So my day in Copenhagen started later than I originally planned. Our train was having "technical difficulties" and we ended up having to transfer in Malm? and take another train into Copenhagen, a process that caused me to arrive about 90 minutes late (the train from Stockholm that left an hour after us passed us in Lund). Anyways, the weather was still a bit colder than what I had expected, but it was sunny which was a positive. I found the hotel pretty easily, though the lights almost make it suggest that it is a little bit seedy, but it is alright, albeit very small.

Afterwards I walked around a bit to the R?dhuspladsen which is a plaza next to the City Hall (R?dhus). It appears that the city is getting ready for Christmas and put up a tree. Inside the city hall was interesting, but I guess not spectacular. They have a tower that one can get a good view of the city from, but is only open once a day at noon, and I don't know if I will be in the area when I go traveling later today.

One of the things I noticed at least around the train station (which is near the city hall) is the city is dirtier than Stockholm, which puts it on par for most American cities. Also the advertising is more blatant. On many of the buildings, there are plenty of electronic billboards spouting various products, many of them American. One of things that I noticed is that McDonalds and Burger King love to advertise in both Sweden and Denmark, there are advertisements everywhere. I think I may stop at one just to see if the food quality is any different than in the States.

On a whim, I decided that I was going to go check out the NY Carlsbe Glyptotek. Actually, it was not a whim, it got some pretty high marks from my travel guide... Anyways, I went in and was amazed about the sculptures in the museum. If my readers have not noticed by now, I am a museum junkie and this was fantastic, having some great marble sculptures and some paintings by Picasso, Manet, and Monet. Oh and it had some Egyptian mummies. And, I got to take pictures! My camera sure got a lot of use today, but you will have to wait till I get back to see more in the gallery.

After the museum, it was starting to get dark so I walked around the shopping district. After a while, the stores started looking all the same, though I noticed that there were a couple of Native Americans dancing and playing music (though not definitely not traditional). This is something that I suppose can only happen in Europe. I ended up going to a rather bland cafe with mediocre service. I tried a local beer that had a Christmas beer which was much better than the Cajun chicken wrap that had no flavor. Dinner in Copenhagen is expensive and I perused plenty of menus around the central area only to find that it mostly burgers, pizza, and wraps, no authentic cuisine is to be found, or at least at my price range. I suppose I would have to travel outside of the central trendy area, but I can't go out to one of the "suburbs" on a chance to find good food.

Well, after the cafe I was feeling more than a bit buzzed and decided to call it a night, which was still particularly early. I fell asleep to watching episodes of the The Simpsons. Below are a couple more pictures from the museum.

-Trevor