We're in Copenhagen!

So we arrived in Copenhagen!
The flight with Emirates was excellent the food not as good with Qantas but the entertainment selection better and more leg room.
We did sit behind the front row of economy we the parents with babies sit and can I say they treat those people royally! They got free gifts and photos and bassinets and lots of time with flight attendants. Unfortunately for us one of the babies (around 1 year old) has just discovered how to scream- not because he was upset but because it's a new skill. But otherwise a smooth flight, I watched Frozen - good movie and The book thief - terrific but not as good as the book (of course!). It's amazing how short 6 hours is after getting through a 14 hour flight!!

So we arrived in Copenhagen and jumped straight in a taxi to our hostel in the city (love this travel-couldn't be bothered negotiating buses and trains-hello taxi!). First impressions of Copenhagen, streets are wide, footpaths are wide and bike paths are wide! And there are bikes aplenty! We made it to our hostel with its 16 floors and reputation as the largest in Europe and to our 3 bed room in record time. Then a freshen up and out onto the street.
It was around 3 in afternoon so we went a wandering. Firstly down along on the banks of the river and then we wandered past a few canals. It's a gorgeous sunny Sunday afternoon with a cool breeze and the locals and tourists were out catching a bit of sunshine. Quite a few boats on the water which we are determined to go for a boat ride later if we can and lovely riverside cafes with everyone sipping drinks (or inhaling cases of beer in the case of some). The locals are tall blond Nordic looking creatures and this far we've decided the men are a good looking lot!
We then wandered back into the city and admired their Gothic buildings and of course statues of men on horses. We sauntered briefly through a palace (Mary wasn't home), checked out the royal stables and then onto the cathedral. We started getting a wee bit tired and sat next to a fountain and people watched for a bit (they feel at 20 degrees that light summer dresses are the way to go, we were in jeans with scarves!). Rejuvenated we carried on our wandering and admired more men on horses (mainly called Frederick) and lavish fountains with kooky statues.. is it a cow or fish? Or a cowfish!
Sadly Naomi who has been battling a head/sinus/chest infection pre leaving Melbourne was fading fast, so we found a nearby pub and poured diet coke into her. 500mls of coke is the same price as a pint of beer and they are cheaper than a pint of sparkling water! I had my first Danish carlsberg! Delicious!
We took Nome back to the hostel and put her to bed and then went back out to grab some dinner. As it turned out Joy and I were also fading because we ended up with chicken nachos at a bagel place -not the most traditional Danish dish but we were too tired to care! And it was yum!
Back to the hostel we then crashed at almost 9pm and it was still light out.
I'm now up and writing this and it's 5am and bright as day now. They must have very short nights here hopefully tonight I'll stay up late enough to see the sun set! (And not it rise the next morning).
Today we are planning a walking tour and then who knows where it'll take us!