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Published: July 27th 2008
My free weekend finally arrived. My friend Carl and I set out for Copenhagen, the Little Mermaid and the harbour. It was everything I ever expected ... the Little Mermaid is just beautiful and the quaint harbour city has the feel of Venice with a Scandinavian flair. The Little Mermaid sits on the way to Langelinje Pier and has such an amazing story. A Hans Cristian Anderson Fairy Tale was turned into a ballet. This ballet so moved one onlooker that he commissioned a sculptor to create a bronze statue of the mermaid and set it on a rock just north of the city centre. Sadly, she lost her head and an arm to vandals which was replaced. Yet again, in the middle of the night another vandal took to chopping off her head and leaving it outside a TV studio in a box. Her head was replaced and she sits today very similar as she did in the 1800's.
Our hotel was amazing, with a view of the water and the Amerigo Vespucci sailing ship which was in town for three days. The ship is a school for young men who are entering the Italian navy. Well, little did
we know that these Italian sailors partied! It was like having a disco in my room! Although that did put a damper on things a bit, we were still up in the morning exploring the city at its best. The weather was about 75 degrees and not a cloud in the sky.
After we visited Tivoli Gardens and saw that the Central Train Station was across the street we decided to hop on the train that crosses the Oresund Sea via the incredible Oresund Bridge. The bridge connects Copenhagen with Malmo, the third largest city in Sweden (which is about the size of oh, Montclair!). We explored the town and had dinner in the main square, Stortorget. We then hopped back on the train and returned to the city.
We then had drinks on the Nyvan and turned in for the night. This morning brought us to the Rundetarn (the Round Tower) which was orginally built for astrology purposes. The view of the city from the tower is just incredible and worth walking up the winding brick spiral of stairs.
There is so much more to tell, which can only be done through pictures!
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The view from our hotel
