Copenhagen, Denmark

Wednesday | June 29, 2016

This morning I attended my first formal board meeting as a director on The World. It was long and full of details I'm sure you'd have no interest in hearing about. When it concluded, we decided to go downtown to an outdoor and indoor food market that is apparently one of the highlights of the town for the locals.

The complex comprises two buildings with an outdoor marketplace in between.

In the marketplace, vegetables and fruits were abundant.

One of the buildings specialized in breads and meats, while the other featured mostly fish. This class of young Danish schoolgirls was fascinated as the fishmonger held a shark and allowed them to touch it.

I had a long talk with this butcher who explained different types of steaks.

I learned that when we buy steaks at home, we can leave them in the refrigerator up to 40 days to dry age them before cooking them. I ended up buying four huge steaks –two Danish and 2 Nebraskan, which we'll cook, taste and compare tonight.

Fresh fish were everywhere, including all different types and sizes.

Look at the face on this red guy.

This was perhaps the largest blue lobster I’ve ever seen.

Further down the hall was this bar featuring various oils.

And working in this complex were many beautiful women, giving basis to the claim the Danish women are so much more beautiful than Swedish ones.

I decided to buy a lot of herring and other fish to bring back to the ship.

Next stop was a massive flower market where I purchasd a few bunches for the ship's florist to arrange in my apartment once we returned to the ship.

Finally, having acquired numerous bags of food and flowers, we grabbed a taxi and headed back to the apartment.

After a workout, it was back outside to explore even more. I saw several interesting sculptures, including one of the major attractions in Copenhagen, the Little Mermaid.

As we approached, we saw countless school children sketching and photographing the statue.

I particularly like the way I framed this shot of the Little Mermaid with our ship.

This oversized version of Rodin’s Thinker, made entirely of scrap metal parts, was fascinating.

Back on the ship, I showered and prepared for the evening. In the Plaza was a performance of portions of Tchaikovsky’s the Sleeping Beauty, performed by three of the featured dancers from the Royal Ballet School of London.

Dinner was fabulous as we conducted a comparative steak tasting. (Danish steaks were best) and enjoyed a few bottles of Caymus Cabernet.