Because of the distance from Rotterdam to Copenhagen, we had a sea day before reaching the Danish capital. The waves were a bit rougher across the North Sea, but calmed down when we turned into Skagerak, and were quite calm down through Kattegat. A few people were sea sick, but we have not had many of those.
As we were tying up the ship on Langelinie, I spotted 4 people I recognised. Henning and Inger, and Bjarne and Birgith. It was very good of them to come all the way across Denmark from the west coast to see me. It was wonderful to see the familiar faces.
Our first stop was of course The Little Mermaid. There was a couple of hundred people there and everybody wanted a photo with the mermaid so no closeups.
Bjarne and Birgith brought their car and suggested we should visit the new aquarium. It turned out a few thousand other people thought the same and the que was very long so we decided to pass on that idea. We drove instead to Dragør a pretty fishing village where they had a international market on. There were stands from Spain, Greece, Italy, France, and others. Interesting to see. We had a cup coffee and enjoyed the sunshine.
From here we drove to Nyhavn og after parkeing the car took a stroll up 'Strøget', the longest pedestrian street in Europe. We did not walk the whole way. We visited Royal Copenhagen and et par other shops. Back in Nyhavn we found a cafe and ordered lunch, and talked a bit more, and more. We had to watch the time so we could get back in time. I did not bring my swimmers, it is a long way to Oslo from here if I was to swim.
Mum with The Little Mermaid
Dragør Strand Hotel
Mum in Nyhavn
Danish windmills
New Opera House in Copenhagen
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