Land of Little Coloured Bricks and Probably the Best Beer in the World

Finally, another trip! This time to Denmark, famous for LEGO and Carlsberg. Although we didn't get a chance to get up to Billund where Lego is made, we did have two days in Copenhagen, Denmark's capital where we drank a lot (and we mean a lot) of Carlsberg.

What we really enjoyed included:

1. Changing of the Guard at Amalienborg Palace - we could see what was happening and get in and amongst the guards unlike at Buckingham Palace.
   
   
   
2. Frederik's Church (The Marble Church) - has the largest dome in Scandinavia which we were fortunate to make the fascinating climb to the top of (awesome views). This was actually really, really cool and was the highlight of the trip for both of us.
   
   
   
3. Rosenborg Castle with its beautifully preserved antiques and the crown jewels. We thought it was great that you were actually allowed to take photographs inside the castle (including inside the vault with the crown jewels)! This is the first castle or palace that has really let us do so and was a refreshing change from the 'no photos' attitude.
   
   
   
4. Round tower - originally built as an observatory it now offers views over the old part of city. The best bit is there are no spiral stairs (or any stairs for that matter)!
   
   
   
5. Forget 31 flavours of ice cream... try 31 varieties of hot dogs! YUM! Ice cream was also YUM!
   
   

We didn't have a chance to get inside the Opera House however we thought it was a sensational building. Much different to Sydney's. We also visited the "Little Mermaid" (Hans Christian Andersen's well known fairytale and one of the cities most photographed tourist attractions) and Christiania (think dead beat, slum, drugs, dirty, hippy town). We also took a canal boat ride and saw many, many, many statues.

The only downside of our trip was the copious amount of rubbish and crap everywhere.

Overall a great weekend!