After
Belgium, we had a day at sea. We started the day with a late
breakfast, then went to a lecture on our next two stops – Denmark
and Sweden. We had lunch, then discovered a pool (the terrace pool)
at the end of our floor. The day was cool, but it was quite pleasant
in the sun, so we found some lounge chairs and read in the sun for a
while.
After
that, we went to a second lecture – on Norway – then went to
trivia. We were terrible (6 out of 20).
It
was formal night, so we got dressed up and went for dinner, then went
to the night's show – Siobhan Phillips. She was fantastic – far
and away the best performance I've seen on a cruise ship.
Copenhagen
– August 28, 2012
We
were supposed to dock by 9, so at 8 I went up on deck. I watched us
approach the port and dock and looked around for the Little Mermaid.
She was nowhere to be seen, so I went back to the cabin and we went
for breakfast.
After
breakfast, we went out to look at the shops along the dock. After
that, we got back on the ship and spent a few hours lounging around
and eating a small snack before our tour at 12:20.
We
choose the city tour. Unfortunately, it was raining, but we still got
to see the Little Mermaid, the Gefion statue, and the royal palace.
Next, we went to Tivoli Gardens, where we had 90 minutes on our own.
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| Little Mermaid |
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| Gefion Fountain |
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| At the palace |
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| At the palace (with bonus umbrella) |
Tivoli
Gardens is a permanent amusement park. It has rides, gardens, shops,
and cafes. We didn't do any rides (although some of them looked fun),
but walked around and took lots of pictures.
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| Tivoli Gardens |
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| Wanda at Tivoli Gardens |
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| Tivoli Gardens |
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| Tivoli Gardens |
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| Tivoli Gardens |
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| Tivoli Gardens |
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| Tivoli Gardens |
The
rain cleared up, so we decided to walk back to the hotel. It was a
long walk – it took about 2 hours – and it started to rain again
en route.
The
other issue was that I didn't have any local currency, and the
toilets along the way were pay toilets.
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| Nyhavn |
It
was a sad, sad day, but eventually we ended up by the palace again,
and so I stopped at the toilets I knew were there. That made the rest
of the walk a little better. We passed the fountain again, and the
Little Mermaid.
By
the time we got back to the ship, my legs were extremely tired. We
got changed and immediately went for dinner, since I knew that if I
sat down, I wasn't going to want to get up again. After dinner, we
went to trivia (Tri-Bond trivia, specifically). This time, we got 20
out of 20 and won a bottle of champagne.
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