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- Apr 19, 2007
Day 10 – Copenhagen (Continued) – Marble Church & Rosenborg Slot
After the ceremony, we decided we needed to eat. The concierge at The Admiral had made a recommendation of a place near Rosenborg Slot, which was our next destination. But, since we were passing right in front of the Marble Church on our way, we took a side trip and went inside. It was on DD’s list to see the inside of a church in Europe. It was beautiful. Check!
Walking through Copenhagen, you don’t see any gas stations on the corners like in the States. Here’s a typical Copenhagen gas station.
Unfortunately, by the time we walked all the way to the restaurant, they were not open for lunch. In fact, a lot of restaurants are not open for lunch in Copenhagen. We proceeded towards Rosenborg hoping to find food at The Kings Garden. The restaurant at the garden was full, but they told us that Rosenborg had a café, so we headed there.
We all had grilled sandwiches and sodas on the castle grounds. Some of us even had ice cream afterwards.
Unfortunately, Rosenborg is not handicap accessible so our neighbors could not go on the tour. They headed back to the hotel. However, DNDDC, DcousinC and DsisterJ joined us on a tour of the castle. Another check off DD’s list, go inside a castle. Check!
We bought our tickets and rented lockers to put our backpacks into. The rental fee was 20 DKK, but you go it back when you retrieved your belongings.
To call this castle opulent would be an understatement. The castle was built by Christian IV and evidently he loved building castles. I call this the bust room.
The castle is full of these ornately decorated secretaries and cabinets.
They had rooms dedicated to porcelain and glass. There were so many of the most ornate clocks I’d ever seen, I stopped counting.
This was one of my favorite rooms.
Here is the throne room. There are thrones on either end. The ceiling is phenomenally ornate.
These silver lions protect the thrones of the king and queen.
The crowning glory of this particular castle, however, is what’s in the treasury below. The Crown Jewels!! Oooooh, more shiny and glittery things!!!
Weaponry.
The armor. Notice the elephants.
Amber is plentiful in this part of the world. Copenhagen even boasts an Amber Museum. These are all made of amber.
I believe this is scrimshaw.
And of course, it's all about the bling!!!! Ahh, it’s good to be Queen.
And, of course, the crowning glory!
The guards take guarding the treasury seriously. No ornamental uniforms here.
We then headed out of The Kings Garden.
Continued in next post.
After the ceremony, we decided we needed to eat. The concierge at The Admiral had made a recommendation of a place near Rosenborg Slot, which was our next destination. But, since we were passing right in front of the Marble Church on our way, we took a side trip and went inside. It was on DD’s list to see the inside of a church in Europe. It was beautiful. Check!
Walking through Copenhagen, you don’t see any gas stations on the corners like in the States. Here’s a typical Copenhagen gas station.
Unfortunately, by the time we walked all the way to the restaurant, they were not open for lunch. In fact, a lot of restaurants are not open for lunch in Copenhagen. We proceeded towards Rosenborg hoping to find food at The Kings Garden. The restaurant at the garden was full, but they told us that Rosenborg had a café, so we headed there.
We all had grilled sandwiches and sodas on the castle grounds. Some of us even had ice cream afterwards.
Unfortunately, Rosenborg is not handicap accessible so our neighbors could not go on the tour. They headed back to the hotel. However, DNDDC, DcousinC and DsisterJ joined us on a tour of the castle. Another check off DD’s list, go inside a castle. Check!
We bought our tickets and rented lockers to put our backpacks into. The rental fee was 20 DKK, but you go it back when you retrieved your belongings.
To call this castle opulent would be an understatement. The castle was built by Christian IV and evidently he loved building castles. I call this the bust room.
The castle is full of these ornately decorated secretaries and cabinets.
They had rooms dedicated to porcelain and glass. There were so many of the most ornate clocks I’d ever seen, I stopped counting.
This was one of my favorite rooms.
Here is the throne room. There are thrones on either end. The ceiling is phenomenally ornate.
These silver lions protect the thrones of the king and queen.
The crowning glory of this particular castle, however, is what’s in the treasury below. The Crown Jewels!! Oooooh, more shiny and glittery things!!!
Weaponry.
The armor. Notice the elephants.
Amber is plentiful in this part of the world. Copenhagen even boasts an Amber Museum. These are all made of amber.
I believe this is scrimshaw.
And of course, it's all about the bling!!!! Ahh, it’s good to be Queen.
And, of course, the crowning glory!
The guards take guarding the treasury seriously. No ornamental uniforms here.
We then headed out of The Kings Garden.
Continued in next post.