Encounter with a Smørrebrød and other stories

Woke up *early* and headed towards Copenhagen City (centre) which is full of old buildings, cafes and shops. First stop was Radhuspladsen (Townhall square) where we visited the Ripley's Believe It Or Not museum, a tribute to the weird and the wonderful. This place had some cool stuff like ugly people and a two-headed cow (yay). Next stop was the new H.C. Andersen museum with dioramas of the author's life and his works, including some very cute displays for his most famous works such as Thumbelina and The Little Mermaid. Never realized this man was responsible for so many of our childhood stories!

By then it was about 2pm and time to start hunting for a restaurant. We found this small underground place where we decided to try out the Smørrebrød, a very popular dish in Denmark consisting of a slice of rhye bread and butter with a mountain of err.. anything you can imagine on top. Toppings range from slices of beef and onions to lettuce and herrings with tartar sauce. Its quite a meal in itself and the combinations of toppings can be quite interesting. Erika had the Smørrebrød with a minced-meat pat and fried egg and onions, whilst mine came with liver pate, bacon, ham, and an interestingly tasteless cube of jelly fat.

We then walked through the main pedestrian and shopping streets with our last stop at this massive sweet shop where you get to choose from hundreds of different types of sweets, and just put them in your paperbag. Strangely, 500g of sweets only lasted 2 days.