Day 12 - Copenhagen, Denmark

Day 12 found us back in Copenhagen, Denmark where we started from 10 days ago. While passengers were coming and going today, we chose to take a tour to the Dragoer Fishing Village, just outside of Copenhagen. This fishing village was the salvation of many of the Danish Jews during WWII. The small fishing boat called the Elizabeth is still in the port – this boat was used by its owner to smuggle Jewish refugees into Sweden where the population and the royal family protected their Jewish population and refused to turn them over to the Germans. The gentleman who owned the boat also smuggled his own family out of Denmark and was returning to Denmark to pick up another group of refugees when he made the decision to return to Sweden. As it turned out, the Gestapo were waiting for him in his home.

The village today is a very high end suburb of Copenhagen and not the quaint little village that we were expecting. It is a lovely little village though. Many of the homes have thatched roofs.

This is a picture of the famous Little Mermaid. Over the years this statue has been beheaded twice, had her right arm amputated and was blown into the water once. She has always been repaired.

This afternoon at shortly after 5:00 we set sail for the next stop on our journey – Oslo, Norway.