Day 10 - Awaken in Copenhagen

We decided Copenhagen offered a good walking experience so we didn't sign up for any tours.  Besides which my business partners step-son, Justin, lives there and we wanted to go by the shop he works at and visit for a while.  To say the least it was a great walking town.  I ended up taking way too many pics and liking more than I should probably post, but such is the case.

The port we docked at was right next to the Gefion Fountain.  The fountain depicts the mother, Gefion, who was told by the King of Sweden that she could have all the land that she could plow overnight.  So she turned her sons into bulls and proceeded to plow a whole lot of land overnight.  Awwww ... those were the days when mothers knew how to raise their sons.

Gefion Fountain

As it seems with most big cities in Europe, the architecture is impressive.  We also ran into a faceless street performer who was truly amazing, albeit he didn't allow pictures after he got going.

After a bit more of a walk than we originally anticipated, we made it to Justin's shop and had a good visit with him.

After a stop for lunch, on Justin's recommendation we ended up at the Botanical Gardens.  Tina and I have always been big on visiting gardens, greenhouses, nursery's and things of that sort, but the Botanical Gardens at the University of Copenhagen was just stunning.  This is where I went totally crazy with pics, but trust me ... I deleted far more than I'm posting here.  Here's a sampling of the outside garden areas.

So after an hour or so of walking the outside areas, we finally made it to the greenhouses.

Of course our animal friends also caught my eyes.

But I had the prettiest animal in the whole park walking with me along the way.

Throughout the day also, Copenhagen was a great place to people watch.  And nobody seemed to mind me catching pictures of them.

And this last picture (I promise) of a little girl helping her father fish.  Wayyyyyy too cute!