Copenhagen was our first destination on this little adventure where we could no longer use Euros. From now on we will be switching money every country, even though they are all called Kroner. Anyway, first thing we had to get some money from the ATM because our hotel didn’t take anything but cash. Then we decided to take the recommended walking tour that was on our map. It took us almost the entire day and we passed 36 sites but I am only gonna mention the ones we really liked.
The first important place we saw was City Hall corner where we found about three 7-11s. Yeah, that’s right the gas station. Only these 7-11s didn’t sell gas they were just the convenient store, but they had really good slushies. There was also a huge building it seemed was dedicated to American dining with McDonalds, KFC, and Burger King all having residence there. At this point we went into a really good restaurant that was in the vicinity and had lunch.
By the City Hall there was the statue of the Lure Blowers which was important to them.
Moving on we went to Hojbro Square we found the statue of a Merman with seven sons. This statue was under the water in the river that ran along side of the Square.
Stroget, one of Europe’s longest shopping streets, was next on our path. From there we ran into the Royal Theatre’s new playhouse and the Opera House. Next we got a view of the Royal Palace which was actually the home to the current Royals.
After the Palace we saw the Marble Church as well as a few others including the Russian Orthodoz church and the Catholic Cathedral.
The Gefion Fountain, the city’s favorite and most spectacular fountain (as they put it), was really cool but the statue to come right after was the cities most admired, the Little Mermaid.
This statue was the furthest point on our tour and now we had to turn around and go back to the start using a different route to see more things. We were already tired of walking by this point and the rest of it seemed to take forever. That said, we passed the Citadel not far from the Little Mermaid or the Gefion Fountain.
The King’s gardens were about the only really cool thing we passed after the fortress so I won’t bore you with the rest of the walk. Finally finished we wanted to sit down so naturally we went to the movies. All of them were in English and subtitled in Danish. We ended up seeing Confessions of a Shopaholic which turned out to be really funny. Afterwards we went back to our hotel and went to bed.
Day 2
The next morning we woke up and got on the tram to go outside the city center to go see another castle, the Frederiksborg Castle, now in use as a museum. We had to walk around a lake to get there and Kyle once again started trying to play with the ducks. Sadly, they wanted nothing to do with him. Nevertheless, it was fun to watch and he actually almost touched one this time.
After eating lunch and walking around that part of town a bit, we got back on the tram and went to the complete opposite side on the city center. There we found the Viking Ship Museum which was really cool. We got to see parts of actual Viking ships, none of them were whole, and watched a video that told us about their culture and a little bit of history.
The museum had made an exact replica of all of the ships they had found. They made them exactly how the Vikings had with the same tools, methods, and even them painted in the same style. So after we were finished in the museum, we went outside to look at them.
Lastly, we went by the Hard Rock to get me a shot glass. We ended up eating there mainly because we didn’t have anything else to do, and we still had 3 and a half hours till our train was supposed to leave.
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