Copenhagen

Copenhagen is home to the first theme park. Disney was inspired by the Tivoli theme park to build a new Tivoli... in Anaheim on steroids and named after himself. God bless America. The Matterhorn clearly was "inspired" by Tivoli's original roller coaster. Tivoli also has The Flying Trunk.

This Hans Christian Anderson themed ride corresponds to the gut wrenching It's a Small World but 

less intense. Our AirBnB digs were great. There are always surprises, we had lots of space (except when showering over the toilet) and a great view. Not pictured: 0 cm clearance between bathroom door and knee.

Loiterers in the neighborhood. 

I guess this scene is in every Scandinavian city.

The King's Garden was temporarily annexed by a princess. 

 Our host recommended potato Smørrebrød, an open faced sandwich. He was raised by hippies from Christiania, Denmark's way of making Berkeley look like a city of suits. He had dark hair, my height, my weight, preferred a plant based whole food diet, but his light brown mock neck sweater had a zipper and mine had buttons. Otherwise we could have been friends. 

Turns out one of the best things to do in Copenhagen is get sick. It seemed pretty crazy that tourists get free health care. Then I remembered that my plan was to show up to the hospital with no idea about costs, to be treated by someone with no clue about cost.