As the old song goes, "Wonderful, wonderful Copenhagen!" We had a great night's sleep and made it down to breakfast 10 minutes before it closed! And what a breakfast it was--make your own waffles, eggs, bacon, as well as the usual fare of yogurt, musli, cheeses, all types of breads, and awesome coffee. We had so many ideas in terms of how to spend our two full days in Copenhagen and decided on a suggestion from Rose-Marie's family--the Experimentarium. We went online and checked out the location--too far to walk and then figured the advantages and disavantages of bus vs. train or a combo and opted for a longer bus ride so we could see the city as we rode to the "museum." It was a great choice for us. The Experimentarium was just that!
It was a hands-on museum with all different options.
There was a dinosaur room,
a room of circus types of experiments,
things to learn about the body and personality types,
science types of things,
on and on. 
We were there until we closed--probably the last ones to leave actually, and we could have stayed longer. It reminded us of a combination of each of these: Cosmonova in Stockholm plus parts of the Science Museum, the Minnesota Zoo, and the St. Paul Children's Museum as well as Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry.
When we arrived back in the center of Copenhagen, we thought about going to Tivoli, Copenhagen's 100 year old beautiful gardens and amusement park, but we decided on going to dinner at Hard Rock Cafe
next to Tivoli instead and going back to the hotel early to hang out. Unfortunately, we had to wait an hour for a table, but we had soft drinks and coffee while we waited and wrote up a list of our favorite and least favorite events, activities, and places to visit on the trip. We didn't look at each other's lists until we were through, and it was fun to compare what each of us thought were the highs and lows. Highest on the list were visiting the dear friends and family we stayed with, good food, and being with Katie. The most common low was rain, rain, and more rain! The Hard Rock was fun despite the wait and the awful high prices. Robby got his usual HRC hamburger ($17.00), and Carina and I split a large plate of macaroni and cheese ($25.00). Two cokes and a coffee cost $20! Plus there is the additional 25% moms tax! We did enjoy hitting 4 Hard Rock Cafes, however, in four countries (London, Paris, Sweden, and Denmark)!
Back at the hotel, we played cards, then Robby played some video games while Carina and I watched a movie in Swedish on Danish TV and then the musical Chicago in English with Danish subtitles. Wild!
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