Wednesday we visited three different castles in the North Zeeland section of Denmark. Our inside visit was at the Frederiksborg Castle, otherwise known as the “castle of Frederick II”. The second castle was called Fredenborg Castle or the “castle of peace”. The Danish Royal Family uses it still today as their summer residence. The last castle, called Kronberg was right on the waterway that separates Denmark and Sweden. Because of its distance from Copenhagen and northern latitude, the Royals of old never wanted to visit or stay there. It was used by the military for over 200 years, until 1924. It s now a UNESCO site and a public museum.
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| Frederiksborg Cathredral |
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| Frederiksborg Castle |
Today we chose to stay around Warnemunde and do a Disney excursion that visited the Bad Doberan Monastery and took us on a 100+ year old steam train. The “Molli” Steam train was so named because a lady was trying to catch her dog (named Molli) who was chasing the train. The conductor thought she was calling the train, and ever since the train has been called “Molli”. We had apple cake and coffee in the resort town of Kuhlungsborn and afterwards walked around the quaint seaside shops before returning to Warnemunde. The rest of the sunny afternoon was spent browsing the shops in Warnemunde and watching all the ferry and boat traffic go in and across the canal. As the Disney Magic left Warnemunde tonight we had a flotilla of boats with passengers following us to waive goodbye. This is the last time this season the Magic will sail out of the port of Warnemunde and they wanted to wish us well.
Friday is a day at sea to rest up for our two very busy days in St. Petersburg, Russia. Till next time.
