In the afternoon it began to rain lightly. We stopped for a beer and a rest, and then continued through the King’s Gardens to the Rosenborg Castle. This was built in the early 1600s, and so it is much newer than the castles we saw in Norway and Sweden, which were started around 1100 or so. It used to be a residence, but now is just a repository for royal heirlooms. It was impressive, though, with different rooms decorated in various styles—Renaissance, Empire, rococo, etc. Most all had paintings on the ceilings as well as the walls, and period furniture, too. Some contained objects from the period of a specific king.
By the time we left Rosenberg, we were tired, and it was raining somewhat harder. Fortunately, a Hop-On, Hop-Off bus was approaching the pickup point at the same time we were. On these buses we were given a set of earbuds to plug in and we could select the language we wanted and hear a recorded message about the area we were driving through or past. Not very personal but we could hear it and understand it.
(to be continued)
