Today, again, we walked and walked and walked! we are really enjoying Copenhagen. it is very different from Stockholm, which is more sedate. Copenhagen is grittier, with more people, more youth, and many, many bicycles! you have to stay out of the way of the bikes, there are 1000's, really! and they are very serious! 
We all went to the National Museum to see the exhibit on the Vikings. it was fair, we did't really see a lot. Then Dan and I took off, got on a bus, yes, to save our feet a bit, and went to see The Little mermaid. She is very little, but ya have to see her. And the wharf is very pretty. Went there and then went through the Citadel, very colorful, to see the Resistence Museum. This was fascinating, as we learned about how the Danes effectively resisted the Nazi occupation, during WWII. They also managed to save their entire Jewish population except for 150 people by getting them out of the country to boats over to Sweden. They saved many others too. This was a very interesting museum. A highlight.
We then tried to go to the "cast" museum, but it was closed. so we walked over to Nyghen to have lunch. Dan had a street hotdog, which i thought tasted awful and he liked! so i was hungry. We sat in a cafe on the charming street by the canal you always see, with the different colored houses. Very charming. Then walked down Stroget street, the shopping street. nothing very unique, but interesting people, including a gypsy who we foiled, and street artists.
came back, napped, now we meet Hil and Ken for the buffet here. may try to here some jazz tonight somewhere, though our feet all ache! We like Copenhagen alot, it is unique.
We all went to the National Museum to see the exhibit on the Vikings. it was fair, we did't really see a lot. Then Dan and I took off, got on a bus, yes, to save our feet a bit, and went to see The Little mermaid. She is very little, but ya have to see her. And the wharf is very pretty. Went there and then went through the Citadel, very colorful, to see the Resistence Museum. This was fascinating, as we learned about how the Danes effectively resisted the Nazi occupation, during WWII. They also managed to save their entire Jewish population except for 150 people by getting them out of the country to boats over to Sweden. They saved many others too. This was a very interesting museum. A highlight.
We then tried to go to the "cast" museum, but it was closed. so we walked over to Nyghen to have lunch. Dan had a street hotdog, which i thought tasted awful and he liked! so i was hungry. We sat in a cafe on the charming street by the canal you always see, with the different colored houses. Very charming. Then walked down Stroget street, the shopping street. nothing very unique, but interesting people, including a gypsy who we foiled, and street artists.
came back, napped, now we meet Hil and Ken for the buffet here. may try to here some jazz tonight somewhere, though our feet all ache! We like Copenhagen alot, it is unique.
We were really too tired to go out after our free dinner buffet, which consisted of rolled up meat something or other, cheeses, potatoes, salad, coffee, potatoes. Tried walking around the area near our hotel, the Testebro area, which isn't that nice, but it was a pleasant night. Tried to get a beer, but there was noone there, and very smokey, so we called it an early night. We watched a little t.v., bad American shows, old movies, and a Danish show that seemed to be about the Sami's, or perhaps the Inuits welcoming home some of their family members. Dan called it "The Little House on the Tundra."
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