Leaving Copenhagen and on to Norway.

From the night before....sorry. We visited Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen. Here is a shot of the Chinese Gardens. An across the lake shot of Tivoli Gardens.

A carved Viking head at Tivoli.

City view of Copenhagen from the top of a 14th century Church.

On our last day in Copenhagen we took a guided Kierkegaard tour. Our fantastic guide was a historian (in the red jacket) that specializes in Kierkegaard, it was very well done!

We started with a stop by the Church that Grundtvig held his post and SK visited him here. The courtyard has a great statue of Gruntvik and a neat bust of him looking out on the courtyard from his former office (next photo).Grundtvig looking out on the courtyard.The baptismal font that Kierkegaard was baptized in.
A pair of Kierkegaard's glasses from an optometry shop that dates from his time and is still in business.One of his many apartments. Lower center window was his. We visited all of his former apartments, but this one is special. He lived here when he wrote The Concept of Anxiety, the subject of my dissertation.And finally.....room #3 at the University of Copenhagen. It was in this room that he defended his Dissertation (or thesis, the European model is a bit different) The Concept of Irony.We moved by Cruise ship from Copenhagen to Oslo, it was very windy.

Danish wind farms on the open sea.Leaving Denmark.Sunset about 11pm. It did not get much darker that night.
Small interior cabins, but you are not on this trip to spend time in the cabin!

Sweden and back to Denmark.

Upon our arrival in Sweden we met our guide and had a city tour of Malmo. It was Sunday and things were a bit slow in town, but we had most of it to ourselves for the morning.

A bridge over the canal and the rail station in the background.


A classic non-violence sculpture in Sweden.



The Lutheran Cathedral in Lund, Sweden.


Elvis in Lund.

The Department of Philosophy and the University of Lund. Nice digs, it is a 13th century Church.The front door to the Philosophy Department.Lunch in Sweden. We were on our own and found some great food at a local deli/grocery store.View of the castle and the stairs we would climb to get a great view of the sound between Sweden and Denmark.The view from the top.Kronborg Castle, better known as Hamlet's Castle.

Copenhagen, Denmark!

Day one was spent in Copenhagen. Here is a classic shot of a pedestrian street. Note Marc, our IT guy in the bright yellow hoodie.

Some very neat advertising on some very old buildings across the street from our hotel.



The canals in Copenhagen. We took a boat tour of the city.

Two of our students snapping photos under a bridge on the canal tour.The Opera house in Copenhagen.A cool old-school boat on the canalMarc and Khara taking a break at the Brewery.The train station in Copenhagen, on our way to Sweden. Our purple train to Sweden, I think that is an ABBA song. Next post: Sweden.

Norway for now.

We had a spectacular time and I will do a complete post soon. I have about 1000 photos to go through. I will post a few for now.

Copenhagen canals:

The Department of Philosophy, The University of Lund, Sweden.Kierkegaard walking tour, Copenhagen.Oslo harbor.Stave church.Flam, Norway.Viking graves, Flam.Bergen, Norway.May 17th parade in Bergen.MacMurray above Bergen.

Manny

Great news on the 50 game suspension.

Manny is a talented but no class thug that does not respect the game. His lack of hustle and endless pursuit of money alone is damaging to the game. I hope he continues to test positive and is bounced from the game. Say goodbye to the Hall of Fame also.

New Cards team

I thought I would give a quick Historical Fantasy Baseball update before I head for Norway. Expect the blog to be jammed with great photos when I return.

I am starting a new franchise team this week, all Cardinals.

I think I will have a great shot as I have some powerful hitting and great fielding with adequate pitching.

We were able to supplement our draft with one Negro League player.

I will introduce this team by batting order this time.

Leading off and playing SS:

Ozzie Smith.

Hitting second and playing Second Base:

Rogers Hornsby

Hitting in the 3 hole and playing first base:

Stan Musial

Hitting Clean-up and the DH:

Johnny Mize

Protecting Mize in the five slot and playing RF:

Roger Maris

Hitting sixth and playing left field:

Enos "Country" Slaughter.

Batting 7th and out at third base:

Judy Johnson

Hitting in the eight hole and in CF:

Curt Flood

I am going to have to settle for a RH/LH platoon at catcher.

Talk about "murders row":

Hornsby,Musial, Mize, Maris and Slaughter.

What is an opposing pitcher to do?