Veronika Wild

Hi there everyone! You may have noticed that I have been experimenting with different blog templates. I feel that this is a quieter time. All the bright buildings here have reverted to greys and whites and a particular shade of yellowish green grey. I do think the dark colours highlight the pictures better, though I am after a more subtle design. There are now so many competing blogs and so much busy, busy competing advertising. If you prefer the old design, let me know, if you can still remember what it was. Let me know too if you come across other blog pages which you liked whose design may be suitable for this one. What about content? Are you happy that I write about things as I find them on a particular day, as I would have for newspapers, or would you prefer one blog for nature- based/ travel only, and that the other stuff - random events, recycling,  good ideas seen here and elsewhere, appear in a separate blog, or should I leave it as it it is, so if one post is not ...

The classic view of Copenhagen On the Monday we did a "Stadtbummel" in Copenhagen browsing in the market, sampling cheeses, chocolates and dips and admiring the kitchenware. Then we poked around in expensive designer furniture shops and  the Royal Copenhagen Porcelain outlet, sustaining ourselves in between with coffee, excellent Danish  icecream and sausages from street stalls.We also did the obligatory touristy things like visiting the Royal Palace, the Harbour and of course, the Little Mermaid.   The Royal Palace and the Marble Church The flag is flying. That eans Princess Mary is home Not a lot of sunshine in Denmark. These are office workers making the most of it in their lunch hour You can't visit Copenhagen without seeing the Little Mermaid, if you can get near her! Copenhagen really is the still the queen of the seas. Yachts come right into the narrow canals and you can see cruise ships, container ships, pleasure boats, old wooden ships, a Viking boat...