As this is PART THREE for September 3rd, you can tell that this was a very busy day in Copenhagen...
John and I visited Fredericks Kirke which is located right next to the Queen's palace. It was gorgeous and overwhelming, as I have a feeling all of the churches I visit will be.
The ceiling:
Afterwards, we walked to Nyhavn to take a canal tour! This was one of my favorite parts. Quintessential Europe:
Doesn't the background look fake? Well, it's not! Heh!
Queen's palace and Fredericks Kirke from the canal:
Impressive architecture; the opera house:
Here is a view of the hostel (tall building on the left) that I stayed in, just for a bit of perspective:
Swans! I am very excited to see swans.
John and I took the bus to Christianhavn to climb Von Freisers Kirke. I think it was about 400 steps, but I am very afraid of heights. We climbed up until we were above those dark statues above the clock, and had to turn back on account of ME. Mind you, I have to brag that I wasn't at all tired or out of breath! BUT the winding staircase was making me VERY dizzy and nauseous and as a result, I got the typically 'rocking on a boat' feeling that I'm so used to (though it NEVER becomes comfortable...) and therefore, the entire church felt like it was rocking back and forth and was going to fall over. Logically, I knew this was not true, but it really, really felt like it so I got a bit panicky too. Oh well.
Some design of the church:
Looking DOWN the staircase...
Clockwork.
Huge bells.
Out the window:
Stairways got smaller and smaller...
After resting for awhile, we walked a few blocks to Christiania or 'Free Town'. I don't think it was my senses playing a trick on me, but I smelled pot before we even walked through the community entrance. Here's one of the entrances and in case you can't read it, it says 'You are now entering the EU' which of course implies that Christiania considers itself to be a sort of independent realm. I guess it's known for its counterculture and alternative living? It's really a mish-mash of scrap buildings. It used to be a military camp.
I did my best to take some pictures but then I saw a sign that no cameras were allowed. Then, when I saw the table upon table of pot being sold, I understood why. It was on a street called Pusherstreet (seriously, there was a sign and everything) and the tables had these huge chunks of different types of pot and different colored vials of what I assume were joints for sale. The smell of people smoking pot was pretty strong and I thought I might get high just from smelling so much of it. But apparently it's still illegal and when the police come they just pack up. No idea how that goes down.
This picture was taken from Christiania of some manmade lakes:
Well, after that I was still feeling motion sickness so I thanked John and I went back to the hostel for a rest. I feel so lucky that I was able to meet John and that he was so kind to show me around!
Decided to venture out around 8pm for some dinner and after walking around and not finding anything appealing or less than $20, I found a hot dog stand and sat on the City Hall steps and ate it. I actually am not a big fan of hot dogs but I actually really liked the ones I tried in Denmark.
And here's a random picture I took of Woody made out of legos:
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