Malmo and Copenhagen, Take Three

Saturday morning in Copenhagen began as every good morning in Denmark should... with some Danish pastries. Mmmmm! Just look at that chocolatey, gooey goodness. It makes my mouth water all over again just looking at the picture...







After we were sufficiently stuffed with sugar it was off to the National Museum. Here we learned about the history of Denmark starting in the prehistoric age through the time period of the Vikings, saw some more beautiful art, and looked at all sorts of coins. Plus, they had a really sweet gift shop too.

One of the things that Denmark is very famous for is amber jewelry. They have innumerable jewelry stores throughout the entire city with all different styles. I convinced Ryan to buy me a necklace. It's a four leaf clover with a different color amber in every leaf. I love it.

This was my absolute FAVORITE thing I saw at the museum. It's kind of hard to see from the picture, but the picture that looks just like a swirled mess on the canvas looks completely normal on the metal bar in the middle. Can you see it? Isn't it awesome? I can't remember who did this piece, but they are an absolute genius. I wonder how they even figured out that it would work... oh the mysteries of the world.






After the museum, we walked through the city to find where the canal tours started. And as we were walking we stumbled upon a pretty fountain.... that had bubbles in it! So we stayed to play for a bit.

Ryan and I were too nice when we fed cake to each other at our wedding... so we made up for it by having a little bubble fight.

Then we made some bubblemen. Get it? Because they look kind of like snowmen? Only the bubbles were a lot harder to form into balls than snow is...

And Manuel gave Ryan some implants... which also were not very round. hahaha








Shannon and I finally managed to drag the boys away from the fountain and we made it to the canal cruise.

This is the yacht that belongs to the creator of Microsoft's Excel program. I'll forever think of this boat while I'm crunching numbers for a class... I can only dream that I'd make enough to one day own something this nice.

This is a famous church in Copenhagen that you can climb to the top of on the spiraling outdoor staircase.

One of the most famous things about Copenhagen, the statue of the Little Mermaid, was conveniently gone on some exchange thing. For those of you who didn't know, the Little Mermaid was first made famous by Hans Christian Andersen (not Disney) and he lived in Copenhagen.

After the canal cruise, we cleaned up and headed to the famous amusement park Tivoli Gardens.

The park originally opened in 1843. It has beautiful gardens, old time rides, delicious full menu restaurants, and carnival games. It is basically like a botanical garden wrapped in with an amusement park and it's amazing. If you ever visit Copenhagen, this is the #1 thing I recommend you do.

It's so beautiful that couples even come here on their wedding day to take pictures in the gardens!

They have a statue of the Little Mermaid's sister in Tivoli since the real one is on vacation. The sad part is, she is an exact replica of the original. Same size and everything. But she doesn't get to be the famous one... she's just the ugly step sister. Sucks to be her!

Ryan just had to get cotton candy while he had the opportunity. It's his favorite. We all decided that the girl who made it for him must've had a crush on him... based on the size of his cone compared to the bag in the background. Too bad for her, I guess she didn't notice the ring on his left finger. I was just happy that he had enough to share some with me.

This was the one and only ride we rode on while in Tivoli. The ride tickets were a bit outrageously priced... it cost each of us $15 just to do this one ride! But it was sooo worth it. We waited until it got dark and rode the swings up a few hundred feet in the air until we could see out over the entire city of Copenhagen. It was really quite terrifying once you were up there because it was pretty windy that night. But I think we had the best view in the whole city. It would've been a bit easier to concentrate on the spectacular view if we weren't spinning so fast and getting tossed about by the wind, though. Needless to say, my eyes were watering and my legs were shaking by the time we came down. Those are always the best rides...

We stayed in Tivoli until around midnight and then headed back to the hotel to crash once again. It had been another jam-packed day and miles upon miles of walking.









Day three donezo.

Our last day in Copenhagen wasn't nearly as exciting, but I'll still put up a post about it anyway. Don't feel that you are required to read it though. I don't know that I would waste my time. ;) Until then....

Peace, Love, and Swedish Meatballs!!
-The Bogarts