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Well today was a day full of big plans. Most of which fell fairly flat. BUT I did manage a lovely afternoon in Copenhagen, Denmark with my boss and Joe. Originally we were going to be out from about 11:30AM to 3:00PM. The goal was to go to Tivoli Gardens. Which I didn't realize until we were on the shuttle is an amusement park... not a garden. I really did not dress appropriately. Plus I brought my giant Vera Bradley "day bag" (as I affectionately call it which is funny because I pretty sure it could accomodate 4 people for an overnight).

However, by the time we took the 20 minute shuttle ride into town, lost our bearings, and then got distracted by a giant shopping district, we realized that we had no time to get to Tivoli Gardens. So, instead we ended up eating a nice little lunch at an adorable restaurant named Mama Rosa's. I had amazing pizza :D


Another crappy photo of the shopping district. It's a pedestrian mall about a mile long. Very fun and a good mixture of high and low-end :D


Beautiful town sqaure... well circle... The gardens and landscaping surrounding the statue are stunning!


I wish I had taken the time to stop and take a better picture of this than I did. It's a little inner city river lined with boats, trees, and beautiful buildings. Really much more breath taking than this picture would lead you to believe.


They have painted elephants all around the city, much like cities are doing now in the US.


An awesome clock tower that you can see the peak of in my skyline shot later in the post.


A really cool street corner where the angle is so acute you can see both sides of the buildings. And the buildings themselves are really quite huge - I couldn't belive they spanned the entire block.


Cool dragon sculpture over the doorway of a beautiful building. Reminded me a lot of Gringotts bank in Harry Potter. Yes, my inner nerd just stepped out for a minute.


An awesome statue.

Then we walked the 30 minutes back to the shuttle, and arrived back to the port at about 2pm. We were docked with the Eclipse again, so Joe asked if I wanted to go take another look (since there were lots of things onboard I didn't get a chance to see a few days ago in Russia). Of course I said yes. He took me up to the lawn (yes they actually have grass on the top deck where you can play lawn games and lounge).


A view of the grassy area on the top of the Eclipse.

He showed me around the onboard specialty restaurants. Super cool. One called Q-sine is very "new agey" with experimental foods and more interactive. Lots of "build your own" style courses.


The view of the Copenhagen skyline from deck 14 of the Eclipse. You can see the clock tower I took a picture of in the distance.


Cool island structure thing you could see between the two celebrity ships from port.


The founder of Celebrity Crusies is a greek gentleman with the last name Chandris. The CH letter in greek is "X", hence the logo. This is Joe.


Me in front of the Celebrity 'X'. Horribly unflattering, thanks, Joe.


This puppy statue is outside of the Michael's Club on the Eclipse. It reminded me remarkably of the dog painting I did at CMU and gave to my Uncle Myron and Aunt Rezza.

Last night was CELEBRATE THE WORLD - our final production show of the voyage. And, I am happy to report - was the best show call I have had since I've gotten onboard. Two really solid performances with no technical issues from top to bottom. Very rewarding.

After the shows and my post-show paperwork, I went down to the staff bar for wine & cheese night. One of our lounge groups - Carl William - was playing. They're a bunch of really nice French guys with an awesome sense of humor. And it was prime entertainment since they are disembarking in Amsterdam on the 26th - they just had a good time.

After a glass of riesling, Joe and I went up to the martini bar where he recommended what is called the "20 Year Martini." It was the most delicious drink I've ever had. Martini coated in passion fruit and ginger foam, topped with a few leaves of sage. It was just like dessert :D The drink was designed and named after Celebrity Cruises' 20th anniversary.

All-in-all a really good day.