Slideshow Index: Scandinavia Highlights

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• In Minneapolis - Edwin Benson, Kathy Nelson, Myrna Havick, Keith Benson
• Between Reykjavik and Copenhagen
• Arrival in Copenhagen
• October 8 - Our airbnb home patio
• The back yard
• An evening card game
• October 9 - Huvudbangarden (Main Train Station)
• It is a large train station
• We met Julia at Joe & The Juice in the station
• At the Tivoli Gardens main entrance
• Radhuset (City Hall)
• Julia on Hans Christian Anderssen's knee
• Our group in front of the HCA statue
• We only spent a couple of hours at the National Museum
• Vikings helmets and axe
• Canal near the Christianborg Palace
• Chrisitanborg Palace
• The Palace Church
• Walking the Stroget (Pedestrian only shops and restaurants)
• First official Danish meal at the Cafeen
• Bikes galore at the train station
• In front of our cozy airbnb home in Copenhagen
• Julia and Kathy in the living room
• October 10 - Bus tour - view of Copenhagen Opera House
• Den Lille Havfrue - The Little Mermaid
• Showing she is just life-sized
• Shopping at the Illum Bolighus
• Hamburgers & beer at a TGIF in the Stroget
• October 11 - Amager Strand (beach) view of the bridge to Sweden
• Lots of advanced kite surfers at Amager Strand
• Droger is a charming village south of the airport
• It was influenced by Dutch settlers
• Fru Munk was a great place for coffee and sandwiches
• Waiting for our food and getting warm
• The Borsen (stock exchange) was across from the boat dock
• Waiting for the boat in the cold wind
• Loads of students helped to fog the inside of the boat too
• We couldn't see squat because of salt film
• Got some nice Nyhavn pics on the back deck at a stop
• Another view of Nyhavn
• The boat (trip was a bust because of vision problems)
• October 12 - Drove to Helsingor and Kronborg Castle
• Inner courtyard
• Our "In Shakespeare's Steps" guide (Horatio)
• This castle, built in 1580, was considered the setting for Hamlet
• The castle sanctuary was having repairs
• The main hall in the castle
• There were several beautiful 16th century tapestries
• I liked this cabinet
• One of the royal toilets
• Queen's bedroom
• Typical 16th century staircase
• Helsingborg, Sweden, is across the water
• On the 22-minute ferry ride to Sweden
• View of Helsingor, Denmark, harbor
• Passing by the Kronborg Castle
• Meeting Julia in central Svedala, Sweden
• Julia's apartment building
• Watching a match between a Danish team and Svedala
• Julia is the setter for Svedala
• Sign in the SportHalle
• October 13 - In Copenhagen to tour the Rosenborg Castle and Crown Jewels
• The main entrance to the Crown Jewels
• Plenty of armed guards because of the jewels
• One of several display cases
• Opulence abounds
• The King's Sword
• One of the crowns
• Gold box with jewels
• A pair of crowns
• A stunning necklace and pendant
• One of the halls in the castle
• This castle had several rooms with opulant furniture and decorations
• King and Queen portraits
• Beautiful room
• This was an 18th century music machine
• Half of the main hall
• One of the royal guard lions
• Main view of the Rosenborg Castle
• View of Copenhagen from the top of the Round Tower
• Keith and I made the climb on the circular ramp
• Another view of downtown
• This ramp circles its way to the top
• October 14 - Ready to leave for the drive to Roskilde
• The Roskilde Cathedral was started in 1100, finished around 1220
• It is the burial place for many of Denmark's monarchs
• King Christian Den Fjerde, 1577-1648
• Gold panels in the main altar area
• The main pulpit
• Their choir music stands are a little more elegant than ours at home
• One of the queens tombs behind the altar
• The baptismal font
• Elegant masoleums abound
• A model view of the Cathedral
• Upstairs view. The bricks showing are 900 years old
• Entering the Vikings Ship Museum in Roskilde
• This ship takes visitors out in the harbor in the summer
• Entrance Sign
• There are five vikings ships here in various states of construction
• A smaller ship
• Another ship
• Myrna is wearing a traditional viking dress
• October 15 - Drive to Malmo and the Emporia Shopping Center
• Arnie at one of the multi-colored escalators
• How is that for a staircase?
• The main entrance is spectacular
• The main entrance doors
• Then we went to the Lila Torg (Little Square) downtown Malmo
• It is a colorful square full of shops, bars, and restaurants
• We all ordered the Spaghetti at this restaurant
• Looking out the window at the restaurant
• Other end of the square near the parking lot
• Norwegian-Americans in Sweden
• Interesting architecture
• I took this to get the name right
• Julia in action in Svedala against the league leader
• Julia and team/room mates Meghan Haggerty and Manyi Ati
• Post-match handshake
• Group picture after the match
• October 16 - Tivoli Gardens opened for Halloween
• The place was loaded with Halloween decorations
• Danish kids playing in the pumpkins
• Those lanterns are really pretty at night
• The Taj Mahal in the center
• The parents and kids were waiting for a Halloween show
• The Gardens have many fabulous rides
• I would not personally like to be up there
• Julia and Meghan joined us for the day
• Some of the Cleopatras posed for me
• The place was filled when the show started
• Can you tell that Meghan is 6'4"?
• I had some Aebleskivers (Danish pastry specialty) there
• Bubble bubble, toil and trouble
• Another lantern-lined path
• The Radhuset (City Hall) is in the background
• The Chinese Pagoda
• Arnie has his Tivoli Garden Glogg Cup in the bag
• October 17 - Landed in Reykjavik airport
• This airport has a lot of good gift shops
• Arnie purchasing a coffee with Rhonda's gift of 500 Icelandic Kroner (about $4.50)
• Getting on our flight to Minneapolis on the tarmack