Breakfast in the hotel in Copenhagen was a buffet of cold cuts, cheeses and tasty Danish pastries – the real thing!
We were staying near the palace and walked by to see the guards walking. Every quarter hour they click their heels, fold their arms across their chests to hold their guns, and stroll around. They don’t have the rigid discipline of the English guards.
A ride in a harbor boat brought us to the little mermaid statue.
On the walk back to the hotel we saw old row houses built for seamen in the 1600’s. [Lise said this was near her bus stop when she worked in a building near the Little Mermaid.]
European cities have public toilets galore and places to buy expensive sodas on every other corner, but no water fountains! We got so thirsty walking around on dry, hot days, but didn’t want to lug heavy water around all the time.
We found an ad for a 100% Danish restaurant that welcomes children and was within walking distance. There was even a children’s menu! – unheard of in England at a good restaurant. Kate chose chicken; Lise, beef, and John and I fried fish. His had Bearnaise sauce, and I had the sauce with shrimp and asparagus again.
Birds were on the table when we sat down; their calling cards prompted us to request cleaning of the tablecloth. The waiter solved the problem to HIS satisfaction by cheerfully turning the dirty cloth over.
Mehrling Muse 
That only works if it hasn’t already been turned for/by someone else.
Huge Hugs
LikeLiked by 1 person
I know. The tablecloth was filthy on both sides. We didn’t die — didn’t even become ill!
Clean Hugs
LikeLiked by 2 people
I love Copenhagen!
LikeLiked by 1 person
The waiter!!! I remember walking all over Copenhagen and being hot too!
LikeLiked by 1 person
I love the fact that in Europe the birds are welcome in restaurants!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Well as long as your waiter was pleased, that’s all that really mattered, right?
LikeLike
Perhaps the waiter gave us good service. Perhaps not.
LikeLiked by 1 person
I love the Mehrmaid quip. 🙂
LikeLike
Years before this, I made a dress for Lise to wear the first day of Kindergarten. It had an embroidered mermaid with Mehr-maid underneath.
LikeLike
You did get to all the best spots didn’t you Anne? I had a close-up of the guard and watched him not move a muscle and I mentioned before to you that I was amazed how small The Little Mermaid was when I actually saw her. The crowd watching her was like the day I saw her – a big tourist attraction, maybe the most famous in Denmark then and now. I like how you had ” Mehrmaid” – very clever.
LikeLike
I was shocked, too, at the small size of the Little Mermaid. Lise’s office was a short distance away from that site. She now works for the part of the company that was sold off, and she walks to work. Couldn’t be nicer!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Whenever you see the Little Mermaid in travel brochures, it is up close so you just assume. Walking to work is great – the exercise benefit and never have to worry about a bad-weather commute.
LikeLike
It rarely snows in Copenhagen. Lise would love snow and a good thunderstorm.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Lise is not the first person I’ve heard hanker for a good thunderstorm. When it rumbled, my mom would say God was moving his furniture.
LikeLiked by 1 person