Before we did the harbor cruise, we spent much of the morning LOOKING for the harbor cruise! Below is a link that will give you a map of Copenhagen. On the map, the "A" balloon is the center of the city. Just below the "A" you will see the location of Tivoli. Our hotel is across the street from this park.
We walked from our hotel to the Christianshavn Canal and then north along the water toward (but not to) Kastellet, the star-shaped castle grounds where the royal family live. We couldn't find the place to board the harbor cruise boats anywhere. Our primary map had the departure location in a totally wrong place, but we persisted and finally found the right place. This used up a lot of energy so, right after our cruise was over, we had lunch at one of the outdoor cafés along Nyhavn Street (actually across the canal from the skinniest house!). The weather was pretty brisk, with quite cool temperatures and a stiff wind. I was tickled to see that many of these outdoor cafés provide their patrons with soft, fuzzy blankets in which to wrap themselves so they don't freeze while eating! Seemed pretty thoughtful to me.
Once done with lunch, we walked slowly and somewhat aimlessly in the general direction of our hotel. We passed through Størget, which is the high fashion shopping area for Copenhagen. It was a hoot, with street artists and performers rubbing elbows with the glitterati of northern Europe who were rubbing elbows with us ordinary folk. There were lots of people there.
Once we got back to the hotel, Ivan had a nap while I tried to resuscitate my hair. When he woke up, we looked in a book for a place to have dinner and, unfortunately settled on a place that no longer exists, something we didn't find out until after we had walked to where it was supposed to be. Frustrating.
It was threatening to rain when we left our ultimate dining place, but we made it back to the hotel before it let loose.
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