Christmas in Copenhagen

At late notice my friends and I took an early Christmas trip to Copenhagen, which I can only describe as the Festive Capital. It was a buzz of bright lights and food markets packed with tourists and locals alike bustling through the streets. 

We of course completed a successful tick list of attractions, the first being Tivoli Gardens. If you haven't heard of it, it's a Fairy Tale amusement park with restaurants and roller coaster rides. Naturally we had to go on at least one ride (even though it was raining) our hearts were pumping and our bottoms soaked, but it was hilarious. We then proceeded to a small table of hot coals to warm up before some mulled wine.  

The Gardens in which the Tivoli is situated is littered with beautiful flowers, the whole place really was magical. 

We must have frequented almost every Cafe in Copenhagen, and this was my particular favourite (not just because of the beautiful décor, which I had to take photos of) but the food was just delicious. My friends both have a slightly sweeter tooth than I, so they chose the Blueberry Waffles with Maple Syrup and I had a traditional Eggs on Rye bread Breakfast. Again with my snap happy fingers I had to take photos and show you. I could easily tuck into a breakfast like that right now! Yum yum.

There was of course the obligatory visit to a Patisserie to sample the Danish Pastries (of which they were too many to choose just one) topped off with a frothy coffee. 

Below is a picture of my friend and I warming ourselves on the hot coals. After this photo was taken we warmed our soaked bottoms and our other friend desperately tried taking a further picture to show our bottoms' 'steaming'. Steam was quite literally coming out of our clothes! It was so funny..... But what a shame she couldn't capture the steam! (Thank goodness) Ha Ha! 

This blog of course wouldn't be the same if I didn't mention something about furniture. And my love for all things Scandinavian now has crept over into the style of furniture which you will see from some of the new creations to come. The photo below was taken on a street corner (just one of the many shops selling these fantastic chairs) only if I had had a big enough suitcase to take them all back with me! 

The trip was such a wonderful day to kick of Christmas proceedings and I would recommend everyone go to Denmark for a holiday it is a wonderful place.