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Nice photos of Tivoli Gardens and they certainly have some thrill rides which I'd love. Love the Japanese building as quite the style we're familiar with. I'm guessing a Japanese restaurant resides there?
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Thursday 16 June – part six: shall we give it a go?
Christainsborg Slot is made up of the palace itself, a palace church, former royal coach house and stables, as well as the Folketinget, the Danish parliament. We first came to the riding grounds…
We then headed over to the palace itself, and it was a bit surreal to see these guard boxes with no guards in them. That may have something to do with the fact that the palace has not been home to the royal family for more than 200 years, but the rooms here are still used for grand occasions, such as state banquets attended by Queen Margrethe II.
As we walked through here…
… Mark spotted this sign:
Ok, let’s give it a go then. We couldn’t see anything that said there was a fee, and they did have signs up saying that only 40 people could go through at any one time, so we had no idea how long we’d have to wait to get through, but they let us through within five minutes. We had to clear a security check, then we had to wait for an elevator. That only took eight people at a time, and the first lot went up fine. Then it was us. We got seven people in, and a guy clearly yelled only one more could get in. Two American women decided they were both getting in. The lift stood there and refused to move, with an alarm going off. We all shouted at them, and told them one had to get out, and eventually they worked it out and both got off. Good grief!
We had to take another lift after that…
… which then let us out here with these statues…
Then we had to climb a couple of flights of stairs to get to the viewing platform. Wow, what wonderful views we had from here and for free!
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Great photos of the city from the viewing platform and even better that it was free of charge! Love it how you could see your ship from there and shows how grand it is!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
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Well, after a wonderful and very relaxing anniversary weekend, it's time to get this show back on the road...
Thursday 16 June – part seven: we don’t have these at home any longer…
When we were done with photos at the top of Christiansborg Slot, we headed back to ground level…
We were fascinated by this sign…
… and Mark spotted them beneath the water.
We headed for Hojbro Plads, a cobbled square, which contains a monument to Bishop Absalon, who from his horse points out towards Christiansborg Slot. The fountain here is named Storkespringvandet or the Stork Fountain, but the birds depicted here are actually herons.
However, there was something else we spotted in here, and you may have already seen it in some of these photos…
Imagine my delight when we saw adult T-shirts! We just don’t have these at home any longer…
I ended up getting a T-shirt and a Copenhagen mug (they had two adult T-shirt designs and a notepad, but stupidly I forgot to get a photo of their display ) and Mark got a Grumpy mug. The Cast Members in there were so helpful. They gave us 20% off the mug, as it was supposed to come with a coaster, and that was missing, and then we got out 10% Disney Vacation Club discount off the other items as well.
Very happy with our purchases, we headed along Kobmagergade, which appeared to be one of the city’s main shopping streets…
We were looking for a souvenir shop to get a fridge magnet, and somewhere to get a snack, but ironically didn’t have any luck on either count.
We were making our way to this place:
This is the Rundetarn or round tower, which is 35 metres or 115 feet high and you walk up a cobbled spiral ramp, which is just over 200 metres or 686 feet long. It winds around the building seven and a half times. It was built on the orders of Christian IV and was originally intended as an observatory for the nearby university. They still use the observatory here, making it the oldest working observatory of its kind in Europe. During the opening ceremony, it’s said that Christian IV rode his horse up here to the top. This stunt was repeated by Russian Tsar Peter the Great, while his wife Tsarina Catherine decided to take a different approach. She went to the top in a coach drawn by six horses. Now that’s my idea of style. Today there’s an annual bicycle race to the top, and the winner is the one who cycles to the top and back again in the fastest time without dismounting or falling off. Wow, I bet that’s quite a spectacle!
A little way up, you got a unique glimpse of the church next door, which was a bit surreal.
Then you’re off again, occasionally getting glimpses of what’s outside on the way…
We also found this!
Then we entered the bell loft that’s home to the bells of the neighbouring Trinity Church…
Some nice purchases at the Disney Store and glad you were finally able to find some adult t-shirts. That round tower is crazy and I hate those winding spiral staircases! Reminds me of Blarney Castle in Ireland, which were so narrow.
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
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I believe I have some classic pictures of the kids 'using' the privy in the tower!
I thought it was a lot easier to get to the top of the tower with the wide curving path, compared to the tight, tiny stairs in some similar structures.
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That may have something to do with the fact that the palace has not been home to the royal family for more than 200 years, but the rooms here are still used for grand occasions, such as state banquets attended by Queen Margrethe II. 
The lift stood there and refused to move, with an alarm going off. We all shouted at them, and told them one had to get out, and eventually they worked it out and both got off. Good grief! 
Love it how you could see your ship from there and shows how grand it is! 
We just don’t have these at home any longer… 
) and Mark got a Grumpy mug. The Cast Members in there were so helpful. 
Reminds me of Blarney Castle in Ireland, which were so narrow.
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