We arrived in Copenhagen without mishap!!

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Our city guide began our tour by showing us a "hidden treasure". Beneath the water of one of the canals are statues of a man (merman) and his 7 children. The story goes that the mermaid he married left him and the children. They are underwater searching for her. Evidently these statues are not always visible but we were lucky enough to get to see them.

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Lining Nyhavn, a famous landmark from 1673, are colorful old wooden schooners as well as charming sailors' bars and restaurants. This is the area where sailors spent their time when in port. It also is where Hans Christian Anderson once lived.

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The Copenhagen Opera House was designed by the same man who designed the Sydney Opera House. It was only opened a few years ago.

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Although without much of the pomp and circumstance of the English guards, these men were guarding the residences of the Danish Royal Family.

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Copenhagen is a very flat city so bicycles are very much in evidence. All the streets have a sidewalk, with a bicycle road next to the left of it and a street to the left of that. You have to be more careful of a bike hitting you than a car in this city!

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The famous Little Mermaid statue was done by Edvard Eriksen who used his wife as a model.

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There are miles of canals in Copenhaven so we decided to take one of the narrated canal boat trips to get a taste of this wonderful city.

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We saw Christiania, a "free city" which was founded in 1971 by a group of free thinkers (hippies)...

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...the Marble Church with its grand copper dome...

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...and beautiful boats lining many elite sections of the city.

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We visited several churches here in Copenhagen. Each was beautifully unique with incredible carved pieces. Needless to say Al spent time checking out the carving!

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Another beautiful church

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There is a 1-mile pedestrian shopping street called Stroget in the heart of Copenhagen. Here you can buy anything and everything you might want.

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Close to the City Hall we came upon this statue of Hans Christian Anderson who is quite famous and honored here in Copenhagen.

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Tonight found us at the famous Tivoli Gardens. Unfortunately in the summer it doesn't really get dark here so we couldn't get the full feel of how it looked with it's millions of twinkling lights but we did...

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...get to enjoy the music of several of the bands that were performing.

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