Copenhagen
After enduring a minimum temperature of 21 degrees throughout the night Derek woke two stone lighter and desperate for a cold shower. A leisurely breakfast was taken in the hotel where we witnessed the bloke on the table next to us stuffing his rucksack with enough food for a coach party.
Free entry on a Sunday ensured a morning visit to the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Sculpture Museum. It opened at 11 so we walked to the town hall square where we saw a statue of Hans Christian Anderson.
We were second into the museum which housed an incredible collection of ancient and modern sculptures.
Following this we went to the National Museet where we were astounded by the vast collection of prehistoric Danish artefacts. The majority of which had been preserved in bogs.
Then we made our way down the famous pedestrianised shopping street (boring) to Nyhavn where we parted with yet another shed load of money for an hour's boat trip round the harbour and canals.
A long hot walk back to the hotel was followed by cold shower. Derek then decided at 18.05 that he wanted to find 'the bridge' linking Copenhagen to Malo. With no map, no directions and only a finger pointing idea of where it was, we set of 'enthusiastically'.
5.1 miles later we arrived at Copenhagen Strand from where we observed a splendid but distant view of said bridge.
I am still trying to work out how Derek managed to make the journey back last 8 miles! However we did have splendid stop beside river for pizza and beer. A final beer in the hotel lobby lubricated our brains enough to write this blog.
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