Glass Onion

Here is the rest of our trip to Copenhagen:

After the canal tour we went to the National Museum. (It was free!)

Remains that were part of Queen Margarethe II of Denmark's Archaeology Exhibit.

Hash stall from Pusher Street in Christiania at the National Museum.

The Prince's Palace, which houses the National Museum, was home to members of the royal family in the 18th century. One of the exhibits showed what the palace looked like when it was inhabited by the royal family.

This is the Church of Our Saviour that was built in the baroque style and was completed in 1752.

There is a total number of 400 steps to the top of the tower, the last 150 being outside. Unfortunately, the church was closed for the day and the tower was closed for the season.

Christianshavn

The building in the center is the old stock exchange.

Amalienborg Palace is the winter home of the royal family.

Amalienborg was originally built for four noble families; however, when Christiansborg Palace burnt down on February 26, 1794, the royal family bought the palaces and moved in.

Over the years various kings and their families have resided in the four different palaces.

We went to the palace to see the changing of the guard which happens every day at noon. It was a very long (and fairly dull) ceremony, and it was still going on when we left at 12:30.

Sara wanted to see how close she could get to the guardsmen.

Here is a video of part of the guard change... please excuse my snarky comments.

Frederick's Church, better known as The Marble Church, has the largest dome in Scandinavia.

37% of commuters crossing the city boundary ride bicycles each day.

5.5 million inhabitants and around four million bicycles; the City of Copenhagen's official vision is to become the "world's best bike city" with the goal that by 2015 50% of the city's inhabitants will bike to work and school.

Before leaving Copenhagen, we went to the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. It is an art museum primarily filled with sculptures.

The collection is built around the personal collection of Carl Jacobsen, the son of the founder of the Carlsberg Breweries.

The dome of the Winter Garden.

The German archeologist Wolfgang Helbig was Carl Jacobsen's broker in Rome for 25 years, acquiring more than 950 sculptures and Etruscan antiquities for the Ny Carlsberg Museum.

The Etruscan collection is the largest outside Italy.

A display of all the noses that had once been affixed to broken sculptures.

Before going to the ferry, we had to get crepes!

First they grease the plate, then pour and spread the batter.

After cooking it for a minute or two on each side, she put nutella and banana on the crepe.

YUM!

I walked around town for about 10 minutes with nutella smeared on my face. Lovely!

Watching the sun set over Copenhagen from the ferry.

Adios, Copenhagen!

Here is a video tour of our cabin on the ferry.



I should mention that Sara's thrill over the Ecolab soap is because her mom worked there when we were growing up.

I suppose you may be wondering about the ferry that we took from Oslo to Copenhagen. It is well known as a "Booze Cruise" because all there is to do on the boat is to eat overpriced food and drink very expensive drinks. There is a lounge with a live band each evening and a discotheque. Overall, we thought it was pretty darn boring! I am very glad that we did it, though.