Mum wakes up early but I have had a terrible sleep so I don't wake up until around 9am. The first thing we need to do is buy the groceries we wanted to buy last night, including breakfast for this morning, so I give Mum some money and she goes to the supermarket on the corner. I haven't slept well so I hop back into bed. Quite a while later, I decide it's time to get out of bed but Mum still isn't back from the supermarket. She doesn't have the best sense of direction, you see, so I begin to worry. Eventually, she arrives back in the apartment and says, "oh, I got lost. I thought we were in room 303 so I was on level 3 trying my card in the door but it wasn't working. I had to go back down to the front desk to ask which room we're in. The girl told me 212 and I mentioned that it was strange that room 212 was on level 3. She said it's on level 2." This is why Mum forgot me at the supermarket when I was a toddler. It was lucky we found our way home.
The regular transport buses aren't running until 11:30am so we're planning on arriving in the city just about lunch time. We'll go catch a hop-on, hop-off bus and then work out what to do next. It's amazing how plans can just fall apart... not so much in a bad way; more like how old petals fall of a flower to make way for a fresher looking flower.
We find the hop-on, hop-off bus fairly quickly but decide to walk around the city to see what we can see. It's Sunday but some of the shops are open. However, shopping isn't the best way to see the city; any city can have shops.We continue through the pedestrian areas until we reach one of the squares, which is bustling with people and a few entertainers.
Two guys are playing acoustic guitars and singing very well. We walk onward from the square and reach one of the canals. I have a plan to take Mum to see the main canal where all the coloured houses and cafes are and from where the canal cruises depart. I misfire and end up too far to the 'right' by a few blocks but then I see a warehouse-like structure with red doors that I recognise. Last time I was here, Andy took photos of that warehouse with my camera. I start to feel nostalgic and comfortable that I've found something familiar. Things are looking up and I'm feeling happier with being in Copenhagen again. We walk in the direction and soon after find ourselves at Nyhavn. It's beautiful. There's another guy singing here and he is exceptional and so easy to sit and listen to all afternoon. We don't move for a good half hour until we become cold. A hop-on, hop-off sales woman is standing behind us so ask for the details and a map. It's almost the same route that we've walked and not too much more. We decide to skip the bus and just take it easy, relax, and find an ice-cream.
Along the way to looking for an ice-cream, we see an exhibition for conservation of animals. It's quite interesting, especially the Iberian Ibex! Make sure you look at the photos to read the description.
We have our ice-cream now and arrive at the Lego shop. It's brilliant. Although we won't be buying anything here, we spend a good twenty minutes in the shop looking at the masterpieces that the professionals have made.It has been a relaxing day but it's time to go home. We catch a train back to Østerport and cross the road to catch the bus. It seems we have the Kastellet right here! Well, we think that's what it is, anyway. Let's take a look through the gardens and then come back to catch the bus.
There is a water-filled moat but only the surface of the water is moving as the slight breeze touches it, which explains the mosquitos. We walk along the path beside the moat whilst being overtaken by runners and joggers alike. We leave the trees behind as we arrive at the highest point where we can see a power-generating windmill standing in the ocean, some industrial smoke stacks, and piers in the distance. Closer to our standing point we can see a church, some gates leading to the centre of the Kastellet, and an awe inspiring amount of intensely green lush grass all surrounded by the moat. 
The grass looks so soft that it's calming just staring at it. I don't think I've ever seen so much clean, soft, green grass in one area. Usually, this amount of land has trees planted to fill in the space or is turned into a garden. I love the grass! In fact, I'm feeling a little obsessed by it.We realise we're not too far from the apartment now so we continue walking and end up in the room less than ten minutes later. It's time for one of those watch TV, contact family back home, and have an early night type of night.
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