Lovely place one could go back to and explore more. Sam says I have to give you all a break from
all this info, I could go on. We were
delivered safely back to our ship and we have now let the ropes go and our
esteemed captain is taking us on to Oslo .
Love Sabine and Sam XXX
Wednesday, 17 July 2013
15 July 2013 Copenhagen
We have woken to the ship just
arriving in Copenhagen . Up and organised , had brekky etc, we were
going to do our own thing today but I have a chest infection and Sam a sore
throat etc so we quickly booked a city tour yesterday afternoon. We met our
tour at 9.00am, the ship is docked right in the city again which is great
really. We would have just caught the on
off bus but as we decide on the tour it has been made easy for us, we went for a
drive through the sights then taken to an old fishing village (Dragor) situated
about 25 mins from the city, very cute place, a lot of the cottages still have
their thatched roofs, which are very expensive to maintain, every 30 years or
so they have to be replaced, the insurance is huge and if it has a thatched roof
it has to be replaced with thatching as it is heritage listed. We then had morning tea in a hotel and walk
thru the city before our drive back and then to see Amalienborg Palace (this is
where Mary and Frederik live), there are four rococo pavilions of equal size,
Margaret the Queen lives in one, Mary and family in another, one is a Museum and
apartment for Frederick’s brother and the other one is for visiting
dignitories, they are built around a square.
Copenhagen
was founded in 1167. Most Danish Kings are called Christian or Frederik. The only King they remember of course is
Christian the 4th who ruled from 1588 to 1648, he is pretty much
responsible for all the beautiful architecture which is Dutch Renaissance, it
was not a pretty place before he ruled. He was married twice and had 22
registered children. They say half the
population can trace themselves back to him.
They know so much about him as he kept a diary of every day. He loved getting involved in Wars and they
lost much land from this, Denmark
was only half the size by the time he passed away, but he was a favourite. Greenland and the Faeroe Islands are still
part of Denmark ,
they each have two reps in the Parliament.
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Don't listen to Sam. We love all your comments, so keep them up. Didn't you tell Mary that you were going to be in town? Surely she would have come to meet you?
ReplyDeleteElissa says the Danish king she knows most about was Knut, whose subjects thought he was so good that he should be able to hold back the tide, so he sat on the beach in England and proved them wrong. What a clever knut.
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