On Tuesday evening, we took a canal boat tour of the city of Copenhagen. We listened to a live classical jazz band, a quartet of really enthusiastic Swedish and Danish musicians, on board the canal boat. Champagne was served as we cruised across Copenhagen Harbor and into some of the smaller picturesque canals around the city. We also passed by many of the sights that we had seen earlier in the day from the bus: the Little Mermaid statue, some palaces, the very colorful and popular Nyhavn Canal, the Marble Church that's not really marble, and of course, the garbage-burning, ski-sloping power plant. There were lots of house boats, some of which were very nice, parked along the canal. There were also some very nice apartments right on the waterfront. Copenhagen is a very lively place in the evenings, apparently, as there were many people engaging in outdoor activities: biking, jogging, kayaking, canoeing, and paddle-boarding. The jazzy canal boat cruise was a very unique and enjoyable way to end our time in Copenhagen.
I continued to connect with the locals by saying thank you to our tour guide in Danish (tusind tak) when our cruise ended, and again it was greeted by giggles, excitement, and asking if I speak Danish. It's amazing the warm response you get when you say even the smallest thing in the native language!
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