Hello All,
We arrived Copenhagen Wednesday morning and headed out
for our tour which included the famous Mermaid statue, the Royal Palaces and
the quaint village of Dragor.
August 23rd is the 100th anniversary for the Danish
Mermaid tale. Ellen and I got stopped by a film crew from a local TV station to
say "happy birthday" to the mermaid on air. It is not am impressive
statue, but there is a nice tale behind the symbolism. You can Google the
story, but the message of the tale is don't try to be someone you're not.
Dragor Village was small, but charming. Lots of tiny
yellow house with straw thatched roofs. Very picturesque, except for the
chimney sweeper. Seriously, he looked like a character out of a Stephen King
novel - all dressed in black, wearing what looked like a top hat and he had
chains around his neck that had spikes on the end. I wish I had taken a photo
to show you all but I was too scared to!
The weather was cloudy and cool, but we were just
thankful that it didn't rain.
This was my third visit to Copenhagen and even though I
saw some new sights, I still was not impressed by the city. Its one of those
cities that you just need to visit once in your life and then move on.
We got back to the ship and played a round of mini golf -
Ellen beat me by two strokes, but we are planning a rematch next week.
We took in a tango performance in the ship's theater
before dinner which was quite nice. After dinner we went to the pub to watch
the Chelsea vs Aston Villa football match and had a few glasses of port.
Overall, a nice day.
Jen
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