I LOVE Copenhagen!!!!

I know I must seem pretty fickle……it seems every city I go is my favorite but I have really fallen for this one.  It has paved streets, narrow cobblestone street and very few cars (tax on cars is 150% of the value) and not too many bikes.  It’s very easy to get around by walking, bus or metro.

I found this Maserati SUV—what’s the purpose of that? There are no hills in Denmark.  A building at 117 meters is higher than the tallest hill in the country and…….I couldn’t help thinking about the tax. Ouch.

There are castles, palaces, green spaces and lots of churches of all kinds.  They have a statue bust of a pumpkin…..who wouldn’t like it here?

I found Hans Christian Anderson– tried to climb up on his lap but he was too tall.  His “Little Mermaid” protects the harbor.

I thought that little church was Catholic and I headed in for mass—-it is Anglican so I prayed with the British ex-pats.  I also found a Lutheran church with a little history on Martin.  I loved the elephants holding up the organ.  There really is an Order of the Elephants– really: 

After church, I made my way to the Christainborg Palace which is now the center seat of government where you could run into members of parliament walking around.  It was cold but most of the flowers were still beautifying the city…..they just added pumpkins to the arrangements. There were lots of green pumpkins around too.

I loved this Fountain……it seems that when they realized the water was spouting out of the women’s breast and the little boy’ penis they got a little prudish and raised it up so most people wouldn’t notice–lol:

I had to stop for coffee and have one of these famous cinnamon “danish”.  I passed on the Ginger shot:

I went to the National Museum for a visit.  An adult ticket cost $12.50. An adult with a child cost $10.  It was the sweetest Museum with a great look at the far past in Denmark up until today’s culture.  There were clothes to dress up in for a picture and a good place to spend a couple hours.  Check out this picture of a marijuana/ hash stand: Of course there is a story about this.  In 1971 a group of hippies took over a closed down military base right in the middle of Copenhagen and declared themselves the nation of Christiana.  They won in the Supreme Court and the area stands today with 600 very happy citizens and a lot of dogs.  I had to go see for myself.  While marijuana and hash are illegal in Denmark, there had to be 30 stalls open for business.  The houses are a hodgepodge of ramshackle shacks, all painted with pictures of blissful scenes and colors.  There is no picture taking so you will have to go see for yourself.

I took a walking tour and learned a lot more about Copenhagen.  In the city hall square, you can get a weather report.  The “golden girls” on the top are on a bike for nice weather and under an umbrella for not so nice weather.  The temp is displayed but does not go higher than 28—-guess it doesn’t get too hot in Copenhagen.  A good way to figure out what that means in Fahrenheit— you can reverse the 28 to be 82.

I headed back to my hotel to plan for tomorrow.