Copenhagen Day #3-The Scandinavian Versailles

On our third day in Denmark, we packed up and headed north of the city to Frederiksborg Castle, also known as the Scandinavian Versailles.  We did an audio tour of the castle, which is also The Museum of National History.  Then we drove towards Kronborg Castle and saw it from the outside, as well as from the car ferry that we took from Helsingor, Denmark to Helsingborg, Sweden, before driving the 5 hours back to Moss.  We then returned the rental car at 9pm and walked the 45 minutes back to our apartment.  It made for a jam packed day, and the girls(especially the older two) really enjoyed seeing a castle from the 1500's up close. 

 Frederiksborg from courtyard

 It was extremely impressive, even while overcast

 They were awed too!

 Mainly by the size of it

 The Chapel

 Juliet was Elizabeth's "helper" with pictures in the castle, while Sydney and Evelyn did the audio tour

 Various shields on The Chapel walls, including one for President Eisenhower

 A museum to keeps coats on, it was chilly in the hallways

 Ornate furniture

 The Great Hall was ridiculous, the ceiling was mind boggling

 "Are you talking to me?"

 Another helper pic

 "We are happy to be in The Great Hall", (in a Dan Akroyd Conehead voice)

 The gardens from the castle window

 Sydney could have led tours by the end of the audio tour

 Evelyn posing with some of the artifacts

 Our buddy H.C. Andersen

 And a desk with some of his artifacts

 Sydney with the full breadth of the castle

 And she thought these pruned trees were really interesting

 Kronborg Castle

 Kronborg Castle from the ferry

Helsingor, Denmark from the ferry

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