On my birthday trip in September last year, we visited Copenhagen's Botanical Gardens, and although it was overcast, the grounds looked beautiful...............


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When we were in Copenhagen we decided to visit A.C.Perch's Tea Shop, the oldest of it's type in Europe (apparently). It looked almost Dickensian and small. There was a notice for the Tea Room, which turned out to be quite secluded, bu wonderful.  Through a side door in an archway between buildings and on the floor above the shop we found it.  The ( Read more... )

.... or Our Saviour's Church, is a magnificent Baroque church  built 1682-96 in the form of a Greek cross, it's amazing twisted tower was added 50 years later over a period of 3 years.......... It is built on infilled land that was once part of the sea, hence taking 14 years to build !

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Well, that's what we call it, I think it was Lynne who came up with the phrase some time ago for using when either Franco or I are at home whilst the other is elsewhere visiting family (usually), and she makes sure we are not left alone for long !  She usually organises something to do, and while Franco is in Turin this weekend, I have been out for ( Read more... )

Over the weekend, the lovely london1967 found time to upload photos from my mobile phone, and some from our "small" camera that I used in Copenhagen, and get them on to my flickr photostream.  Needless to say, I am totally hopeless with any type of technology.....
So, I now have lots to blog about... it's probably going to take me weeks to catch up ! LOL

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As most of you will already know from Franco's (london1967) post that my birthday treat-trip was not to Bognor Regis, but to lovely Copenhagen !

The only thing that was missing (apart from the sun) was the world famous Little Mermaid, who it seems is on a holiday of her own in China !!


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