Dour Danes, revisited
As if Copenhagen isn’t pretty colorful already on a sunny summer afternoon (especially from the carefree vantage point of a bicycle), I had the good fortune Saturday of turning a corner on mine and suddenly finding myself in the center of a spectacular gay rights parade. Now was that fun or what?!
In fact the half-day rental of the bike at a Danish Krone equivalent of $10 U.S. was the best bargain I found in the Danish capital. That and all the people-watching, which was free.
Saturday also marked the 100th birthday of the statue of the Little Mermaid in the Copenhagen harbor. So I biked over there later and paid my respects to Hans Christian Andersen — just before the rest of Copenhagen showed up for the beginning of a Happy Birthday, Little Mermaid fireworks show. Better make that the (not so) dour Danes.
Rowing with Ulysses 