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Ninety Two Persons Go to Copenhagen - Day 1

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It's time for another class trip!  Students have been working up to this first overnight trip with closer destinations not requiring overnight lodging and now they're/we're ready for more.  Early Tuesday morning, two coach buses arrive on campus to pick everybody up. All are given a printout of the schedule.  Having it in Swedish makes it extra special fun. You can see I nearly wore my schedule out! The first stop was in Helsingborg to board the ferry to Denmark. Hello Queen Margrethe II and Prince Henrik! After a picnic lunch in a roadside park, we headed to our first museum, Louisiana Konstmuseum - Louisiana Museum of Modern Art. Of special interest was the Moon exhibit celebrating the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 landing on the moon. I especially liked the Gleaming Lights of the Souls by Yayoi Kusama which is only able to have four visitors view the art at one time. In a small room that has mirrors on the ceiling and walls with a reflecting ...