Copenhagen for Five

On our way out of Rome, we had a five-hour layover in Copenhagen. We decided to go out into the city for a bit, mostly to add Denmark to our list of countries we've visited. But we had kind of an amazing few hours in Copenhagen!

The city was just adorable! And there were so many things to see in just a few hours.

Mermaids over the windows! Holding beehives!

Everyone was biking downtown, but no one locked up their bikes! Kind of amazing.

Hans Christian Andersen lived in this house! He was a ballet dancer and tried to join the ballet in Copenhagen. He wrote the Ugly Duckling after being rejected from the ballet here.

Hans Christian Andersen's apartment

Of course, Quintana did not want to nap at all on the plane, and chose instead to sleep in Copenhagen. Little stinker! Better than nothing I guess.

We went to see the Royal Palace, and we just happened upon the changing of the guard, complete with marching band! It was really really cool! The Royal Family was in residence, and it's crazy that we could walk practically up to the front door.

We also turned the corner and happened upon the cathedral, which had a beautiful copper dome on top.

We did not make it to the statute of the Little Mermaid, but we did see a replica in the airport, haha. We also saw Hans Christian Andersen's trunk, and a quote by him which said, "To travel is to live."

Oh, on the way to Copenhagen we flew over the Austrian Alps. They were just beautiful!

Oh, if only we could have spent a month in Copenhagen too! Haha, I'm addicted to traveling. I definitely could spend some time in Denmark. Sigh! I'm so glad we got to drop in, though.