DAY 15 - Travel day, with a healthy amount of Copenhagen thrown in.

Well, time to leave Copenhagen. Well, not quite. I didn't fly out of the airport until 7.40pm, and given the proximity of the airport from the city, and the fact that I was checked out and moving around with everything by 10am, I had a lot of stuff I could do. So I decided to do some of the leftovers that I didn't get to do before.

First of all, the Copenhagen City Museum. It was on the CPH Card, and it's much, much bigger than I anticipated. The gay guys had infiltrated it, too, by having a whole room with gay-related stuff, and putting gay-related historical things dotted around the regular museum. Give it a rest, guys.




"No you go first."
"No you go first."
"No you go first."
"No you go first."
"For fuck's sake, guys, get in the boat!"




I've been there, I think.








But it was a bit bigger.











So, I kind of rushed through that one, not realising its size, so I went to the much smaller, but still rather interesting, Thorvaldsens Museum. It's based around one guy, with that name, who made some truly fantastic (and big) sculptures. Yes, I didn't get enough of them in Oslo.




It was raining on and off all day, so I was happy to check out a museum or two.







The power of Christ compels you. This is in the awe-inspiring "Christ Room" (think that's the name), which also includes twelve other guys. I wonder who they are...









This is part of the castle place. Lovely. I also went in the theatre museum, which was not really that interesting for me, but it was nice to walk around the stage. Oh yeah, and the other day, I remember now that I went to see the ruins of the old castle. Forgot about that. Because it was boring.




Lovely garden. Beyond this is the Jewish Museum, which is in a bizarre building designed by an imaginative architect.







Enough of all that, it was time to head to Tivoli, the fun place! You saw one of the gates before, so I didn't bother photographing that, but here's this Chinese-style theatre where they sometimes do panto. The weather was nice by this point, and it shows in the pic.





This lovely building houses a very expensive restaurant. One thing about Tivoli is that although it has tons of rides, it also has even more restaurants, ranging from the cheap and cheerful fast food places to Michelin Star-rated restaurants, and lots in between.





There's even a pirate-themed restaurant on a boat, as you can see. It's all expensive on a world scale, as Copenhagen itself is expensive, but you're certainly spoilt for choice. Whether you should pay 85kr just to get into a place to have a meal is another matter.




This is the most expensive ride, Vertigo. I guess for two reasons: it's new; and you can control what happens (speed, turning etc). Scary stuff. I didn't go on a single ride, because I'm very tight.









Another ride, but not so scary.











Whee.








The main stage had music on all the time.








At this point it was Greenland people singing. There was a special Greenland-based event happening, so lots of flags etc.







More Chinese stuff. Nice.











Fancy a drop?











Ah, time for a rest. I found the cheapest place in Tivoli for some nice fish and chips. Simple, but effective, and only 49kr - a steal in this city.






Off to the station next door. I saw this place in the train station. Thought of the West Midlands.







Anyway, I took the train, I waited for ages to check-in and board my easyjet flight (no surprise) and I got to Milan on time. Alas! Once I got to the central train station, I couldn't figure out that I had to buy a travelcard from the Metro station to use on the tram to get to my hostel. It was very late, and everywhere was closed, so I had to ask a couple of people first. Once I figured it out, I got on the tram, only to realise after a while that I was going the wrong way. Doh. I eventually reached the hostel at midnight, and thus, it was time to rest at last. Now, where should I go in Milan, anyway?