Copenhagen Day 2

We made a loop, Copenhagen to Copenhagen, on the first leg of our voyage. It took 12 days. During that time we visited Oslo, Aarhus, Warnemunde, and Stockholm. Today we started leg 2 which will eventually take us to New York, The Big Apple! Tomorrow we make another stop in Oslo then we head for Kristiansand a resort village in southern Norway.

Twelve days ago when we landed in Copenhagen we were so jet lagged we hardly remember anything. Today we actually remember what we saw. Other than the Little Mermaid, we saw a couple of old palaces, the new Opera House and the new Theatre, and some pretty "Danish Modern" buildings along the way We cruised the main canal and saw the old "new town" (circa 1600) as well as some neat houseboats (circa 2000) all working together to make Copenhagen a vibrant city.

All of the Baltic countries we have visited are all based along the water--have lots of boats, big and small, and rely on the bounty of the sea in more ways than you can imagine from fish to oil. They have little arable land and cool to cold temperatures. The people are hearty and have learned how to eke a living from their homelands. I have a whole new appreciation for these northern climes.