Today was our last day in Copenhagen so after a hotel breakfast we
walked over to the Vesterbro area west of the central station to rent a
pair of bicycles for the day. Copenhagen seems to have the nicest
network of bicycle lanes I've ever seen, every road with any pavement
markings and even a few without had bicycle lanes - which were separated
from the road and the sidewalk by curbs and at intersections,
bicyclists have their own signals. They also have a LOT of cyclists
here as well so some roads were quite heavily trafficked. We managed
though and I also found a place that sold memory sticks that fit my
camera. So while I can't download them yet, I can still take pictures!
And that's the imporant thing!
So among our stops were the Marble Church - a
beautiful domed church, the Palace, which was surprisingly sleepy, the
New Haven canal which was hopping, we rode along the lakes north of the
central city, cruised through the Sondermarken park, and made a stop at
the Carlsberg Brewery.
Well it was their old brewery. It seemed that the
old man and his son didn't see eye to eye on how to brew Carlsberg so
his son opened the New Carlsberg brewery and they competed for many
years until the two were consolidated. The museum was fun and the
tasting at the end of the tour was in a very nice courtyard.
After returning the bikes, Dad and I went for a long
walk back to the New Haven Canal stopping for dinner at the Cock's and
Cows restaurant which I had seen a couple nights ago with a very long
line to get in. It was a burger place and the Danish interpretation of a
burger was quite good, however we looked around and saw that everyone
was eating them with a knife and fork. I followed their lead and it
sucked, Dad did it American style and had a much better burger
experience. A knife and fork is a lame way to eat a burger, Copenhagen!
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