Some how my normal body alarm still worked in a different time zone. Despite the late into the night honking and cheering as a result of the Denmark soccer game win, I was wide awake at 7am. It took Alex about another hour to stir so I did some online research for what we would do today.
Once Alex was up and we both were showered, we headed down to the lobby for a pleasant breakfast. The hotel had a fun mix of fresh fruits, pastries, hot foods, and cold meats & cheeses. With the beautiful temperature outside, we ate it on their back patio. After a quick trip back to the room for our items and to fill our water bottles, we took off to explore.
I snagged us some day metro passes to shuttled us across the city center to the historic fortress, Kastellet. A peaceful stroll through trees along a motel took us around to the entrance of the fortress. Surprisingly to me guards were posted because it is actually still an active military location. We entered and followed the path along the top of the outer part of the fortress to see some stunning views
of the city and park area while dodging runners and dog walkers. As we finished the loop, I brought Alex back to the external path to continue around the fortress again so we could stop by the Little Mermaid statue in recognition of Hans Christian Andersen who spent most of his life in Copenhagen. Were also saw a group in a park celebrating the 4th of July with a picnic. Their table was covered in red and blue balloons as well as American flags. Fun to see that in another country.
Finishing the path back to the metro brought us to a big park which I had us walk through to end up at a nearby castle - Rosenborg. We bought tickets to go inside and explored the home of Christian IV. Security was pretty tight since there were many valuable pieces on display including the past crown and jewels in the basement treasury. Unfortunately due to Covid, the second floor was blocked off but we still saw the ground and top floors. Though I did get in trouble for trying to climb the stairs when the indicator they installed was red. In my defense, there was no sign
indicating what it was for. By the end of the tour Alexs feet were tired and it was soon time to meet up with his EHG co- worker Reimerh, so we walked to the closest metro station to maneuver our way back to the hotel to meet up.
We found a bench in the shade nearby to rest at as we waited for Reimerh. He was getting a COVID test like we had done the day before as most places require one to enter. The castle checked our results before letting us buy a ticket. With us in tow, Reimerh led us back over to Stroget for lunch. Unfortunately, his choice was closed. So we wandered further into the shopping district and found a restaurant worth a mix of dishes included what our advertised as Danish plates. However, we quickly learned as we started listing off our choices to the waiter that we wouldnt be getting what we hoped for. Due to the game yesterday, the restaurant was out of many key ingredients so all we asked for was unavailable. So instead we ordered some appetizers to go with the drinks we already had received. The name of
the restaurant, Nova, reminded me of another disastrous experience which I shared with the guys. In college I was told about the Chevy Nova failing to sell in Spanish speaking countries due to Nova being so close to no va which would roughly translate to not going. Interesting trying to validate the brand online I learned that was not true. Thanks college.
Finishing up our snacks, Reimerh fulfilled our nerdy side by taking us to an amazing store with games, figures, and manga. In reality, it was three separate buildings that made up the store with others in the area being developed. There I found the best souvenir ever - a board game called Copenhagen! So of course I had to purchase it. Pleased with one success that afternoon we went to plan B restaurant that Reimerh add luck would have it, the place was also closed.
