Wonderful Copenhagen

6/3 :  Copenhagen
Vigil went back home to Turkenfeld, and we proceeded onward to Copenhagen where we arrived at our hotel around 10:30.  Explored a little in Nyhavn before meeting Laura (Danish AFS student from 2017) and her dad, Peter for a Copenhagen bike tour starting at Norreport station.

Everyone bikes in Copenhagen

A shout out to Laura and Peter for a great time seeing the town by bike and helping us get oriented.  In addition, we had great hot dogs for late lunch followed by ice cream.  Who could ask for more?
The next day, while Alexandra was resting up, I went out exploring and stumbled upon  Caritasbrønden and Frederiksberggade, one of many pedestrian only shopping areas. 

It was so nice to walk around it, and so easy to get to (everything is a 10-minute bike ride) that I went back to get Alexandra and came back for lunch.
On Tuesday, we went over to Christiana, known for its open cannabis market.  Christiana is an area of Copenhagen founded by a bunch of hippies that seceded from the city in the 1970's.  It's a little run down, but has the feeling of a big commune. 
Wednesday evening, at lunch, we were next to the royal palaces at Amalie restaurant and heard the theme from Monty Python coming towards us. 

The costumes remind me of the wicked witch of the west's army in Wizard of Oz. 

Wednesday night, our last night in Copenhagen, we had a lovely dinner at the Olive Kitchen (no... it's not Olive Garden), and then went to the Opera House

to watch The Barber of Seville, in Italian with Danish subtitles.  It's a convoluted plot to begin with, but in Italian, it's pretty incomprehensible.   By intermission, I figured I would at least need to read the plot synopsis in English, so I coughed up the $5 for the program.  The opera house is across the water from the royal palace and the statue of King Frederick, opera house and Amalienborg castle are all in a straight line

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Near the Grünerløkka neighborhood.. lots of street art / graffiti.