Copenhagen

After finally awaking my roomie up at 10:30 a.m. (one of the many awesome things about Wendy as a roommate is the ability to make as much noise as a marching band and you will NOT disturb her sleep), Wendy and I took off exploring the beautiful city of Copenhagen. We started with Tivoli Gardens, which is the cross between amusement park, state fair, and botanical gardens. It was around 80 degrees today with a clear blue sky and according to the locals they only get 4 or 5 days a YEAR like this so many of them were out enjoying the park. 

Tivoli

We continued along through Copenhagen along the many pedestrian streets toward the Botanical Gardens. We were enticed here to see the beautiful, lush green spaces but also there was a rumor there is an arctic greenhouse that is climate controlled for arctic plants. While the weather here is a breezy and low humidity 80 degrees, it is still warmer than expected. Most places do NOT have air conditioning so therefore there is little relief inside. Sadly the arctic greenhouse was closed but we still got to see a flower that blooms only once every 15 years. We also got a reminder of how hot we could be in Mississippi as apparently this flower likes very warm and VERY humid air. I'm going to admit our tour guide nor the "official garden brochure" described the plant in any detail. After a 5 second Google search I am understanding why they didn't refer to it as it's um....accurate might be the word....name.

Here is the plant and here is the link to find out more about it: http://www.vocativ.com/world/denmark/penis-flower-blooms-copenhagen/

After the garden tour we hiked back down to the National Museum that is located in one of the prince of Denmark's palace. The museum was somewhat interesting but we only had 15 minutes to explorer before closing so all I can really tell you is every other room was really hot and the original Danes were farmers that then spread farming to other parts of Europe. We traveled back to our hotel for our included dinner with the group by water taxi. We thought it was going to be a 10 minute cruise. It ended up being an hour but we did get fresh air, a breeze, and another look at the beautiful city. 

Following dinner I walked back to the Tivoli Gardens with a a few other travelers to enjoy the park at night. I love traveling and visiting with so many people, especially since most (with the exception of Wendy and Margie) are my dad's age. They have all experienced so many neat things in their lives and there are lessons to learn from them all. See dad...I told you that you could hang with this group. There are at least 30 people older than you!!!