Denmark Day 1

We left Austin on Thursday and arrived in Copenhagen 18 hours later at 1p on Friday. We all managed to get a few hours of sleep on the plane.  We checked in at the Hotel Carlton Guldsmeden (which means Dragonfly) and quickly claimed our sleeping spots. (yea ..this didn't quite work out)

View from our hotel

 The temperature in Copenhagen is high 60s so we changed into warmer clothes and headed to the Tivoli Gardens about a 10 minute walk from our hotel.  Tivoli is an amusement park that is said to be the inspiration for Disneyworld.

Yes, I regretted this ride.

There is one of the oldest wooden roller coasters from 1914 called  Rutschabanen (translated to 'The Roller Coaster') which turned out to be our favorite ride.  One surprising thing Drew and I found interesting for an amusement park is that there were many girls and women dressed in high heels with jeans, skirts or whatever.  Not what you really expect to see getting on a roller coaster.  Oh well .. they looked good!


We have found the Danes to be very nice and welcoming.  Danish is spoken everywhere however they are taught English starting at a very young age and do not hesitate to switch dialects when needed.