Joan's Minutia: Sun. Aug, 25 Copenhagen

As we walked away from the ship, I took this picture. It gives you an idea of how big it is.

In Copenhagen the knitters had booked a private walking tour. Since there were so many of us, we divided into 2 groups. Lapins and escargot. I was a lapin.
The Little Mermaid was almost right next to where we docked.

Porta-potties look the same the world over. Who knew?

At the palace, the guards are not as sober as the ones in England. The crown prince's family was in residence because school is starting and his children are in K, 1 and 2. The guide says that in the morning their mother walks them to the school down the street.

We were invited into a small private museum - these steps went up to a garret that Hans Christian Anderson lived in. The museum was really a history of the big department store.

Our walking tour ended at another yarn store. This one had a trunk show. The young woman on the right showed her designs and gave everyone a gift of enough yarn to knit two of her hat designs. The directions are in English.

Ana and I lunched at the outdoor pub across the street. We both chose deep fried Camembert with fried parsley. Delish!

We chose to pass on another yarn shop. Instead we walked by the famous Tivoli Gardens, and then went to the special Viking exhibit at the museum that my guide had told us about. I would have liked to spend much more time but we had to get back to the ship. (This is one of my problems with the cruise - the time in port is really short and we leave each place rather early.)