What a day. On the recommendation of a friend we walked about 15 minutes and found La Glasse Conditori (bakery) for breakfast. It was as good as the recommendation promised. We had some lovely things with cream filling and chocolate, fresh squeezed orange juice and coffee at a darling little table while watching all kinds of Danes coming in to order their Palm Sunday and Easter goodies. One of the chocolate marzipan Easter baskets - filled with good things of course, sold for $100 USD. Yikes - that's a lot of chocolate!
From there we caught a tour bus and toured the city in a really cool way. We saw the changing of the guard at the Palace (not quite Buckingham Palace but pretty impressive for us non royal types!), saw the Little Mermaid, the Dome Church, and tons of other things. A good tour guide who didn't do the cutesy stuff. Alleluia. Then we had lunch on one of the big squares - I tried to use a Public Toalett and couldn't figure it out and had three men trying to help me figure out how to close the door. I finally bolted and they all were so sympathetic. (Soon after I found a very nice "attended" public toalett that for 2 Krone allowed me in, allowed the door to shut, etc.!)
We have loved the big squares in this city. There are four that have become favorites. Copenhagen is a city of statues - they have more men on horses than Texas! We've had time today to just sit on the benches in the sunshine and watch the people. It is amazing to us however the amount of beers that most people have lined up with them on the park benches! With faces to the sun, there is rarely less than a 6-pack on the bench. Lots of very happy Danes here!
This afternoon we took a canal boat tour. The grand new very modern opera house seen from the water was quite spectacular. They fondly call it "The Toaster" but we thought it was just great art! Our favorite today was NyHavn - or New Harbor. WOW! Teeming with people and just one pub or restaurant after the next all lined up along the canal with the old, old, old rowhouses in bright and wonderful colors. Again each person had multiple beers or a few wines. Tons of tables peopled with Danes with their faces to the sun. Lots of exposed skin. Lots of exposed skin. Lots of exposed skin. Need I say more? :> We were exposing significantly less!
Found a restaurant near our hotel for a really good Thai meal this evening. Now back to the room to organize for going home tomorrow. It's time. We've loved this, but it's nice to want to go home!
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