Editor’s note: I am lucky to be able to meet TRT writer Mandy Meehan roughly once a year somewhere in Europe. While we were in Copenhagen, she wanted to head back out to visit a museum while I had a quiet evening in to write. This is that museum, and one that definitely seems like…
The statue of The Little Mermaid in Copenhagen, Denmark is one of the most disappointing tourist destinations in all of Europe. It is small, merely four feet tall atop a rock perch. It is on one edge of Copenhagen’s center, requiring actual effort to reach, and not really near anything else besides the Kastellet fort.…
Standing at the stern of the Sea Stallion, I am in awe. At around 90 feet in length, this sleek warship once carried close to 80 men as it sailed the waters of the Baltic and North Seas. Of course, this one is a reconstruction, but done to the exact specifications and with the same…
Note: since writing this article, the Danish Queen Margrethe has announced her abdication, with her son Frederik ascending to the throne. So while I have endeavored to replace instances referencing the Queen as the current monarch, please excuse any I missed. It is, in theory, the oldest continuous monarchy in the world. Dating back to…
Let me start by saying that intra-European flights are among my least favorite ways to travel. I much prefer trains, and tend to plan my trips to have reasonably short distances between stops, ones easily traversed via rail or bus. It’s cheaper and more convenient, liquids are acceptable to bring (as is whatever weight my…