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Published: July 18th 2017
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Our flight from Toronto was quite smooth and we arrived at 10:30 a.m. on schedule. We purchased tickets and rode the Metro transport into the city center. It traveled on rails, sometimes above, and sometimes below, ground. We located our hotel only one block from the Metro stop in the city center. The registration process went quickly. Rather odd, our Room is on the 2nd floor but we have to climb 5 flights of stairs to get to it. We dropped off our bags and left for some exploring of the city.
Our first destination was the Botanical Garden. We walked through the grounds and went inside the glass domed greenhouse. It contained many types of tropical plants and was very humid. There was a circular staircase which took you to the upper level of the dome where you could follow a walkway all the way around to see everything from above. The heat and humidity are good for the plants but a little much for the visitors.
We moved on to the Rosenborg Castle and the King's Garden. The garden is the oldest national palace garden created in 1606. It was developed by Christian IV in the Renaissance style.
The Castle is protected by guards and we were there to watch the changing of the guard. There were many gardeners working in the gardens doing spring clean up and preparing for flower planting.
Kastellet (Copenhagen Citadel) was our next stop. It was created to be part of the fortification ring around Copenhagen in the 17th Century. It still houses Europe's oldest, in use, barracks today although it is primarily a green space and a historical site.
We continued walking to the waterfront in search of the Little Mermaid. Our hotel clerk had told us this mermaid was to Copenhagen what the Statue of Liberty is to New York City but on a much smaller scale. He wasn't kidding. Although the surrounding views of the waterfront with huge cruise ships and harbors for docking sailboats was beautiful the mermaid was quite small. No matter the size, it's still a major attraction in Copenhagen as evidenced by the tour buses and people taking photos of the mermaid.
At this point in a very busy day it was time to regroup and prepare to go out for dinner. After a quick hotel stop we located a restaurant serving traditional Danish food. There were so
many dishes to select from it was hard to choose. We both decided to try the grilled pork tenderloins with onions, small golden potatoes, grilled vegetable salad with a side of pickles which were sweet. The food was excellent!
The evening was spent wandering through more of the city center streets to get a glimpse of what is offered to the people who live and or come to visit. We saw more restaurants, coffee shops, retail stores and a couple of grocery stores. The grocery stores are no where near the size of our supermarkets at home and the selection of goods is very limited.
Another observation we made today was the number of people sitting in outdoor restaurants, cafes, and pubs. The temperature was probably in the mid 50's with gusting winds, which didn't make outdoors dining very invitable but many people were out there anyway. Everyone is ready for warmer weather. One of the Italian restaurants even provided customers with heavy blankets which people were wrapping themselves in to keep warm. It was a great day in a new environment!
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Amy
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Of course I love the pictures of the food! The girls love the mermaid!