Hans Christian Anderson wrote many a great story about
Copenhagen. So we were excited to see the magical places and hear the tales of
Denmark.
If you have ever been to Copenhagen,
you know that biking is the preferred mode of transportation.
As such, we grabbed some bikes (the old
fashioned kind where you pedal backward to break) and hit the town.
Bennie, our patient Danish tour guide, led us
and 16 other Semester at Sea passengers, around the beautiful streets, parks,
palaces, and tourist attractions of Copenhagen.
Turns out that the
Little Mermaid story is not quite what Disney would
have you believe (shocker) and the movie
A Royal Affair (great flick) may actually have some truth to it.
At the conclusion of the morning tour, we kept our bikes and
rode to Nyhavn to meet our friends for a delicious lunch.
And, because part of the fun is to attempt to fit in with the
locals, we couldn’t pass on the shot of locally made schnapps.
After some nourishment and spirits, we pedaled
on to visit the famous shopping street in Copenhagen.
This all sounds great expect by this point it
was pouring rain and Megan’s map reading skills were proving to be in need of
remediation.
A quick stop at the Royal
Copenhagen China flagship store and around 4pm we were back on bikes to make
our way to the ship.
On ship time was
5pm – plenty of time to ride back across town (it’s still pouring) and be on
the ship with time to spare.
Well, let’s
just say that Megan’s map reading skills were shit (in fact, that wasn’t the
only shitty thing that happened – a bird took a dump directly on Megan’s head)
and Steph had to take over navigation.
A
leisurely bike ride no more – we were in high gear trying to find out way back
to the ship (picture the wicked witch and hear the melody played as she
furiously pedaled).
Steph’s map reading while biking skills were
impressive and we cruised in to the port just in the knick of time.
Earlier in the week some friends recounted their two close
calls with making on ship time. In
response we had a conversation about why one would endure that stress and
agreed that while we would never do this, it could make for a great Copenhagen story…
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