Castles, Legos, and Palaces in Copenhagen... oh my!

To follow up our outstanding Thanksgiving Thursday in Copenhagen we did a walking tour of the city on Friday (while every other resident seemed to cycle past us) that included Christiansborg Palace, the flagship Lego store (apparently only in Denmark although there are now larger ones in various cities), Rosenborg Castle, and Amalienborg Castle.  We ate at a nice place called SimpleRaw and splurged on a dessert platter with various nut based "cheese" cakes. 

 Lego store life-size cycle

 And people

 And dragon coming out of the wall overhead

 And Santa Claus

 Table to test things out

 Model city

 Duplo table to play, with any color block wall behind

 Dessert platter at lunch out

 Juliet and Elizabeth selfie after lunch

 The door under the tower at Christiansborg Palace

 Sydney standing guard

 Christiansborg Place tower and courtyard

 The Royal stables were training some horses in the courtyard

 Full breadth of the palace

 One of the symmetrical walkways in the park adjacent Rosenborg Castle

 Rosenborg

 Statue of Hans Christian Andersen

 "Thumbelina" on side of statue

 "The ugly duckling" on side of statue

 A playground next to the statue with a dragon

 Evelyn holding up Rosenborg

 Roses and a pondering 3.5 year-old

 Staged races through the rose garden

 Clowns

 The crown jewels are kept inside, although limited hours in the winter

 Don't let the smile fool you, I fell asleep in the stroller on the walk home

 Striking symmetry to the paths, even without leaves

 We managed to see the changing of the guards at Amalienborg Castle

 There were colored brick paths the guards followed around the huge courtyard(which was a working road that cars also were driving through) to get to each guard station

 Amalienborg

 Some king on a horse

Another of the Munz trolls next to huge tree near Rosenborg Castle