COPENHAGEN, DENMARK

It was a wet and dull day for our first day off ship but we really liked Copenhagen. As today`s capital of Denmark it is seated on the east coast of Zealand, the largest of the 474 danish islands(but smaller than the Jutland Peninsular.) 474 islands???!!! we had no idea there were so many.

The Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek was founded by Danish brewing magnate Carl Jacobson and this museum was named after his brewery...a great collection of Gauguin, Degas, Monet, Van Gogh and Pissarro... and I`m here with " The Shade"by Rodin.

We also had a good couple of hours in the Christiansborg Palace with a fantastic guide. The two previous palaces which stood on this site both burned down. The renovations are impressive, from the ruins of the previous palaces to the Great Hall with its amazing tapestries. Lovely.

On the walk back to Oriana we had some fun in the fountain, (I told Husb he really shouldn`t drink the water) and visited the "Little Mermaid" I was expecting her to be sat impressively out at sea but in fact she was right by the water`s edge and she was really small.(she looks good though doesn`t she?)(SHE`S TINY!) Great day.