My mother lied to me.
I’m staying with my grandmother’s niece (there might be a better way of saying that) in Copenhagen. She’s very nice and is spoiling me rotten. Before I came, I was told that she lived far away from the interesting parts of the city. Not true. She is dead center of the tourist maps. There is a huge church covered in all the guides outside my bedroom window. (I better watch what I wear when I open the curtains in the morning.) This place is great!
Today I did a walking tour of the area. I went to the Stroget (walking streets) and looked at the shops and statues there. I tried to do all the things I used to do the last time I was here, so I made sure to check out all the toy stores. (I don’t know if I like the direction that Lego is going.) Unfortunately Tivoli is closed for the season. I did walk around it. It is not as much fun.
I also did the tourist things. For instance, I found another civic monument to climb; The Round Tower. This is only 35m tall, and I was told there are no stairs. And it is mostly a spiral ramp, but at the top there are 58 steps. Looks like a fun/dangerous place for a skateboard. I took some pictures from the top, but they aren’t going to turn out well. The weather has been cloudy with occasional rain. All my pictures will be depressing.
When I was young and my mother was driving to Copenhagen (usually to take my sister and me to Tivoli) I remember driving past a canal with colored houses. We never stopped. Now as an adult, I know it to be Nyhavn. I can stop and look. But there isn’t much to see.
I saw the Gefion fountain. When I first saw it I didn’t know the myth it was portraying. Now I do, but it seems smaller.
I did the requisite tour of the Little Mermaid.