Another very pleasant day in Copenhagen, 23 degrees & a soft cool breeze. We started the day with a 'hop on hop off' bus tour that took us to all the main tourist sights in Copenhagen including the little mermaid sculpture based on a Hans Christian Andersen story & the Tivoli Gardens which was one of the worlds first amusement parks, but with the bonus of being set in lovely gardens & with a multitude of nice cafes. We had lunch here & then after checking out all the scary & tame rides, left to explore Stroget, the long shopping street which is a mall (no cars) & very busy. It is one of the longest & oldest shopping streets in Europe. Bob bought some walking shoes as his current ones were falling apart & we explored the Lego shop (Denmark is the home of Lrgo). The shop had a large model of some of the buildings along the Nyhavn canal.
On a side street we found the King's Round Tower & Jim will be pleased to know that we voluntarily climbed it to the top to see the 360 degree views Chris Jensen had recommended.
By the time we returned to the hotel, we had spent about 5 hours walking out of the 7 hours we had been gone! We finished the day with another nice dinner at an outdoor cafe along the very popular Nyhavn canal.
Jan at the Little Mermaid sculpture.
Inside the Tivoli Gardens.
A pirate ship restaurant in Tivoli Gardens.
One of the scary rides - little rotating airplanes on the end of each circling arm!
Lego model of buildings beside Nyhavn Canal.
The Round Tower we climbed.
Fantastic! So much history! Holly
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