Eleventh Post From Türkiye: Denmark

Famous musician from Denmark that I listened to to get in the spirit to write this post: Lars Ulrich (Metallica). That's right, I listened to a drum solo on youtube. I didn't need to listen to more, I was immersed in Metallica back when I worked in a restaurant and the cooks would crank it while we prepped to open. Did I ever tell you I had a dream that I was engaged to Lars Ulrich? I remember that I was super happy in the dream because he was rich and I could spend as much as I wanted on the wedding. Does this mean I'm shallow/materialist at heart? Probably. Anyway, we took the overnight ferry from Norway to Denmark. It was fun and we went to a super fancy buffet dinner. It was crazy because the boat was totally rocking because of the stormy seas and we were stumbling around but the Scandinavians acted like nothing was happening and continued on with their dinning experience. Fun times with a cheese platter!

We woke up and drove off the boat and straight to ...

LEGOLAND!!!

There was much joy and rejoicing by the Rowes while experiencing the delights of Legoland. It was a beautiful day, nice and cool and the park was not too busy. We had a great time.

We headed from there through the lovely countryside to Jelling to see the rune-stones & burial mounds.

The Jelling stones are massive carved rune-tones from the 10th century.

It was so gorgeous there and peaceful! The stones are really cool.

We stayed the night in Odense (birth place of :Hans Christian Andersen) in a beautiful bed and breakfast.

In the morning we discovered this crazy play area in the square by our B&B.

We drove from Odense to the Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde. They have several ships that have been restored and a lot of interactive stuff as well as workshops where they build replica boats and make sails using the Viking methods.

 We headed out from there to Copenhagen.

We started right off with a boat tour of the canals.

 On the tour we went by the Little Mermaid,

 and the Royal Palace, among other things.

After the tour we walked around a bit to see a few things.

Town Hall

The Lur Blowers.

Hans Christian Andersen sculpture

 

Spent some time, taking goofy photos.

The next day we did a walking tour and started off on the pedestrian street 

Strøget with some chocolaty churros.

 Saw some of the beautiful half-timbered buildings in the back streets.

 Found that you can see jellyfish as well as bikes in the canals.

Stopped in St. Peter's church and the youth choir was singing. There were just a few of them but the acoustics in that old church amplified them beautifully. It was wonderful.

Then we went to the Church of Our Lady to see the original Christus. We were there during their services and sat in the back. We couldn't understand the words but some of the hymns were familiar and the music and surroundings were beautiful. It is a beautiful church and beside the Christus the sides are lined with statues of the 12 apostles. It was a special experience being there.

We also spent an evening at Tivoli Gardens. Tivoli is a famous amusement park, it opened on 15 August 1843 and is the second oldest amusement park in the world. It was so fun and the old rides are so well maintained and the whole park is just beautiful! We loved it!

  The next day was our last (sad) but we got in a few sights before our flight. 

 Frederiksborg Castle

Everybody should have a throne made of Ivory & a throne made of Silver.

This is probably my favorite picture from the trip. This guy looked like a crazy 70's Muppet. The extreme bluriness also brings me joy. He was the coolest.

So glad we went to Scandinavia!