While Bill was updating the blog this morning, I noticed that the weather was beginning to change from sunny skies to cloudy. Rather quickly the wind picked up and storm clouds appeared. We decided against doing another tour with Hans today (he does 4 separate tours to various parts of the city) instead opting for the Hop On Hop Off bus which would take us to some indoor attractions. This proved to be a good choice. There are 3 different loops around the city that are included. They all intersect at City Hall plaza, where you switch busses. We did one complete loop around on the first bus just to see where we wanted to get off.There’s commentary in several languages (via earphones) to describe the places of interest as the bus passes by. We decided to make our first stop the Carlsberg Brewery. They have a nice Visitors Center that includes the world’s largest unopened beer bottle collection (as certified by the Guinness Book of World Records.) As of this month, there are 14,778 bottles displayed there!
When we finished the tour it was time for lunch, so we decided to order a sandwich to eat along with the 2 beers that we each had coming with the price of admission. I’m not much of a beer drinker and thought I wouldn’t like it, but didn’t want to forego the free beer. I asked for the mildest one they had. The server asked “mildest in alcohol content, or mildest in taste?” Taste, I told her, and was given Tuborg. It was actually very good, and went well with the sandwich.
Our timing was perfect, as the rain had stopped when we walked from the brewery back to the bus stop. The covering had been removed from the top of the double-decker busses so we could enjoy the sights from there for the rest of the day.
Two other stops of note are the Little Mermaid statue
and the Danish Resistance Museum, which catalogues life in Denmark during World War II. That museum is filled with memorabilia from the turmoil that the Danes lived through from 1940-1945.
Here’s Bill in the museum’s courtyard with an armored car that was built by the Danish resistance to defend against the Germans.
When we got off the bus we stopped for dinner at a hot dog cart for the traditional Danish treat. YUM!
Don’t worry, I didn’t eat both of these; one was for Bill!
2 comments:
What are all the toppings you have on your hotdogs? Are those pickles??
Yes, bread-and-butter pickles, plus mustard, ketchup, red onion, & some kind of spicy mayo. We asked for the works.
Post a Comment