Wedsday, August 8, 2012

We left the cruise ship by 7:30 AM and walked to the bus stop with all of our luggage.  The bus driver was very helpful and showed us where to exit for our hotel.  When we got to the hotel, we found out that it was the wrong Radisson Blu.  We took a taxi to the correct hotel, which was about a mile away.  The taxi driver charged us a lot more than he should have, and I neglected to get a receipt.  Another expensive lesson in our life !

Copenhagen Hotel

We were unable to check in until 2 PM, so went walking around the neighborhood and found the Metro station.  We were helped by the nicest young concierge with a great sense of humor, which seems to be sorely lacking in this city.

One of the many canals

Canals are everywhere !  Along with the bicicyles,with excellent bike lanes.  Here, everyone lives in apartments.

One of the many apartment buildings

They don't even both with bike locks ....
We then took the Metro (train) into the City and walked about a bit.  Looked for someplace for lunch.  After  all, we got used to depriving ourselves of food, on the ship.
Found danish smørrebrød, but we passed on the herring buffet.  Can't quite get interested in herring prepared 20 different ways ! So we had "open faced" sandwiches.  I had the shrimp and Craig had the roast beef.  We also passed on the schnaps.

Shrimp sandwich

Roast beef with remoulade and gherkins

Then it started raining, so we went into an upscale department store by the Metro station.  After strolling around and using their bathroom, we headed back to the hotel to check in.  Spent the rest of the day resting, as we hadn't slept much the night before.  We then had dinner in a Thai restaurant in the hotel.  The food was good but the wait staff had an attitude.  We don't have a good feeling for the people of this city, overall.  It is also a very, very expensive city !  We will be glad to head home.