Hotel & Casino Marienlyst A/S Helsingør

DAY TRIP TO HILLEROD & HELSINGOR: (02/09/08) I announced that I was going to go north of Copenhagen to see some of the Danish countryside and to check out some cool castles. Steve (my bathroom mate) and John decided to come with me. Our first stop was Hillerod, which is a small inland town about 45 minutes northwest of Copenhagen. The major attractions here were Frederiksborg Slot and the surrounding gardens. It was also quite a pleasant walk through a very European looking ...

... different body organs and blood systems. No words can really describe what we saw; you're just going to have to see the pictures. After visiting the 'Bodies' exhibit, we headed back to the ship in Korsor. Friday July 11 Today we walked around the very small town of Korsor. There really wasn't much to see. When the ship was supposed to depart, it seemed the whole town; probably 200 people came to see us off. They even had the marching ...

... all pointing at the Swede's! We also spent some time walking through the town of Helsingor...there is a great former Carmelite monastery. We rode the train with a group of preschoolers going to the same town on a field trip. They knew we weren't Danes.....they were very cute!

... wandered around for a while. There were about 6 people sleeping in the room when I got back. I know that these people aren't all taking naps. I bet dollars to doughnuts that these guys just arrived and are trying to sleep off the jetlag. This was my second big indication that the summer peak season had hit and was now in full swing. School was out and the tsunami of drunken college students and families were coming across the Atlantic at an alarming pace. It's a little depressing to ...

We arrived by bus into Helsingør and walked along the harbour to Kronborg Castle for a self-guided tour of the royal apartments, church and casemates. Ramparts had excellent views across the Oresund to Helsingborg in Sweden. We then walked back through the old town to the train station stopping for an ice cream each then caught train back to Copenhagen.

Thursday in København started dry. Overcast, but dry. Keeping in mind that I was in Denmark, regardless of the glorious evening the day before, it was good enough for me. If I had been Kris Kristofferson from "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down", what I first came to would have been an ideal setting for me. "Tuborg" was having a promotional campaign in a pub on a small square with a very good dixieland band of pensioners, with a lamb roasting on a barbecue and beer dispensed free of ...

... not cheap) and the Swedes then hall cases and cases of it back to Sweden. The castle was also really cool even though the decorations inside were a little sparse as after it was used as a castle it was used for military training. However, it still has a moat and lots of castle-like things. My favorite piece ...

... s where all the shower water drains to, meaning the water can run all over the bathroom leaving a lovely trail of hair and other nasty things on the way. Also, in typical European fashion, every single toilet flushes a different way. However, most toilets here have two options for flushing. You can have a half flush or a full flush, so you can save lots of water. Then, you ...

... in the old port area of Nyhavn. The changing of the guard at the Royal Palace took place precisely at 12:00pm each day, and my neighbor Joan who is from Copenhagen said we absolutely had to see it. Scott toured the Statens art museum and I walked along the Stroget pedestrian shopping street, admiring the blown glass and danish artwork.