Veronika Wild

 On the last night with my friends we had a lovely dinner courtesy of the Lions Club where they were giving a presentation about the orphanage they are supporting in Nepal. There was also some impromptu entertainment. At the Fire Station opposite, being the last day of school before the summer holidays, high school students were taking selfies and photos of each other in various stages of undress with the girls taking off their bras and waving them around  (Sorry guys, no photos!) and the boys stripped down to their underwear. You have never seen such a double take, such red faces or such a rapid reverse strip tease as when they finally noticed the laughter coming from the conference centre. Alas, my friends had to work the next day, so having already booked a hostel months ago in anticipation of my early morning flight out of Copenhagen, I headed off on the train. It was not to be. When I got there they said we don't take people over forty -five and that it said so in t...

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...