Our Easter weekend away was to Copenhagen, by night train. Mike and I did this in 1997, and although our memories had faded, we knew that there was plenty to see and that we would have a good time showing Lucy around the city.
The night train was not quite as poshly furnished as the one to Paris last year but still comfortable, and there was a good cup of breakfast coffee included in the price. For the nights without travel, we'd booked the Tivoli Hotel, a conference hotel which was colourfully decorated with harlequin-style carpets and modern, bright furniture.
We started our city tour with a boat trip, caught a glimpse of the little mermaid, had lunch in a smashing restaurant at Nyhavn (where it's all at!) and visited several art galleries and museums in our first two days. The collections we saw contained some particularly valuable exhibits by renowned artists such as Picasso, Damien Hirst - and Queen Margrete II of Denmark!
On our final day, having had plenty of culture and walks around the King's gardens, we decided to go to the zoo. Copenhagen's collection of exotic animals is as fine as any other city's, and we were treated to views of lots of young: lions, brown bears, giraffes and our favourites, the monkeys. Lucy has a weakness for monkeys, so we spent ages in the ape house being entertained by various different species.
Soon it was time to depart, and we got the chance to go up on deck while on the short ferry crossing from Denmark to Germany. It split the journey nicely, and after a quick snack in Hamburg, we were onto the night train again and slept til Munich.
