Denmark is the home of the Danish pastry, Hans Christian Anderson fairy tales, plastic Legos, and the smorgasbord buffet. Also the Little Mermaid bronze sculpture normally in the harbor was AWOL, having been loaned to a world exhibition in China for several months.
Today we toured all the sites of the city of Copenhagen. The old towers, canals, waterfront, historic buildings and canals. Lots of old rectangular brick buildings. The ChristianborgPalace is the seat of the Danish Parliament and Royal Reception Rooms. We had to wear elastic coverings over our shoes to protect the beautiful wood floors while we toured inside and were not allowed to take any pictures. None. :o(
After our lunch in the old market square, we drove along the picturesque coast lined with expensive mansions and through quaint villages with cozy thatched roof houses. We toured the FrederiksborgCastle and drove to the royal winter residence, AmalienborgPalace, and watched the Changing of the Guard. Diane was even able to make the ramrod straight guard at the gate crack a smile.
We concluded being royalty would not be such a bad thing if you didn’t, like, have to marry your own cousin.
