In the span of a full afternoon, I managed to cover the rest of
Copenhagen that I wanted to see. I started off the soggy morning
taking a fantastic (quick, easy, painless) canal boat tour of
Copenhagen. Accompanied by what appeared to be several generations of
an Italian family, I learned the full history and layout of Copenhagen
in Danish, English and Italian. It was a lot of fun getting a boatside
view of the city though I wished it lasted a bit longer.
Time was on my side as the Danish Royal Palace's changing of the guard
started fifteen minutes after I finished the boat tour. It was a very
confusing and extremely uninteresting scene since they play no music
when the queen is not home and spend the better time of the hour
standing at one end of the plaza staring at each other and not moving.
At least watching this has confirmed all my theories of being a royal
guard: a- wear large fuzzy hats, and b- must have just finished puberty.
A half hour later, I walked over to the large cathedral next to the
royal plaza and was lucky that one of the only 2 tours offered a day
was just beginning. For 25DKK, I was able to get a grand view of both
the city and the queen's backyard. Boasting a cupola that was farely
sizeable, though nothing to Florence's Duomo or that of St. Peter's
in the Vatican, it was still worth the $5 just to see the top of the
city. (Or maybe it's just my Napoleon complex...)
After that, I headed back for the hostel, grabbed a very quick and
early dinner and left on my 7pm 15-hour train ride to Amsterdam.
I hate only having seats on an overnight train... Uncomfortable and
barely any rest, the train itself arrived 4 hours late at its
destination cutting my Amsterdam day in half.
At the hostel/hotel, I decided to get some kind of rest and set my
alarm for a quick nap. Unfortunately, my 2pm nap turned into full on
sleeping, and I awoke the next day at 6am.
Ah, the adventures of misadventures.
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