Second Day In Copenhagen

This is Annie and Peter and me and Sara. Peter is Annie’s husband. Annie’s Mother was the granddaughter of my step grandmother’s sister. You need to diagram it out to understand it.

Annie and Peter are so nice! We are technically not blood relatives but they sure made us feel like we were an integral part of their Danish family.

Our first stop was The Round Tower, an observatory built in the 17th century by King Christian IV. We walked up the 209 meter long spiral ramp to the top of the tower where we were rewarded with a spectacular view of Copenhagen.

Next we went to Rosenborg Castle and King’s Garden. Rosenborg Castle was built by King Christian IV from 1606 to 1634. The palace is a great museum and houses the Danish National jewels.

After our tour of the Rosenborg Castle and the Gardens we went to Annie and Peter’s house for lunch. They have a beautiful home that is very Danish modern and is decorated with Annie’s colorful and very well done oil on canvas paintings. Annie fixed a scrumptious lunch of smorgasbord sandwiches with an apple crumble and whipped cream traditional Danish desert. Annie’s smorgasbord was as good as Marie’s smorgasbord, and that is saying a lot!

Of course we had Danish beer before and with lunch and had a couple of Aquavit toasts.

After that we went to the coast to a small fishing village, where we walked around and then climbed up to an observation tower where we could wave to Sweden but not salute Sweden. True Danes might wave at Sweden but we are not going to salute them. Perhaps a little bit of Nordic rivalry.

Thanks so much to Annie and Peter for such a memorable day and for going out of your way to entertain a couple of Danes from America and for making us feel like we are part of your family.

Finally, Sara found a great Italian restaurant where we had a wonderful charcuterie plate and a great pizza.

Now, a good night’s sleep and more Copenhagen tomorrow.