Our trip got off to a bumpy start. When we arrived in Copenhagen credit card machines were down all over the city. So we walked, cashless, in the cold rain to our hotel. Once the rain stopped we decided to explore the city. Our hotel was located next to the Tivoli Gardens and Hans Christian Anderson Avenue. The Tivoli is one of the oldest amusement parks in the world, but unfortunately it wasn't open for the season yet. Despite the rain and the overcast skies, Denmark was a really neat place. I have heard that Denmark has amazing rooftops, weird fact, but its true. They do have really great architecture. Christiansborg, which houses Copenhagen's Parliament and the Royal Stables, has opened the tower the public, so people are able to walk up and have a view of the city. Now that it's open, it offers the highest point of view of the city.
We also had the chance to go to Kronborg Slot, the castle on the isles of Elsinore, or Hamlet's Castle. We missed the last guided tour, so we toured the castle ourselves. While the castle has been furnished and slightly made up for visitors, there weren't a lot of changes to the original structure, which I really appreciated. The castle was absolutely beautiful and it held so much history. At the time of it's construction it had the largest ballroom in Europe. We walked the entire castle and even went down to the case-mates, but after searching for two hours, with no signs of Hamlet's ghost, we decided to call it quits.
I didn't realize that we owe Denmark so much. We owe them for the invention of Legos, Blutooth, the stories of Hans Christian Anderson, and Prince Eddie from the "Prince and Me". If I weren't living in such close proximity, I may have never paid a visit, but I am very glad I had the chance to go!