Yesterday we had breakfast at the hotel, which turned out to be a very large spread, with service for coffee. Did a few different jams and breads and lattes. Couple interesting juices too.
The bulk of our day was at Tivoli, which is the worlds 2nd oldest amusement park. We got there shortly after it opened and got ride + entrance passes. We mostly wasted tge ride portions as Sarah did one with me, I did one by myself. The park itself is pretty good sized at the center of Copenhagen, its got lots of flowers, little souvenir shops and restaraunts. Today was big band day apparently so it seemed like it was all local/high school jazz big bands playing in the bandshell. We got some cocktails to walk around with.
First ride was the tower drop. Its been a long time since ive been on one. I dont really like heights but I was like hey i can get a view of the city. I did. I definitely screamed harder than the kids next to me. Its the kind that holds you at the top for about 10 seconds maybe then drops you. I could in fact see to the ocean and over the buildings, and wind turbines in the background. My scream cut off halfway down and i just started laughing.
Sooo I was like alright theres this ither spinny one tgattakes you up but youre in a cart, minimum height is small so kids are doing it. Can sit inthe cart with Sarah. Horrible decision. Spoiler is we didnt die, but 2 adults in one of these squeaky carts spinning around sideways and it lasted what seemed like forever. It was at least 2 minutes at the top, which seemed much longer. We got a lot of laughter out of our shared terror from our stupid antelope shaped cart. And we were done with rides :)
Got some expensive hotdogs, popcorn, and drinks and looked around more. Sadly the aquarium was closed until later due to a band show.
After we left we looped around a little. We had planned on going to Freetown Christiania, an oddball hippy-esque non governed area of the city, but wound up passing on it. We did go to the Nyhavn neighborhood and walking around. Its a 17th century canal, house, restaraunt area. It looks pretty enough but its one of those overcrowded tourist areas.
After that we walked around a bit and grabbed some snacks as well as the hard salty licorice Martin had recommended earlier. Got back to the hotel and packed up again for the next leg of the trip.
We had a late reservation at an Italian place down the road. A little fancier fare put us over budget for probably the first time (along with the Tivoli tickets). We had burrata for a starter which was fantastic. Sarah had Filetto Rossini (beef with fois gras, truffles, madeira sauce) and I had pistachio and wasabi crusted rack of lamb. Both very good, first time either of us have had fois gras. I always think of a quote from Gordon Ramsay where he says "Some people say fois grois is cruel, but I think its delicious". It can be both Gordon, but also I dont think we'd go out of our way for it again.
Had a couple deserts and some wine. Shnazzy honeymoon meal.
We watched Airplane! back in the bedroom and fell asleep to it. Didnt get to see a ton of Copenhagen but had a good time.
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