Friday, July 17, 2015
Last night I happened to be looking out at 10:40pm when we cast of and sailed away. There were hundreds of people lining the waterway in the dark to see Marina off. It was actually dark! We had a pretty good sunset about 10pm. I guess everyone got back onboard before sailing time and we left early again.
We both kind of slept in today. Clay was up first but did not go to the gym. He sleeps all night the same as me, but then he has napped from 1 to 3 hours during the day time too. I know I’d like a nap. We were late to breakfast and there were so few people in Terrace that it seemed like we had missed something. When we got back to the cabin, it was being serviced so we went to Horizons to watch the sail into Copenhagen and Clay had some more breakfast. Once we saw that we were docking at Langelinie in the exact same spot as last time, I had Clay take me down to the private spa terrace which we could see below. Our concierge level keycards open the door. You have to walk all the way forward through the spa to get there. I am not sure I see the appeal. It is forward facing but it was in the blazing sun this morning. I guess that is the point since it is all sun loungers out there with 2 hot tubs and showers. We came back in and got back in the cabin. We got ready and headed ashore. We did not book anything today. Our goal was to walk by the Little Mermaid and to Nyhavn for a canal sightseeing cruise. Clay is still trying to spend the over $500 worth of Danish kroner he got her last time. I still can’t imagine what he was thinking or how he got so much when I thought we had ATM withdrawal limits of $500 or even less. Anyway. We walked past all the landmarks we paid for a bus tour of last time (except Rosenbourg Castle) in less than an hour of walking. We got on to the 10:20am canal boat tour and it lasted an hour or so. We paid 80DKK pp instead of the cheaper boat but same boat and same tour for 40DKK pp because we are trying to use this odd currency up! On the boat tour, we got a better look at the private yacht Eclipse, the largest privately owned yacht in the world which we had seen as we walked past on our way down the harbor side. Clay t-shirt shopped some, but he hasn’t been buying t-shirts much on this trip and he had already bought the world’s most expensive t-shirt the last time we were here. Even trying to spend money, there is a limit! We walked through the Stroget, a pedestrian area of shopping streets. We were looking for somewhere to sit down and have lunch. It was unpleasantly crowded. We reached the end before finding a place. As we looked to the right at Radhus Plaza, we spotted both Starbucks and Hard Rock CafĂ©. We might spend some more cash yet. But, not enough. First of all the Starbucks Copenhagen mug did not have the Little Mermaid on it. But had what looked like the royal guard in front of Buckingham Palace. We saw royal guards in front of a castle and a palace here but didn’t see anything that looked like that. So, I passed. We finally went into Hard Rock for lunch even though we don’t like their food. It is usually expensive and Copenhagen is more expensive than most places. We had 2 sandwiches with fries and a beer for about $50. We went down to the shop and bought 2 t-shirts that cost even more than lunch. We walked across the plaza to the waiting Oceania shuttle bus parked outside Tivoli and boarded. It got us back to Marina by 3pm.
We both kind of slept in today. Clay was up first but did not go to the gym. He sleeps all night the same as me, but then he has napped from 1 to 3 hours during the day time too. I know I’d like a nap. We were late to breakfast and there were so few people in Terrace that it seemed like we had missed something. When we got back to the cabin, it was being serviced so we went to Horizons to watch the sail into Copenhagen and Clay had some more breakfast. Once we saw that we were docking at Langelinie in the exact same spot as last time, I had Clay take me down to the private spa terrace which we could see below. Our concierge level keycards open the door. You have to walk all the way forward through the spa to get there. I am not sure I see the appeal. It is forward facing but it was in the blazing sun this morning. I guess that is the point since it is all sun loungers out there with 2 hot tubs and showers. We came back in and got back in the cabin. We got ready and headed ashore. We did not book anything today. Our goal was to walk by the Little Mermaid and to Nyhavn for a canal sightseeing cruise. Clay is still trying to spend the over $500 worth of Danish kroner he got her last time. I still can’t imagine what he was thinking or how he got so much when I thought we had ATM withdrawal limits of $500 or even less. Anyway. We walked past all the landmarks we paid for a bus tour of last time (except Rosenbourg Castle) in less than an hour of walking. We got on to the 10:20am canal boat tour and it lasted an hour or so. We paid 80DKK pp instead of the cheaper boat but same boat and same tour for 40DKK pp because we are trying to use this odd currency up! On the boat tour, we got a better look at the private yacht Eclipse, the largest privately owned yacht in the world which we had seen as we walked past on our way down the harbor side. Clay t-shirt shopped some, but he hasn’t been buying t-shirts much on this trip and he had already bought the world’s most expensive t-shirt the last time we were here. Even trying to spend money, there is a limit! We walked through the Stroget, a pedestrian area of shopping streets. We were looking for somewhere to sit down and have lunch. It was unpleasantly crowded. We reached the end before finding a place. As we looked to the right at Radhus Plaza, we spotted both Starbucks and Hard Rock CafĂ©. We might spend some more cash yet. But, not enough. First of all the Starbucks Copenhagen mug did not have the Little Mermaid on it. But had what looked like the royal guard in front of Buckingham Palace. We saw royal guards in front of a castle and a palace here but didn’t see anything that looked like that. So, I passed. We finally went into Hard Rock for lunch even though we don’t like their food. It is usually expensive and Copenhagen is more expensive than most places. We had 2 sandwiches with fries and a beer for about $50. We went down to the shop and bought 2 t-shirts that cost even more than lunch. We walked across the plaza to the waiting Oceania shuttle bus parked outside Tivoli and boarded. It got us back to Marina by 3pm.
We plan to watch the movie Black Sea on TV at 3:30pm. We are
invited to the past passengers’ cocktail party in Horizons at 5:45pm. I expect
we’ll go. I expect we will have dinner at Terrace. Tomorrow is our only sea
day, cruising the Skaggerak. I still don’t know what that means! I am pretty
sure we’ll have to sail the North Sea to get to our last 2 ports of Amsterdam and
Zeebrugge. We have booked a Segway tour in Amsterdam for 2 to 4pm. I also want
to buy tulip bulbs there and for some reason, we didn’t find a patch there last
time. We’ll see. I’ll post now and if anything extraordinary happens the rest of
the day, I’ll come back and edit this. Later. The end is nigh!
