Delightful Denmark - Copenhagen Strøget

After a ten hour flight on SAS in which I watched two movies, had dinner and breakfast, and watched the sun rise over Copenhagen as we landed, I am now in the land of the Danes. Steven had come here a week earlier for work. Now I'm here too, but only to do fun stuff. And today we fit so much in.

After a hearty brunch at our hotel, we walked down the Strøget (pronounced stroy-et), which is Danish for "the walking strip." It's a pedestrian-only shopping corridor, and is a mix of slightly cheesy tourist shops and high end shopping (think Gucci), interspersed with public squares. You can enter the Strøget next to the city town hall (pictured above), which looks like a church and warehouse rolled into one. And watch out for bikes; cyclists are everywhere.

It was at at the first square we came to (Amegertorv, I believe), where I spotted the husband day care center sign. Husband day care consists of letting your husband get a drink while you shop. The beverage kiosk sits conveniently behind the sign. Steven failed to take advantage of this day care even though I spent extended time in a shop selling gnomes. (The shop is Det Gamle Apotek, and it is chock full of gnomes and Danish candy. You can't go wrong with picking up a souvenir here.)