shop-lined passage under large building People reflected in ceiling
A shopping tunnel with a black reflective ceiling.

This is as good a place as any to mention that Copenhagen is an expensive city. Lodging, food, bus tickets, you name it.

The expense is disguised by having their own money. 5.29 Danish Kroner = 1 US$ at today's rate; 7.45 DKR = 1 EUR.

So you see a huge price for something, and your first reaction is "Well, that is Kroner - of course it looks high." Then you do some quick 'n dirty mental arithmetic, and say "Wait a minute! That really is expensive."

pointed pagoda roof and leafy branchstopped ride, waiting to descend and disembark
I'm not moaning seriously though. I already decided I can splurge for five nights here, and so far I am enjoying it, albeit bemusedly.

Part of me still finds it incredible that I am actually in Copen Freekin' Hagen! I knew I'd be going to Istanbul - it never occurred to me I'd be coming here.

Boy entering indoor ride. lawn filled with sitting people
reflections in pool and polished globePedestrian street with larches with light bulbs

A Short Rest
Pigeon and bricks, all in earth-tonesstrip of sunlight on the ground between my jeans-
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Time to go back to one of those terrace in the garden/lake area, and nurse a cappucino while I rest my feet, read my magazine, and watch the light become more golden on my surroundings and my fellow Tivolers.

And of course take more pictures. I'm on a roll, (if not of film) and there is no stopping.
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Sunnuvagun! This particular cafe terrace has (yet another) view of the City Hall.

As I left, a sunken bar was already nearly dark inside. Through one window, I saw the last of the sun coming in through another window.

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