Copenhagen, Denmark

Sunday, April 28, 2019

WHERE AM I?

What’s been happening

Perhaps you’ve had a day like this. Well in advance, you’ve made big plans for the day. You’ve got activities mapped out, and perhaps even pre-paid. You’ve imagined all of the fun the day will offer and you’re anxious for it to arrive. And then, something goes horribly, unexpectedly, unfortunately wrong.

That happened to me today.

The marvelous pub crawl last night was lots of fun and the liquor flowed in rivers. Mostly, it seems, down my own throat. I don’t actually remember returning to my cabin, nor what time of the morning it was. Late, I think.

So, when I finally came around this morning…oh, I mean afternoon…I stepped out onto my balcony to see our ship docked in Copenhagen. When I checked the clock it was (OMG!) 2pm!

For a moment, I panicked. I had scheduled a Segway tour for the early afternoon that would take me around the historic area of Copenhagen with a stop at the world famous “Little Mermaid” statue that I was so very anxious to see.

By 2pm the Segway tour was half over, so no need to dash to the pier to the Segway office to try to salvage my visit to Copenhagen. Segway office? On the pier? Yup! I could see the Segway tour office from the balcony of my room so, had I awoken at a reasonable hour, I would have been right there and ready to take the tour. No taxis, no buses, no delays. Just a hundred steps or so.

I considered just going down and trying to cajole some Segway tour guide who might be asleep in the office into taking me on a private tour. I was ready to pay any price. Unfortunately (and that’s the word of the day) our ship’s departure time today was earlier than usual, 5pm, with the “all aboard” at 4:30. It was already after 2pm so the possibility of that plan ending well seemed rather low.

I was emotionally crushed. I also felt as though my head had been crushed; I had a massive hangover. I stood for a moment on my balcony, trying to cope with the fact that my visit to Copenhagen was over. I had seen the pier where the ships docked. I had soaked up the view of the Segway tour office on the pier. I had seen all of Copenhagen that I was going to see. So, I took a deep breath, tried to calm myself, and then crawled back into bed.

The end.

SO, WHAT’S COMING UP?

Tomorrow, we’ll dock in Oslo, Norway and I promise not to miss two ports in a row!