The tree lined entrance to Tivoli off of Vesterbrogade in Copenhagen. May 17, 2018

The Pantomime Theatre, an open-air Chinese-built style theater, at Tivoli in Copenhagen, drew a crowd for the performance. May 17, 2018

Georg Carstensen, one of the reasons Tivoli exists, stands tall in the amusement park with a statue in his honor. He travelled widely and had a career in the military Royal Guards, reaching the rank of lieutenant. He was born in Algeria in 1812 and died at the age of 44 in 1857 in Copenhagen. Hans Christian Andersen, one of the very first guests and a prolific Danish author, was inspired by Tivoli to write the “Nightingale” fairy tale. May 17, 2018

The Nimb Hotel, a five-star boutique hotel, built in a Moorish inspired style is from 1909 inside Copenhagen’s Tivoli. May 17, 2018

Glassalen or the Glass Hall Theater at Tivoli in Copenhagen has hundreds of tulips surrounding it. Famous personalities have appeared here. May 17, 2018

The Tivoli tulips in Copenhagen. May 17, 2018

A statue of Hans Christian Andersen at Tivoli in Copenhagen. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels and poems, Andersen is best remembered for his fairy tales. One of Copenhagen’s widest and busiest boulevards is named “H.C. Andersens Boulevard. Born 1805 in Odense, Denmark, Andersen died in 1875 in Copenhagen. May 17, 2018

Along with the beautiful gardens come the scary rides at Tivoli in Copenhagen. May 17, 2018

Beginnings are always good and Copenhagen was a good beginning for this month-long trip to Europe. Although I was slightly skeptical about taking this trip, just six months after breaking both bones in my right leg, its been a good beginning journey for me. I’m having to practice patience and understanding with myself. I can go…but I just can’t go, go, go like I use to. I just need to stop and smell the roses…well in this case, the Tivoli tulips. Next stop Hamburg, Germany. May 17, 2018

Here we are, Tammy, myself and Alice, at Copenhagen’s train station saying good-bye, with bags in toe, for Hamburg, Germany. May 18, 2018

Me standing by the rows of love locks on the pedestrian bridge overlooking the brightly colored 17th and early 18th century houses and historical wooden ships at Nyhavn or New Harbour’s waterfront canal and entertainment district in Copenhagen, Denmark. I came with hat to take the one hour cruise through the canal and harbour. May 17, 2018

An open top cruise boat, at Nyhavn, in its beginning stages of showing off Copenhagen from its waterfront. May 17, 2018

Me on our Netto-Badene one hour open top sight seeing cruise around Copenhagen’s canals. May 17, 2018

At Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport ready to get on my American Airlines flight first to London and then onto Copenhagen. May 13, 2018

Our tour group stopped for a quick lunch break at Cafe Valentin in Hillerod, Denmark, before heading to Frederiksborg Castle. That’s Alice putting her things away to get to work on her Salmon sandwich, which Tammy, not in this photo, also ordered. And, that sandwich in front is mine. I went for the Club Sandwich on Toast…this club version is with chicken, bacon and curry dressing. May 16, 2018