Although Denmark and Sweden were beautiful with their massive castles, palaces, and museums, the weather was rather cold and somewhat biting. Needless to say, my t-shirts, shorts, and swim trunks remained unpacked.

Upon our arrival in Denmark, we jumped on a hop-on, hop-off bus for a quick orientation tour of Copenhagen. At one stop, we noticed perhaps a dozen people looking into the waterway. There was a Danish Naval vessel firing a cannon. Naturally, this got our curiosity so we got off the bus to see what was going on. A well-dressed lady, accompanied by a gentleman in full military regalia, was getting out of a yacht; she walked past the people waving, and then got into a limo and drove off. We then were told that she was the Queen of Denmark, coming back from a day outing.