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Fun Photo Friday — Copenhagen Favorites 2

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Catching some Zs

Time for some more Copenhagen favorites from the image collection:

Copenhagen Photo Tour — Part 4

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Nyhavn

Meandering around Copenhagen with a camera and a great spouse is a blissful endeavor. You never know what you’re going to see around the next corner, such as Nyhavn depicted in Lego (a Danish invention), perhaps:

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Nyhavn in Lego

Or yet another castle, in this case Rosenborg Castle built in 1606:

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Rosenborg Castle

Of course, all that exploration leads inevitably to hunger, and nothing satisfies quite like one of the best cheesecakes we’ve ever enjoyed:

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Bertel’s Salon for cheesecake

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One of...

Copenhagen Photo Tour — Part 3

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Black Diamond (library)

Not all Copenhagen architecture consists of old buildings. There is a lot of modern architecture here, as well. The above image is the Black Diamond waterfront extension of the Royal Danish Library. As our tour boat passed by the front of the Black Diamond, I was able to capture this rather unique selfie (I’m the one toward the left side with the camera held to my face):

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Our tour boat reflected in the Black Diamond

Another modern building along the waterfront is the ne...

Fun Photo Friday — Copenhagen Favorites 1

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Streetlamp and Life Jackets

Time for some Fun Photo Friday favorites of Copehagen:

Copenhagen Photo Tour — Part 2

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Nyhavn

Copenhagen is awash in color. Consequently, there is seldom a reason to do a black & white conversion. Above is the famous Nyhavn area, and here’s another view of Nyhavn:

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Copenhagen

Another famous feature of Copenhagen are the many houseboats used as permanent residences:

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Houseboat

The Kunsthal Charlottenborg is the exhibition home of the Royal Danish Academy of Art, but the wall below is what captured my interest. This piece of wall art is but one frame that uses some 3,500 life jacke...

Copenhagen Photo Tour — Part 1

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Copenhagen

Time to take a walking tour of Copenhagen, Denmark, starting with:

Fun Photo Friday — Amsterdam Favorites 2

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Glass

Today’s Amsterdam Fun Photo Friday favorites:

Amsterdam Photo Tour — Part 4

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Amsterdam, Netherlands

Today’s photo-tour of Amsterdam:

Amsterdam Photo Tour — Part 3

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Amsterdam, Netherlands

Still taking a break, so we’ll continue our photo-heavy tour of Amsterdam this week before moving on to Copenhagen, Denmark next Monday:

Fun Photo Friday — Amsterdam Favorites 1

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Copper Dome