Day 9 - December 25th - Christmas in Denmark

     It is Day 9, and Christmas in Denmark! Everyone was up by 9:30 a.m., so we all decided to get some breakfast at the nearby cafe called Sweet Treat. We arrived by bus at about 10:00 a.m. and tried an assortment of muffins, pastries, and coffee, which was much to our liking. We left to go walk around the streets of Copenhagen, exploring many different shops. We noticed the spirit of Christmas was in the air. We had walked from about 10:30 a.m. to about 11:30 a.m. until we decided to go to the Christmas hotspot of Copenhagen, Tivoli Gardens.
Festival Event:
     We arrived at, "Christmas in Tivoli" (our holiday on the trip) at about noon and it was a beautiful sight. The giant Christmas trees go on for as far as we can see and we are nothing short of amazed. We ran into Santa on the way and he said Taylea was on the bad list, and that everyone else would get whatever they wanted for Christmas. We enjoyed a sample of some Danish cookies and other Christmas treats, which went well with the cold weather. Christmas spirit was surely in the air and we enjoyed staring at the beautiful lights and taking in everything Tivoli had to offer. We left at 1:00 p.m., but decided to return to finish our experience once we had finished eating.
     Axelborg Bodega was the restaurant we decided on for lunch, for a Denmark style lunch. We all got the marinated herring, which tasted different but we all still had our fill of it. We stayed from about 1:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m., and fulfilled our promise to go back to Tivoli and ride some of the rides.
Sport Event:
     We stayed until 4:00 p.m., and left to go to the famous H.C Andersen Castle. After posing for pictures with the statues, and walking around the site, we left at 6:45 p.m. to go enjoy some dinner. Wallmans Circus Building was the final choice, and it was a great one. We enjoyed a some wonderful Angus steaks and an inspiring gymnastics show along with it. Morgan is a talented gymnast, so she really liked the show. We stayed awhile, and when was over it was about returned to our hotel to wind down and dream about the days to come in Denmark.

H.C Andersen in statue form

Christmas at Tivoli