Our ship had returned to Copenhagen, Denmark for the day and so we took an all day LDS tour excursion with our Danish guide, Hans True, a college professor.
First stop was Frederiksborg Castle where a number of Carl Bloch's paintings are on display.
This scary lion tried to keep us from entering the castle but I was not intimidated and had him purring like a kitten in no time.
Beautiful hand carved wooden doors.
Today church services are still held inside the castle.
The king's dinner spread.
While walking back to the bus, we saw this cute baby taking a ride in a buggy. You see a lot of baby buggies in Denmark.
Next stop was the Copenhagen Temple which is actually in Copenhagen.
Hans didn't understand about temple recommends and walked right in the front door of the temple to see if we could take a tour.
Here are our hosts from LDS Travel, Bruce and Margie Porter from Arizona. They had been on the Vision of the Sea for the past three months with different tour groups. Bruce gave gospel related lectures on board the ship during days that we spent at sea. They were very interesting especially the one about Hopewell Archeology, DNA, and the ancient cultures of North America (having to do with the many mounds found from the Great Lakes and down to the southern part of our country).
After visiting the temple we headed over to the Church of Our Lady to see the original Christus by Thorvaldsen. On display were the twelve disciples by the same sculptor.
Here's Peter with the keys of the priesthood in his hand. I wonder how many people walk by this sculptor and know what the keys are all about. This church was a popular place for tourists to visit.
A sculptor of beloved children's author Hans Christian Andersen. 
A Danish baby elephant that I wanted to bring home but Dave said no because we don't need more animals at our place.
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