Show #17 The focus of this show is Copenhagen Denmark. This couples vacation show highlights sightseeing things to see, do, eat and how to get around Copenhagen Denmark.

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Video Script #17 Copenhagen Denmark Boomer & Senior Travel TV Couple Vacations

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00:22 Copenhagen air options
01:41 Saga Hotel – Copenhagen Hotels
04:30 Hop on Hop Off buses
07:20 Christiana Denmark
09:01 Rosenberg Castle
12:36 Stroget Street – Walking Shopping Street

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Welcome to Boomer & Senior Travel TV and our focus on traveling to Copenhagen Denmark.

Our first sight of Copenhagen was as we flew into Copenhagen after flying from Amsterdam Holland. What we had found was that the cheapest route for us to do was to take a Delta flight from New York City to Amsterdam and then return from Amsterdam to New York City. Sometimes it makes it a lot cheaper if you fly from another city. Then we found a more localized carrier; the Scandinavian Airlines SAS to fly us round trip in and out of Amsterdam to Copenhagen. That made it a lot less expensive so you want to check your airlines for different combination of airlines to see how much less expensive that option is. It cut ours by $300 – $400 dollars a person to do that. So be aware of that and check that.

Now of course the very first thing that I did when I got there was after checking into our hotel which was the Saga Hotel, I checked my email.
The Saga Hotel is only about a block from the main train station. When you get into the airport in Copenhagen you can take the train straight from there right into the downtown of Copenhagen and go to the central train station and there are a lot of hotels right in that area.

It is a good centralized area to be in if you’re going to go sightseeing. We stayed at the Saga Hotel that was about a block from the central station.
One of the things that I always check for when I am traveling is that my hotel has access to the internet. I have to stay in touch with everyone. The internet is very important to me. I made sure that this hotel had internet when I book it.

We were also looking for location and we chose the Saga because it was close to the train station and because it had rooms for triple occupancy. There was my husband and mother-in-law traveling with me. So we needed rooms that would hold three people. Not all hotels in Europe hold more than two people in a room so you have to check that out before you go.

I enjoyed the Saga. It had great internet service there as well as it has laundry service. Which by that point having been in Holland for a couple of weeks it was time to do laundry so it was nice to have the laundry room there. The fee for that wasn’t much and you got to do your own laundry and get it clean and done. It was locked up so you could put your cloths in lock it and then come back when it was done and get it. They allowed it to only service just one person at a time. It was a nice hotel in a great area.

Across the street and east of the central railway station is an amusement park called Tivoli Gardens. Denmark Tivoli Gardens is kind of like a mini Disneyland. It is rumored that Walt came over here and saw this and then decided to build the California Disney. It has rides, flowers, and restaurants just like any amusement park that you see.

It is supposed to really famous. There is an old roller coaster here. They have a lot of new ones too. It’s just a fun amusement park to come to in Denmark.
Tivoli has one of the oldest working wooden roller coasters as well as several others. There is a large one called “The Demon.” It also has the world’s tallest carousel. Tivoli would be a fun place to come and spend a day together as a couple.

On the opposite side of the street from the entrance to Tivoli Gardens are four statues from mythology. In this little square is where you catch the Hop on Hop off Bus.

There are two different companies. There are the red ones that you see most places and now in Europe a lot are the green ones as well.
We chose to go on the green ones this trip because in Copenhagen on the green line you didn’t have to get off the bus and change buses. The green bus did both route without ever getting off.

On the hop on hop off buses they have head phone sets that plug in and you select your own language to listen to the commentary on the area you are in. You get a complete tour and history of the area as you take the bus tour around.

You are also able to get off and then get back on. Sometimes the time between buses is every 20 to 30 minutes then you can get back on the bus. This gives you time to go sightseeing and then get back on. This is a fabulous way to get around.

The green line bus was a 48 hour ticket which we also liked as well as they will go out to the cruise ship stop so that you can get on at the cruise ship and off at the cruise ships.

I think that the hop on hop off bus red or green is a great way to go. I like using the hop on hop off buses to get around and sight see in different cities. For one thing they are good for all weather. They had a cover canvas expandable and retractable cover over the top so if it was raining or bad weather you didn’t have to get wet but you could still see everything.

They have head phone that you put on and then they have a pre-taped commentary as you go along that narrates all the sights that you see, plus you can hop off and see attractions then catch the next bus and go to the next attraction or just ride the entire route the go around and stop at the ones that interest you. It is a really convenient way and cheap way of seeing and hearing about the country.

Riding on the buses can put you up tall enough that you can see and you have the head phones that you can listen to at the same time. It gives you the whole open air experience to sit up on top. It even lets you see into area that you wouldn’t able to see into because of the height of fences.

The waterways are awesome. They are larger than they were in Holland at least wider waterways but very beautiful.

The highways and roadways here seemed very normal to me. This is a place that would be easy and comfortable to drive on if you were to rent a car.

There was the opera house that we went to on the hop on hop off bus. Then we made a stop at Christiania. Christiana is a 70’s- 60’s village that is a love kind of self governed community that is in danger of having that removed. All the hard drugs are gone from here now it’s just a hippie community but something fun to see, something different. Very different from what we ever see at home. You might want to make a stop here. I loved the walls that surrounded Christiana with its…some people would call it graffiti. I call it art. I thought it was just a fun thing to go and see.

I love towers. One of my favorite towers in Copenhagen was the “Dragon Spires.” It was over the old stock exchange the Borsen. It has three dragon tails that wind together to the top. There are three crowns on top. They represent the three Nordic countries.

Another one of my favorite ones was “The Church of Our Savior” tower. It has 250 stairs on the outside and 150 stairs on the outside that you can climb up to the top and see over Copenhagen. The inside is worth seeing with beautiful things inside.

Nicholaus Church is one of many of the buildings that were destroyed during the great fires of 1794 that burned much of Copenhagen. Only the clock tower was left the rest has been rebuilt. It is now a commercial and art center.

One of the great stops for the hop on hop off bus was the Rosenberg Castle in Denmark. Denmark has so much to see here. As you can see this castle is a little different from other castles that we have been to. As I said in the past all castles have a different look and style; built by the owner in the style and in the form that they wanted, the way that they like it.

Your castle is the same, both in your relationship and your home. You build it to your specification the way that you want yours to be like. It is uniquely you like Roseberg is unique to its self.

Rosenberg Castle was one of my top stops in Copenhagen. It is a very beautiful old castle. It also contains an exhibit of the crown jewels and the Danish Crown Regalia. It is guarded by the Royal Guards and here Gaylan decided to play one of the guards.

You should always take pictures of yourself wherever you are so that you can remember that you were there and have a little fun while you’re there too.

The Rosenberg Gardens has one of the most popular parks to visit. Remember when you see a bathroom or toilet use it! They have them at Rosenberg.

A new thing that has come around and it is really fun is the new QR Codes. You can see them posted on the outside of attractions. You will see them here on that white poster at the entrance to Rosenberg. You just use your smart phone and scan it and it will give you all the information on the places that you are visiting. It helps make a good self tour.

Another attraction is the Little Mermaid Statue. It is the most photographed woman in the world. It has had several accidents over the years. She lost her head twice and her arm once. This is a statue that is one of the most famous here. People come from all over the world to have their picture taken with it.
Another of the most famous photographed statues in Copenhagen is the Gryphon Statue and fountains. This is one of the largest in Copenhagen. It also serves as a wishing well stop. Make a wish while you’re there.

Nyhaven is probably the most photographed place in Copenhagen. You see it on post cards send all over the world. It is a beautiful street. It has brightly colored buildings.

One of the best ways to see it is to take a canal cruise. You cruise along and see the things along there. It also has parking for strollers and bikes. As you go along the water way you see things at a different level. You can pass all the crowds that are crowded on the sidewalks Go along the nice calm canals and see things from a different perspective than you have seen them earlier.

Of course a trip to Denmark wouldn’t do without eating some of the great seafood that you find and they have some other great food choices as well. When you are here one of the most famous things to eat is one of their famous hot dogs. It’s amazing! Besides the hot dog on the budget side would be burgers, fries and a drink. Sometimes that’s the way to go.

One of the busiest funest places to eat and shop is the walking street Stroget Street. Shopping shopping, shopping, people, people, people – this is Stroget Street a long long shopping street with shops and restaurants.

City Hall and Square is one place to start. It is a central location and there is lots going on. While we were there there was a fun game going on I’d like share with you. They were human size blow up balls. People wiggled into them and then ran and bashed into each other knocking their opponent across the ring. It was hilarious. We laughed and laughed.

Whether you see Copenhagen and come by train, have a rental car and drive around, take the hop on hop off bus or walk around and look at Copenhagen there has so much to see it will take a couple days or several days just to get a feel for it.

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Welcome to Boomer & Senior Travel TV

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and our focus traveling to Copenhagen

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Denmark.

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Our first sight of Copenhagen was as we flew into

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Copenhagen after flying from Amsterdam

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Holland. What we had found was that the

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cheapest route for us to do was

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to take a Delta flight

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from New York City to

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Amsterdam and then return

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from Amsterdam to New York City

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that happens a lot it makes it

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cheaper than if you fly

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from another city. Then we found

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a more localized carrier

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the Scandinavian Airlines SAS

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to fly us round trip in and out of

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Amsterdam to Copenhagen.

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That made it a lot less expensive

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so you want to check your airlines

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for different combination of airlines

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to see how much less

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expensive it is. It cut ours by

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by $300 – $400 dollars a person.

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to do that.

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So be aware of that and check that.

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Now of course the very first thing that I did

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when I got there was

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after checking into our hotel

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which was the Saga Hotel…

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The Saga Hotel is only about

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a block from the main train station

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in Copenhagen you can take the train

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straight from there right into

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the downtown of

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Copenhagen and go

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to the central train station and the

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there are a lot of hotels right in that area.

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It is a good centralized area to be in

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if your going to go sight seeing.

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We stayed at the Saga Hotel that was about

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a block from the central station.

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One of the things that I always check for

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when I am traveling

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is that my hotel has access to

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to the internet.

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I have to stay in touch with everyone.

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Internet is very important to me.

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I made sure that this hotel had

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Internet. We were also looking for

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and we chose the Saga because it was

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close to the train station and

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because it had rooms for triple.

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There was my husband and

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mother-in-law traveling with me.

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So we needed rooms that would hold 3 people.

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two people in a room so you have to

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check that out before you go.

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I enjoyed the Saga. It had great internet

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service there as well as

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it has laundry service.

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Which by that point having been in Holland

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for a couple of weeks it was time

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to do laundry so it was nice to

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have there. The fee for that

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wasn’t much and you got to do your own

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laundry and get every clean and done.

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It was locked up so you could put your cloths

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then come back and get it.

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It serviced just one person at a time.

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Denmark Tivoli Gardens

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is kind of like a mini

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It is rumored that Walt

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saw this and then decided to

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to build the California Disney.

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This has rides, flowers,

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restaurants just like any

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amusement park that you see

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roller coaster here

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a fun amusement park to come

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Tivoli has one of the oldest

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working wooden roller coasters

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large ones, even one called

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“The Demon.”

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from the entrance to Tivoli Gardens

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are these four statues

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from mythology.

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In this little square is right

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where you catch the

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Hop on Hop off Bus.

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the green ones.

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The hop off hop on buses

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there are several different lines

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in Denmark on the green line you didn’t

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head phone sets that plug in

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and you select your own language to listen to

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the commentary on the area you are in.

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You get a complete tour and history of the area

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as you take the bus tour around

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and stop and get off

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and then get back on. Sometimes

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between every 20 to 30 minutes

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you can get back on the bus

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at the different stops. You have time

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to go sightseeing and then get back on.

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to get around.

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The green line bus was a 48 hour

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ticket which we also liked

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as well as they will go out

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to the cruise line ship

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so that you can get on at the cruise ship

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and off at the cruise ships.

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red or green is a great

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way to go.

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[seeing buses no voice]

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to go around in different

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cities and go sight seeing.

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One is they are good for all weather.

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like the green buses because they had the

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a cover that would pull over the top.

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so if it was raining you

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didn’t have to get wet but you could still

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see it. They also have these

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head phone that you put on

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and then they have a pre-taped

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commentary as you go along

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that narrates all the sights that you see, plus

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any of the ones you want to hop off

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and see them and catch the next

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bus and go to the next thing.

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Really convenient way and

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cheap way of seeing

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and hearing about the country.

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to view the city that you are in.

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Riding on the buses can put you up

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tall enough that you can see

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and you have the head phone that you can

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listen at the same time but it give you

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the whole open air experience

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to sit up on top.

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into area that you

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because of the height of fences.

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They are larger than they were in Holland

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a wider waterway

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but very beautiful.

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The highways and roadways here

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seemed very normal to me. Something that

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would be easy and comfortable

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to drive on if you were to

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rent a car.

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There was the opera house that we went to

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on the hop on hop off bus

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Then we made a stop at

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Christiania.

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this is Christiana

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Christiana is a

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70’s- 60’s village that

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is a love kind of self governed

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community that is in

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danger of having

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that removed.

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All the hard drugs are gone from here now

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It’s just a hippie community

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but something fun to see, something different

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Very different from what we ever see at home.

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You might want to make a stop here.

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I loved the walls that surrounded Christiana.

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with it’s..some people would call it graffiti

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I call it art.

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I thought it was just a fun thing to go and see.

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I love towers. One of my favorite towers

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was the “Dragon Spires” It was

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over the old stock exchange

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the Borsen.

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It has three dragon tails that wind together

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to the top.

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There are three crowns on top

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They represent the three Nordic countries.

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Another one of my favorite ones

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was “The Church of Our Savior”

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tower. This

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It has 250 stairs on the outside and

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150 stairs on the outside that you can climb

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to the top and see over Copenhagen

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As well as a lot of beautiful things inside

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Nicholaus Church is one

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of many of the buildings that were in

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was destroyed during the great fires

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of 1794

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that burned much of Copenhagen. Only the

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clock tower was left the rest

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has been rebuilt.

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This now a commercial and art center.

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Rosenberg Castle in

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Denmark. Denmark has so much to see here

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The hop on hop off buses

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This is one of the stops

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the Rosenberg Castle. As you can see

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This castle is a little different from other castles

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that we have been to

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As I said in the past all castles

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have a different look

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and style built by the owner

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in the style and form that they wanted

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The way that they like it.

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Your castle is the same both in your

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relationship and your home.

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You build it to your specification the way that

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you want yours to be like.

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It is uniquely you like Roseberg

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is unique to its self.

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Rosenberg Castle was one of my top

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stops in Copenhagen

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Very beautiful old castle.

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It also contains an

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exhibit of the crown jewels

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and the Danish Crown Regalia.

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It is also guarded by the Royal

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Guards and here Gaylan

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decided to play one of the guards.

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You should always take pictures of yourself

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wherever you are so that you can remember

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that you were there and have a little fun

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while your there too.

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The Rosenberg is one of the stops

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on the hop on hop off buses.

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The Rosenberg Gardens is one of the most

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most popular parks

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as well to visit.

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Remember when you see a bathroom

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or toilet use it!

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They have them at Rosenberg.

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A new thing that has come around

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and it is really fun is the new

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QR Codes

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You can see them on the outside of attractions

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You will see them here on that white poster

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at the entrance to Rosenberg

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You just use your smart phone and

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scan it and it will give you

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all the information on the places

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that you are visiting.

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It helps make a good self tour.

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Hi, we are in Denmark. This is the

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Little Mermaid Statue. It is the most

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photographed woman in the world.

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It has had several accidents over the years

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she lost her head twice

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and arm once.

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This is a statue that is the most famous

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here. People come from all over the

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world to have their picture taken with it.

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Another of the most famous photographed

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statues in Copenhagen

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is the Gryphon Statue

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and fountains. This is one of the largest

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in Copenhagen.

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It also serves as a wishing well stop.

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Make a wish. Nyhaven is probably the most

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photographed place in Copenhagen.

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It is a beautiful street.

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It has brightly colored buildings.

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One of the best ways to see it is to take

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a canal cruise.

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You cruise along and see the things

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along there. It also has

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parking for strollers and

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bikes. As you go along the water

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way you just see things at a different

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level. You can pass all the crowds

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that are crowded on the sidewalks

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Go along the nice calm canals

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and see things from a different perspective.

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than you have seen them earlier.

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Of course a trip to Denmark wouldn’t

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do without eating some of the great

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seafood that you find

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and they have some other great foods as well.

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Let’s turn to Gaylan. Here we are in

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Copenhagen Denmark

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When you are here this is

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one of the most famous things to eat

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one of their famous hot dogs.

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It’s amazing!

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I’m going to munch it down.

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[eating]

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it’s good!

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Besides the hot dog on the budget side

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would be your burgers and french fries

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and a drink. Sometimes

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that’s the way to go.

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One of the busiest funnest places

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to eat and shop

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is the walking street

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Stroget Street. Shopping

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shopping, shopping, people, people, people

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this is Stroget Street

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a long long shopping street

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with shops and restaurants

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This is in Copenhagen Denmark.

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City Hall and Square is

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one place to start it is kind of

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central location

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and there is lots going on

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While we were there there was a

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fun game going on I’d like

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share with you.

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[laughing]

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[more laughing]

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[laughing and background noise]

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Whether you see Copenhagen and come by

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train or if you have a

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rental car and drive around

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and look at Copenhagen

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take the hop on hop off bus

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or you just walk, Copenhagen

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has so much to see it will take a couple

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days or several days just to get

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a feel for it.

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