Copenhagen [03-06-08]

I did not sleep well last night. Apparently this guy woke up in the middle of the night to smoke n the toilet and the cigarette smell filled up the whole room. I almost died choking in the smog. I left the hostel at around 7 and tried to find a decent place for breakfast. Since i ain't exactly a big fan of pastries and bread, i skipped breakfast hoping to save some money for a decent lunch which on hind sight did not come to fruition.

I chanced upon an area of nice architecture during a walk. It was somewhere at burgorgade, with houses in old Danish architecture and colours worthy of ICI Dulux advertisement. I continued my walk to the bay to find the little mermaid. After snapping some shots of that bronze statue, i took a breather on a bench by the coast. As i closed my eyes and relaxed myself, i felt so free and relieved of everything. At that time i resolved to take my time and relax for this trip knowing there's no point rushing all about cos that's not my definition of a holiday.

A visit to the Denmark Lutheran Church 'Marble' left me in awe. It was a dome-shaped building with a really exquisite and unique interior. There were 12 apostles painted on the ceiling with the symbol of trinity at the very top.

Watched the military band doing their rehearsal at the Rosenbog. They were really solid and their steps were all in line and neat. This kind of reminded me of the super terok change of guards at Windsor Castle. =P Anyway i followed the guards to the palace for the change of guards and an unfortunate catastrophe struck. Apparently during the change of guards, someone pickpocketed my camera... my Canon PowerShot A570. I guess i could blame no one but myself for being too careless and i had no choice but to continue the trip with my camera phone. Feeling really upset, i bought McDonald's for lunch and ate the meal by the bay while writing postcards to my family and friends. This event totally killed my mood to tour but i persisted to capture some important photos (shown below) with my phone.

The walking street was really crowded with people. It was interesting to find people opening up a chess set in front of them waiting for someone to come challenge him/her. Some were playing poker cards and others were peddling goods. I bought a pretty oily but cheap Chinese takeaway for dinner. One thing i observed, Copenhagen was filled with vandalism and no one seemed to want to clear them at all.

Sad sad day
At Kastelliat
Little Mermaid
Nyhaun
Marble