Copenhagen August 5-7th

We went to Copenhagen for the weekend to celebrate my birthday – Amsterdam was our first choice but a gay pride weekend in town made hotels 340euro or more per night. I love Copenhagen so that was an easy second choice. We found a great hotel on the water (Nyhaven 71) and fortunately got a room upgrade since the port-a-crib would not fit in our initial room.; yup, rooms are small!

Our first afternoon was spent exploring the Royal Residence. The guards were great, sweating like crazy in the full sun, walking around like they were hiking. Fortunately, we could make our way to the nearest water fountain and soak our feet to cool off.

We woke early the next morning and explored the old canal in Nyhaven. This was a bustlling disrtict in Hans Christian Anderson's time - full of tatoo parlors, brothels and pubs. These days it is more of a tourist destination, with higher end cafes and pubs. Though we did see many drunk men peeing on telephone poles, sleeping on the sidewalk or having "a bit of the hair of the dog that bit you" with their young female friends.

On our final day we took a boat tour, compliments of our hotel. THis was super since we have wanted to take a canal tour in most of the cities we have travelled to and thus far have only managed it in Hamburg.


After much searching, we finally found a bakery with birthday worthy treats ( a day late but better late than never). We enjoyed them here in the court yard, outside one of the stores of a great Scandinavian Design team. Jakub treated me to one of their pieces for my birthday too!

A last look at the canal before heading home....

A last look at the canal before we headed home to Hamburg...