Although Mom and I were supposed to arrive at the Copenhagen airport within 30 minutes of each other, something of course went askew. Long story short I actually flew in first so waited for mom - her luggage didn't make it and so I waited and waited for her to come out. Meanwhile I had figured out how to get access to internet at the airport and received an email from dad saying that due to bad weather, quite possibly mom could have missed her connection; so I thought mom had missed her flight and was about to leave and then she did come out (without luggage).
We used the following travel company; which we recommend - Authentic Scandinavia http://authentic-scandinavia.com/variants/34
We successfully took the train into Central Station and walked to our hotel - The Square - great hotel and location right near Central Station and Tivoli. With no time to waste, we bought tickets for one of those on and off buses and toured the town! First stop, Amalienborg Castle.
Amalienborg Castle was first built in 1750- 4 palaces for nobles families which are around an octagonal square and the royal family has lived in it since 1794. The area was built by Frederick V. When the queen is residing there the Danish Royal Life Guards guard the place and at noon there is the changing of guards. We were disappointed that we were unable to go inside the buildings though.
Next we went to see the famous landmark, The Little Mermaid, it was created in 1913.
For dinner we went a great Danish restaurant called Puk. We had traditional pickled salmon for a starter and then I had a steak and mashed potatoes and mom had mussels.
Day 2 - We went to Rosenborg Castle which was a castle you could go in. It was built in 1603-34 by Christian IV - supposedly a favorite castle of his and other kings after him! It has beautiful garden and the botanical gardens are across the street. The castle is arranged in chronological order while walking through the rooms and there is a treasury filled with armour, wine (dating back to 1615), trinkets, jewellery and crowns.
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| Nyhavn |
Afterwards we walked to a famous area called Nyhavn (New Harbour)- which is famous for its colorful buildings beside each other and many bars and cafes. Old red light district . For lunch we went for a typical Danish meal called Smorrebrod which is an open faced sandwich. We went to a restaurant Mette Ohlsen recommended called Ida Davidsen. I got roast beef with bernaise sauce, potatoes and carmelized onions (you couldn't even see the small piece of rye bread) and Mom had salmon, cucumber sauce and fake caviar made from seaweed. Next we walked down the longest pedestrian road in Europe called Stroget and did some shopping. We did find a LEGO store but I was quite surprised the homeland of LEGO, I hardly saw any. And there was no Lego museum or anything. For dinner we went to a Vietnamese restaurant which was good but really expensive!
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| All made out of LEGO |
Day 3 - Copenhagen to ferry to Oslo: Mom and I walked around a bit more - found this great coffee and sweets restaurant that Mette had also recommended called La Glace off of Stroget but we just weren't hungry to get anything :(.
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| Hans Christain Andersen |
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