We walked up the main tourist shopping street for about a block before fleeing the congestion. Heading back toward the hotel, we found a restaurant advertising Tex-Mex, so we stopped in and shared a bowl of chili con carne with beer. Surprisingly tasty. It was also Happy Hour, but the price wasn’t discounted — the amount of beer was doubled! So we innocently ordered what we wanted to drink, and had to drink double the amount. Ah, the trials and tribulations of travel. We managed.Today we decided to go to Tivoli Gardens. But we have learned that we can’t walk all day and stay up and out late. And Tivoli has several evening attractions. So we mostly did stuff in the room until mid afternoon.
Tivoli is one of the world’s first amusement parks. It has rides and arcades, but also gardens, restaurants, and various types of shows.
There are several roller coasters, including one described as the the world’s oldest wooden coaster still operating. If so, it has plenty of steel supports.
There is also a “Moorish palace” (hotel and restaurant), with a Husqvarna robot mower painted like a rabbit. (L note: The Husqvarnas we know are big, bad motocross motorcycles from our days in Utah. Boy, have times changed!) There is also a pirate ship restaurant.
(to be continued)
