Saturday, July 24, 2010

Day 9 July 20th Our day in Copenhagen.

Day 9 July 20th Our day in Copenhagen.
The time is 16:00hours in Copenhagen. We have just had a great day. We set of from the hotel, walked 100 meters caught the computer controlled train to Northavn to check out the Star Princess terminal.. It was not in port so we checked out a sister ship The Caribbean Star; what a beautiful boat, I hope ours is as good. We then wanted to take a canal boat tour. After seeking help from pleasant strangers we caught the 1A bus to Nyhavn where we joined thousands of tourists. We managed to secure two seats in a good position for taking photographs. The beautiful clear day at thirty degrees was just right for cruising on the water. The canal bout was moored in a narrow waterway about 15 meters wide. Our boat was fully loaded with about 160 people at $35NZ a head. Attractive buildings lining the canal were painted with many pastel shades as we see in the advertising brochures. We did not see these colours throughout the city.
We did see many fine buildings from the boat along the many canals we travelled through. Many pleasure and house boats were tied up on each side of the canals, a lot of them house boats most with gardens in pots. I took a lot of pictures.
When we returned from the cruise I discovered I had lost my map. I started to panic but Fay was great! She suggested we retrace our steps to the bus stop. While I was wondering which bus to catch to the train station she noticed its name written on a list of stops along the topside of a bus. Wowee problem solved. At the station while we were checking which train to catch three helpful strangers suggest we catch the one in front of us. It took us directly to the Airport by a different route to that by which we came in. When we reached the Laufthavn (Airport) I was waiting for others to get off the train as yesterdays train terminated there and the station is the last one listed on the route map I did not want to get hurt in the rush. Hardly anyone moved which I thought was strange so I asked young lass if the train continued on, “Yes she said, to Sweden!” We moved so fast we just made it to the platform in time!

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