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More pictures from the trip to Denmark and Sweden.
One of the many canals within Copenhagen, where one would frequently see swans trodding along:
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In what quickly ended up as one of my favorite neighborhoods of Copenhagen, called Slotsholmen, Christiansborg Palace, with a statue of Christian VI atop his horse:
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Nearby, a very beautiful building, the Danish Stock Exchange building:
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...s/100_0439.jpg
My future car:
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Within another neighborhood I fell in love with, called Strøget, this fountain sat in the middle of one of the squares:
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We went to Karen Blixen's house (a.k.a. Isak Dinesen), now a tourist attraction just north of Copenhagen; towards the end of her life, realizing her failing health and approaching demise, Blixen did all but plan her own funeral, detailed her living will, and specified that her house remain precisely the same and practically untouched. Everything inside her house has remained exactly as she left it before her death in the early 1960's, with the exception of flowers and probably routine dusting. Unfortunately, they forbade photography inside of her house.
She requested a burial site atop a hill, some 1/2 mile's hike beneath this impressive tree. On her gravestone prints nothing, except her name:
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...s/100_0521.jpg
Thinking of graves, Chava took me to Assistens Kirkegaard, placed almost precisely in the middle of Copenhagen in the Nørrebro district, an immense cemetery where graves date from centuries ago to modern times, also where many notable individuals lie; I managed to get pictures of most I wanted to see, but, unfortunately, we could not find Niels Bohr's grave in time.
Søren Kierkegaard's grave:
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The late reggae singer's, Natasja Saad's, grave:
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...s/100_0504.jpg
A strikingly attractive young woman standing next to Hans Christian Andersen's grave:
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Late poet's, Dan Turèll's, grave:
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...s/100_0509.jpg
Kronborg Castle, where Shakespeare furthermore immortalized as the place where Hamlet lived, and where he actually never visited (ironic, eh?):
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...s/100_0538.jpg
Closer up, on another side:
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...s/100_0526.jpg
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oh gosh! mono, those are great pleases to be. I'm so jealous!! :D
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Great pictures Mono. I especially like the architecture. :)
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Geez, we must have been busy to see all of those things! You should come back, then we can see more!
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Great pictures mono :nod: Northern Europe is beautiful :)
(too much running water though, did you cross those canals? :D)
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wonderful pics mono!
I really got to go there!
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Kilted and mono, beautiful pictures. I am happy for you, but long to see something more of the world!
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Nice pictures Kilt. :) That's a pretty large lake. Or so it seems in the pictures.
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Mono -- the picture of the tree is my favorite, I think! =) It looks like you got to see many wonderful things, though!
Kilted -- the clouds make those sunset pictures very interesting and beautiful (in my opinion, of course); thanks for sharing them with us! =)
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Sorry guys, trying to post some pictures, but I'm running into technical difficulties. Mainly it's because I'm computer illiterate.
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thanks
and virg, that is lake Huron
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Kilted, those photos remind me such much of the town I grew up (though it was a seaside resort, not lake). Bringing so many memories.
Yes, we turn into sentimental fools as we age.
