the center of town, we walked around the Konigs Nytorv, a huge circled ringed by the National Theatre, a former palace turned art museum, the hotel Angleterre and Magasin du Nord.
Around the center of the circle is a new exhibit called 100 places not to miss, it consists of 100 (imagine that) kiosks with images on each side, each image is about four feet by three feet and shows a place that everyone should want to see It includes, New York city, Copenhagen, Africa, Cuba, and lots of other truly facinating places and images.

We walked on and soon found ourselves on Stroget, the wonderful walking shopping street. Because it was Sunday and really early, we had the street pretty much to ourselves. We walked along and ended at the City hall and Tivoli. Tivoli closed in mid-September so we will have to wait for our next trip to see the gardens. At this point jet lag and the lack of sleep really caught up with us so we walked back to the hotel about noon. Up to our room for a three hour nap.

We took off again and walked to to the round tower and Trinity church. We sort of took a round about route so by the time we got there, they were about to close. Our route had taken us down some narrow little streets off the Stroget so I can't really say that we wasted our time.

We walked back to Nyhaven for dinner in a charming resturant. We chose to sit outside and people watch as we dined. I had a fish stew and Nor had beef with bernaise sauce--very good, as was the beer and wine.

To the hotel and to bed. End of the first day.

Day two began with the full Danish breakfast, eggs, sauage, potatoes, cheese, smoked salmon ( o yes Barbara, I thought of you) breads, juices WOW!

We decided to walk toward Amaleborg which is a ring of royal palaces. We toured the museum, that was in one of the palaces. We saw restored rooms, amazing silver and lots of photos of the family.
Back outside we moved on to the Marble Church. The church is totally round under a dome that is second only to St. Peters in size. We walked back to the palaces to watch the changing of the guard and then walked up the harbor to the Little Mermaid statue.

She is a lovely statue, and she looks out to the sea that she wants to return to.

We then walked over to the fortifications. They are in a star shape and a still a military installation. this is a lovely part of town and we wondere4d why Rick Steves did not put this as one of his three triangle sights.

We then walked over to the Anglican Chuch which despite its sign was all locked up.

Now we walked back to the center of town to again visits the round tower and Trinity Church. The church was truly lovely. I have noticed that none of these churches have had any stained glass windows.

We walked up the round tower for some amazing views of all the spires and rooftops of Copenhagen.

We walked back to Stroget and over to the Danish Design Center. An interesting small museum, that was featuring a show about sustainable living.

On the way back to the hotel we stopped at Magasin du Nord's basement to pick up our choices of a grazing dinner en suite.

Thus ends our second day (September 28)

For those of you who wonder, I will be adding photos at somepoint. Forewarned is forearmed.

good night all. We do miss everyone. We have toasted you with each meal, along with the wonders of Copenhagen.