Travel Tales: Denmark Day 2 - Cruising in Copenhagen

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(you are not crazy. i didn’t write a post for Day 1) So off I go to explore Copenhagen on a Sunday. One thing I learned from yesterday is that you will not find a dearth of options for open stores on Sunday aside from Church and eateries. The first stop was of course to get some breakfast. The list of vegetarian options is much much more limited than in Reykjavik – somewhat surprised since this is a larger area. My breakfast (pictured below) was okay as it lacked on taste and spices that I am used to tasting. The white substance to the bottom of the plate is scrambled tofu absent flavor as you may have guessed from the white color. All in all- the entire meal was satisfying (I didn’t touch the middle bread as it had a little too much healthy going on with seeds, nuts and such) as it had a smoothie and two of my favorite fruits – ruby red grapefruit and pineapple.

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Next stop was to see some sites in town. The plan was to find a City bike to get around on as you can rent one for 20 kroner, which you get back when you return the bike. Throughout Copenhagen there are stations that you will find such bikes…or so they say. I walked looking for one and ended up at the NY Carlsberg Glyptotek which is a museum founded by Carl Jacobsen a Danish brewing magnet (founder of Carlsberg Beer). I ended up spending about 3 hours here as every time I thought I was finished there was another staircase or path. I enjoyed the fact that the walls were painted in differing colors in each room other than the asylum white that typifies most museums. Also, the collection of Rodin’s works (creator of The Thinker and other famous pieces) was probably one of the two exhibits that I enjoyed because I got to see the Thinker (big fan of this piece) in person and learn of his other pieces. The other favorite was the tomb like setup in the Ancient Egypt wing (see the long staircase pictured below) as it made you feel like you were really walking into an excavation site.

After the museum, I continued my search for a City Bike – only to be teased by a broken lock that prevented the lonely bike from joining me. I ended up in Christiana and visited Our Saviors Church which has great amounts of ornateness to it on the outside and inside. I ended up making it to Freetown Christiana. Freetown is an autonomous neighborhood located in Christiana where the residents essentially run the town under Christiana law of 1989. There is an abundance of many things here including art and recreational “fun” but what I enjoyed most…finding Morgenstedet which was another vegetarian spot to eat! The food was in inexpensive; served in large portions and most importantly the best food in Copenhagen that I have had thus far.

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More walking throughout the Freetown and I ultimately ended up by the Opera House which was located near the top of the island. The architecture was lovely and the view was overlooking a canal. More walking since I didn’t find a bike yet (foreshadowing). I ended up near the Theater House. At this point I managed to get myself turned around (read: I got really lost) but I found a bike!!

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I jumped on it and just started riding. I ended up near at Amalienborg, the Royal Residence in Copenhagen and saw a guard on duty. Now I was really really turned around but this time instead of being walking and lost, I was now riding and lost which sucked but not as much as if I had to walk. Some more riding and more stopping to pull out my map a virtual every intersection – I finally made it back to the hotel. I stashed my bike with hopes of finding it in the morning (see the stash spot in the gallery – you always hide stuff in the bushes). We shall see what happens.