2011-06-08 Copenhagen 2 Rosenborg Slot, National Gallery of Art

2011-06-08 After our nice buffet breakfast we walked to the Rosenborg Slot (Chateau) where we saw a retrospective of Royal family life from 1600-1863in furniture, portraits, jewelry, table settings, etc. The Treasury, downstairs in a walk-through vault, was very impressive, with bejeweled swords, gold place settings, royal jewelry, and 3 royal crowns studded with jewels. Outside was a lovely garden we enjoyed walking through on our way to the Statens Museum for Kunst (National Art Gallery) where we were overwhelmed by the quantity of Danish and other art covering 700 years. There were hundreds of works by Danish artists we'd never heard of, plus many works by famous artists like Picasso, Matisse, and Rembrandt. And not only paintings; there were sculptures and wood block prints, and some multimedia items. After the art, we went to the Botanical Garden to enjoy Nature's art. We saw a lot of familiar plants, and some that were new to us. It was warm and sunny, so walking through the garden was quite pleasant. We had dinner at the hotel: Kiyomi had steamed mussels (very fresh and tasty, according to her) and I had a Chocolate "Bomb" with ice cream. It was not the "moelleux chocolat coeur fondant groseille" that I had expected, but was delicious nevertheless, with three kinds of chocolate: frosting, cake and topping.