Surrounded by hippies - help me

The plan was to leave early this morning and pack as much into the day as possible and me aching feet can testify to the fact that we did indeed pack a lot in from palace viewing to boat trips and lots in between....only later than anticipated.

The first stop of the day was Rosenborg which up until the late eighteenth century was the royal residence. It is amongst one of few museums that is arranged in chronological order and is therefore a great place to practice your skills in time travel as you travel through the centuries as go from room to room.

When we first arrived at Rosenborg we were informed that the burglar alarm had just gone off and as the palace was the home of the Danish crown jewels this was quite a big deal. All the visitors were herded to the front lawn to wait for the all clear as the police and army officers patrolled and searched the grounds.

A personal highlight of Rosenborg for me was the Knights Hall a.k.a the Throne Room. The thrones for the King and Queen at the far end of the long hall were guarded by three large silver lions. These statues were meant to signify the absolute power of the monarchy.

From Rosenborg we walked towards the picturesque Nyhavn where the first ice cream of the trip was to be enjoyed. The pier with multi-coloured houses is often what people associate with Copenhagen and what you will see in all the travel guides and is therefore a must see.

As we walked along the front we tagged onto the end of one the cities 'Free walking tours' and followed our guide Rosie to Amlienborg and then the marble church.  The latter of which was to built entirely of marble yet as the monarchy ran out of money part of the way through construction the church stood unfinished for 150 years.

On my previous post I mentioned that when we bought our bus ticket we also got a boat tour and today we decided to cash it in. The boat stopped at a lot of the same places as the bus tour yet we also went through the district of Christiana as well as seeing where the Eurovision song contest 2014 was held (how exciting)

By this point we hadn't stopped walking all day and I had the blisters on my feet to prove it. A new pair of shoes were therefore in order so a large part of the afternoon was devoted to just this task. During our quest to locate every shoe shop in the city we stumbled across the Copenhagen branch of Hotel Chocolat (yay!)

In the evening we returned to Nyhavn with the intention of eating dinner yet instead were met by the adorable sight  of a bunny sat chilling on the harbourside next to its owner much like what a dog would do. The rabbit was quite at ease  and was lying on the cobbles with its legs stretched out whilst some tourists (including us) stopped to say hello.


We hopped onto a water taxi and crossed over to the other side of the river where we were to eatr at the Copenhagen Street Food Centre. This is definatley a haunt of the cool kids - yes I did feel out of place.


Whilst in Christiana we ventured through the neighbourhood and even visited the Freetown- and by that I mean the home of the hippies- and went to a 'Love Party'. As a former hippy herself I thought my mother would be right at home in the district whilst I...not so much.


We returned to our hotel and ended the second day in the skybar with matcha tea cocktails.