Well we made it to our first port – Copenhagen.
The photos are:
Lunch at a butcher shop
The canal ride
The Rosenborg Castle
The harbor entrance and the windmills as we set sail for Germany
We got off the ship at 8:30am after about 5 hours of sleep. It was clear, crisp and about 50 degrees out so we had to take a jacket.
We shared a cab into the city center with a young couple from Mexico and Venezuela and went to the City Tour office were we joined a 90 minute walking tour of the old city and had a lot of information thrown at us in a short period of time.
Only 20% of the population has a car. There is a 180% tax of the purchase price tacked on as a tax for any car purchased. They really don’t want cars in the city. There is vir
tually no crime here and the city seemed very safe.
After getting a sandwich from the butcher shop, we walked to the Rosenborg Castle – a castle from the 1600’s and totally furnished and restored.
Then we walked about 15 minutes down to the canals and hopped aboard a canal
for an hour tour of the city.
Back on board at 3:30am – not enough time but we had to be back because we sailed at 4:00 pm to Germany.
We finally took a nice nap to get ready for the evening. Dinner was wonderful and afterwards, we ran into a photographer who was on the Europe cruise that we took last year. She is really good and we can’t wait for her to take our pictures this year.
The show was a magician – comedian who was really funny. After a quick stay in the casino, it is back to the cabin ‘cause we get on the train to Berlin at 7:00 am tomorrow for the 3 hour ride into the city. This city should really be interesting.
See you tomorrow.
The photos are:
Lunch at a butcher shop
The canal ride
The Rosenborg Castle
The harbor entrance and the windmills as we set sail for Germany
We got off the ship at 8:30am after about 5 hours of sleep. It was clear, crisp and about 50 degrees out so we had to take a jacket.
We shared a cab into the city center with a young couple from Mexico and Venezuela and went to the City Tour office were we joined a 90 minute walking tour of the old city and had a lot of information thrown at us in a short period of time.
Only 20% of the population has a car. There is a 180% tax of the purchase price tacked on as a tax for any car purchased. They really don’t want cars in the city. There is vir
tually no crime here and the city seemed very safe.After getting a sandwich from the butcher shop, we walked to the Rosenborg Castle – a castle from the 1600’s and totally furnished and restored.
Then we walked about 15 minutes down to the canals and hopped aboard a canal
for an hour tour of the city.
Back on board at 3:30am – not enough time but we had to be back because we sailed at 4:00 pm to Germany.
We finally took a nice nap to get ready for the evening. Dinner was wonderful and afterwards, we ran into a photographer who was on the Europe cruise that we took last year. She is really good and we can’t wait for her to take our pictures this year.
The show was a magician – comedian who was really funny. After a quick stay in the casino, it is back to the cabin ‘cause we get on the train to Berlin at 7:00 am tomorrow for the 3 hour ride into the city. This city should really be interesting.
See you tomorrow.
