Canal Tour - Part Two

There are actually only a few more pictures left from our canal tour. I'll start with those and then we'll move along to where we spent the remainder of the day, Rosenborg Slot (Castle) and Kongens Have (King's Garden) right in the heart of København.

Jared caught Ruby in a rare happy moment on the tour. She really did like to look over the edge of the boat, but I was too chicken to let her hang out too much! I sure didn't want to have to try to leap in after her if she fell (which of course we would!).

This is the old Stock Exchange (Børsen). This picture doesn't show it well, but the spire is made up of three dragon's tails intertwined. They represent the three Scandinavian countries: Norway, Sweden, and Denmark.

The final picture from our tour is of the unfinished Theater. It has a very similar look to it as the Opera House, but I'm not sure if they are by the same architect or not.

The King's Garden, which surrounds Rosenborg Castle right in the middle of the city, is really quite beautiful, even though when we went there weren't many flowers due to the dry hot weather we'd been having. We thought that these shaded paths were so pleasant, especially in the heat and impressive in that each tree was shaped and they were HUGE!

Here you can see Rosenborg Castle itself. It's a small castle from the early 1600s which now houses the crown jewels. We didn't go inside to see them this visit as we were told there are no strollers allowed and you have to be quiet. Two stipulations that we can't hold to when Ruby's along!

I think that I'll just finish up with the castle and garden pictures in another post. Blogger really makes things hard on you if you try to have more than 5 pictures per entry...