Copenhagen, Denmark

09/05/2008 I turned a year older today, (23,360 days alive) not to go unnoticed by Ron and Avie. While relaxing on the sun deck I was jarred to consciousness by the public announcement, “This guy is celebrating his birthday today, that’s right it’s his birthday.” Ron stood over me making his declaration to over five hundred sunning cruisers.
I took my first bicycle spinning class and I’m looking forward to my next opportunity to bring this aging body back to fighting form. The evening ended with a lobster and grouper dinner (singing waters, “Happy Birthday”, cake) again courtesy of Ron and Avie, and a 70’s musical stage production that ended with a tribute to the group Queen. They couldn’t have chosen better for Nita and me; we sang along with every word.
What a fabulous way to celebrate your birthday, (one of the days I will remember) last year we did it in China.

Copenhagen, Denmark
09/06/2008 As we moved up the Baltic Sea the weather changed from 61 and sunny to 58 rainy and overcast but cleared by noon. Nita and Avie met Lars, one of Avie’s internet students for a private day tour while Ron and I sought out the free bikes that are available around Copenhagen. It turned out that the availability of bikes was not plentiful but after two and a half hours of walking Copenhagen we did find two bikes to finish out our city exploration. We found Copenhagen to be inviting, friendly and easy to get around in with many pedestrian areas. Most notable were the Danish women, they are beautiful; blond deep tanned skin, full figured and friendly. Not being able to locate the free bikes readily we made it a point to ask for help in our search from only beautiful women. This added to our difficulty because we often found it hard to follow their instructions having spent most of our time with them admiring their “features”.
Lars met Nita and Avie and they toured the city via the double decker bus with side trips to Tivoli Park, the pedestrian shopping area and the city lakes. The NCL cruise ships all operate under a “freestyle” eating plan which gives us a choice of eleven restaurants to eat in each evening thus we are with new people every night adding to the cruising experience.