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The Celebrity Today for our first return to Souuhampton , day at sea .

Here's a better photo of Kastellet in the harbor .

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kastellet,_Copenhagen

The Citadel around 1750:

1) Spitsbergen's Lunette

2) Faroe Reduit

3) Hetland's Reduit

4) Lolland's Contregarde

5) Norway's Reduit

6) Norway's Ravelin

7) Østerport's Ravelin

8) Greenland's Bastion

9) Bornholm's Ravelin

10) Prince's Bastion

11) Norway's Gate

12) Princess' Bastion

13) Møen's Contregarde

14) King's Bastion

15) Pinneberg's Reduit

16) Funen's Ravelin

17) Queen's Bastion

18) King's Gate (or Zealand's Gate)

19) Count's Bastion

20) Falster's Contregarde

21) Zealand's Reduit

22) Zealand's Ravelin.[2]

This is where we bought tickets for the ride and I noticed a 'hidden' Mickey balloon there . Walt would be proud .

We also had time for a quick shooting gallery stop before rejoining the group .

We were back at our home away from home 2-1/2 hours before our back on board time .

The view from the veranda

And delicious Prime Rib for dinner

But , if we had it to do all over again , we should have stayed another couple of hours at Tivoli . We found out later that the cab fare would have been about $ 20 . ;)

As we were leaving the castle , we asked Adam how far away was Tivoli Gardens and if he could drop us off there . About that time Ruth , the organizer of our tour , saw some fellow travelers from the Eclipse who had been to Tivoli . They said that it had been shut down earlier when a suspicious bag was found , but that it was now open . The majority of the group was in favor of a brief visit to Tivoli and Adam bought us the tickets for admission and a half hour was allotted for a brief visit .

Tivoli was opened in 1843 after Tivoli's founder, Georg Carstensen (b. 1812 – d. 1857), obtained a five-year charter to create Tivoli by telling King Christian VIII that "when the people are amusing themselves, they do not think about politics".

Source Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tivoli_Gardens

It was the inspiration which caused Walt Disney to built an amusement park after he had visited Tivoli . It's located in the city .

It buildings have a general Oriental theme

The Pantomine Theater

The Moorish Palace

We only had time for one ride and he choose this one

The Star Flyer which goes up 80 M in the sky !

Stay safe with Tropical Depression 9 on your door step and hopefully Hurricane Gaston will not make it to land fall.

Thanks Mic , we appreciate that .

They certainly are nice crowns but I prefer a head covering that would keep the sun out of my eyes, like a cap or broad rimmed hat.:p

This one comes complete with it's own corona Mic , but sunglasses are optional ! :cool:

Detail of King Christian the IV's crown .

Within another case resided two crowns , the larger and older of the two is King Christian the V's .

The Crown of the Absolute Monarchs, used by the kings from Christian V to Christian VIII.

Made by Paul Kurtz in Copenhagen, 1670-1671. Gold with enamel and table-cut stones. Total weight 2080 g. Also 2 garnets and 2 sapphires, of which the largest dates back to Frederik I and was presumbaly a gift to his father, Christian I, from the Duke of Milan in 1474. On the palmette above this is a table-cut diamond, behind wich Christian V’s monogram in gold thread can be seen. Since the abolition of absolutism, the crown has only be used at the castrum doloris of the deceased Kings.

Ibid

And the smaller of the the two is the Queen's Crown

The Queen’s Crown, made for Queen Sophie Magdalene by court jeweller Frederik (I) Fabritius in 1731.

It was in use until 1840. The table-cut stones are believed to have come from Queen Sophie Amalie’s crown from 1648. The crown was especially crafted for the queen, since the previous crown was worn by the much despised Anna Sophie Revntlow, the second wife of Frederik IV.

And at this point our scheduled tour ended . ;)

And finally , our last stop in the Danish Treasury - The Crown Jewels . The following descriptions are from the Kongerness Samling website , but the photos are mine .

The Order of Dannebrog Star

Star of the Order of Dannebrog, gold with brilliants and rubies. Made after amendments to the statutes of the Order in 1808, probably for Frederik VI.

In this case is the Danish Crown Regalia including :

The Anointing Sword, gold with enamel, table-cut and rose-cut stones. Used by the Absolutist kings and possibly by Frederik III. Originally a wedding present from Christian IV to Frederik III in 1643.

The Orb, gold with enamel and table-cut stones. Made in Hamburg for Frederik III’s coronation in 1648. Used at anointings during the period of Absolutism.

The Sceptre, gold with enamel and table-cut diamonds. Made for the coronation of Frederik III in 1648 by an unknown goldsmith in Copenhagen. Used at anointings during the period of Absolutism until 1840.

The Ampulla of gold with enamel and table-cut stones. Made for the coronation of Frederik III in 1648 by an unknown goldsmith in Copenhagen. Used at anointings during the period of Absolutism.

and the

Amethyst (1305 carats/261 g.) in a casing with Christian V’s name in gold on enamel, possibly made by Paul Kurtz, 1671. The jewel was only used when the kings sat on the throne during the anointing.

And the crowns . Beautiful to look at , but hard to take photos to do them justice !

Christian IV’s crown

Christian IV’s crown, made 1595-1596 by Dirich Fyring in Odense.

Gold with enamel, table-cut stones and pearls; total weight 2895 g. The figures on the crown’s large points illustrate the virtues and powers of a king.

Ireland surely is a beautiful Country ! And it was made more enjoyable by being able to tour it with some friends which we met on Cruise Critic .

We first met Karen and Ron , from the Isle of Man , when we shared several private tours in South America on the same ship which we first cruised the Baltic on ( NCL Dream ) .

On the cruise after ours it had a collision with another ship , blocking the port of Montevideo , Uruguay . :eek:

On December 10, 2007, the Norwegian Dream once again ran into trouble: departing from Montevideo, Uruguay, she collided with a barge carrying cars and containers. Once again, the Norwegian Dream‘s bow was damaged, though not as heavily as in 1999, and containers and cars from the barge plunged into the channel. This closed the port for days, and forced the Norwegian Dream to return to port. Another cruise ship, Celebrity‘s Infinity, which had been scheduled to leave later that day, was also trapped.

From : What ever happened to the Norwegian Dream ?

http://www.fromthedeckchair.com/2010/03/03/whatever-happened-to-the-norwegian-dream/

We hit it off with K&R and visited with them in London on our way to stay in SPB the first time . When we wanted to do a bus tour of Ireland a couple of years later , Karen told us about a private tourwhich went everywhere that we wanted to go - Hers !

They brought their vehicle over from the IOM to Ireland by ferry and we drove around together for 10 days . What an amazing act of caring and sharing ! :) :D

Here we were having a night cap of Guinness and some Jameson's during some traditional music at the Creamery Bar in Bunratty .

We later visited Jameson's Distillery in Cork .

We had hoped to do this Baltic cruise with them but they couldn't make it . But we did get to see them later when we went to the IOM .

Loving your review!

Thank you LauraAnneC , and hello to Dublin !

We have fond memories of visiting and circling the Emerald Isle .

Carrick-a-Rede rope bridge in Northern Ireland

The Giant's Causeway

The Cliffs of Moher with gale force winds !

The Ring of Kerry

The stone outside Dan Murphy's door

Those days in our hearts we will cherish

Contented although we were poor

And the songs that we sung in the days we were young

On the stone outside Dan Murphy's door

The stone outside Dan Murphy's door :

Our favorite bed & breakfast - Ballenkeele House

We then entered the Treasury and saw this Chalice . This photo and descriptions come from the following :http://www.kongernessamling.dk/en/rosenborg/object/chalice/

Chalice

Chalice, paten, wafer box and altar jug of gold with engraving in niello, white and black enamel, sapphires and diamonds. Made for Christian IV’s sister, Duchess Augusta of Holstein-Gottorp in 1632.

The engravings on the the chalice depicts the suffering of Christ, as well as symbols for the evangelists and christian passion. Many of the motifes can be found in the illustrations of the Lutheran Strasbourg translation of the bible in 1630. The skull was a commemoration of the events at Golgatha, alledgedly the place where the cross was standing directly on top of the grave of Adam, thus symbolizing eternity for all of mankind.

My photo of the encased , and spot lit chalice

Order of the Elephant

Order of the Garter

The Order of the Garter, sent to Christian IV by James I in 1603.

Gold with enamel and diamonds. It is thought to be the oldest specimen of the Order in existence. It was formed as a brotherhood of arms by Edward III in 1348. It shows the christian knight saint Georges’ victory against the dragon. Immiediately after his enthronement in 1603 James I had his brother in law, the danish king Christian IV, knighted. After the death of Christian IV the order was not returned, as is practice, but kept under the excuse of the civil unrest in England at the time, which resulted in the instalment of the english republic under the lead of Cromwell.

Enlarged

Encased

The Oldenburg Horn

We had now come to the Ivory and Amber display cases .

Ivory and amber

In the cellar room furthest to the north about half of Rosenborg’s 700 or so artefacts made of ivory and amber are displayed. They range in date from 1585 to1850. Some are gifts from foreign princes in return for white hunting falcons from Iceland and horses from Denmark.

Quote from : http://www.kongernessamling.dk/en/rosenborg/room/ivory-and-amber/

Riding trappings, 1634

Riding trappings used at the wedding of Christian, the Prince Elect in 1634. Black velvet, embroidered with gold, jewels and pearls. Made by Gert Osserijn in Copenhagen. These trappings were only a small part of the colossal wedding between the Prince Elect Christian and Magdalena Sibylla of Saxony in 1634, the celebration was arranged by his father king Christian IV. The wedding was intended as a deliberate show of prestige as well as a product of dynastical succession, merely five yeas after the embarrasing defeat in the 30 years war.

Quote from : http://www.kongernessamling.dk/en/rosenborg/object/riding-trappings-1634/

Nice guns but can you still get that bullets for that calibre ?

What the King wants ...

March 5, 1836: “God Created Men and Sam Colt Made Them Equal!” (Old West Adage)

But the bullets may have to be gold or silver ! :eek:

I found the following at : Abbeville Press

President Lincoln made still another political gift of 1860 Army revolvers, to King Frederick VII of Denmark. These too were delicately inlaid with gold, the carved grips framed in sterling silver. Silver-mounted rosewood casings for both out-fits were by Hartford craftsman William Milton; this fact was discovered by accident when vacuuming out Fredericks set--the lid lining came loose, to reveal Miltons business card. Serial numbers 31904, 31905. Courtesy Frederick VII Foundation, Jaegerspris, Denmark.

Here's a couple of new panoramic photos of the Moonlight Sonata MDR on the beautiful Celebrity Eclipse , from our recent cruise .

:) :D

Our last stop in Rosenborg Castle was the basement . At the entrance the guards were more vigilant than the ceremonial guards which we had seen earlier .

Perhaps they were guarding the thousand liter wine barrels

or the war game

or the old weapons

or maybe these Colt Revolvers presented to King Frederik VII from President Abraham Lincoln in 1861 .

The top floor of the castle is a large room called The Knight's Hall .

The walls are covered by 12 tapestries and at one end is a silver throne , the Throne for Audience

There are several paintings on the ceiling

They reminded us of the Moscow Metro

And the Royal Danish Coat of Arms

Coat of Arms

The Royal Danish Coat of Arms from the time of Frederik IV’s court. Installed during the complete refurbising of the entire ceiling at the start of the 18th century, after the likewise rather large remodelling seen in the time of Christian V.

A practice initiated in medieval times, coat of arms where traditionally used as heraldic representations of ownership or origins, as well as being symbols of power and prestige. As such these representations where convenient introductions to every prince in Europe, and could of course be used as political messages or claims.

Notice in particular the three crowns on a blue background, representing a longstanding danish claim to the Swedish throne. If you include the Norwegian lion on a red background along with the danish three lions and nine hearts, you have the three nations comprised by the Kalmarunion, led by danish regents until Sweden dissolved the alliance at the start of the 16th century.

Source :http://www.kongernessamling.dk/en/rosenborg/object/coat-of-arms/

And on the end opposite of the silver throne , The King's and Queen's Coronation Throne guarded by the Three Silver Lions .

Three silver lions, made l665-1670 in Copenhagen by Ferdinand Küblich. They are used on solemn occasions as guards around the throne and the Royal catafalque.

Thought to be inspired by the stories of King Solomon from The Old Testament, in whose court there were 12 golden lions protecting the throne.

Ibid

Coronation Chair , Queen

The coronation chair of the Danish queens. Made in silver by Niels Jonsen in Copenhagen for the anointing of Queen Sophie Magdalene in 1731.

Despite not being excessively wealthy Queen Sophie Magdalene influenced her husband King Christian VI into buying all sorts of majestic symbols and modernities, and even had the crown for the absolute queens made for their joint coronation as well.

Ibid

And , lastly :

Coronation chair, King

The coronation chair of the Danish kings, used at coronations between 1671-1840 during the institution of Absolute Monarchy, by Bendix Grodtschilling 1662-1671

The gilt figures were added during Christian V’s reign. The chair was used at coronations from 1671-1840.

Frederik III ordered this chair along the same lines as the silver lions, inspired by the stories of King Solomon from the Old Testament. To further enhance its legendary status, it was said that it was composed by unicorn horn. In reality, however, it is made from narwhale tusks, a material the danish kings could initially claim almost as their own because of the danish ownership of Iceland and the Faroe islands.

Christian VIII was the last coronated king, 1840, and immediately after the succesion of his son King Frederik VII in 1848, Frederik VII signed the first constitution in 1849. Since regents are no longer coronated, the subsequent succesions up until this day, have traditionally been marked by the proclamation of the death of the old regent by the primeminister, followed by three “long live…the new regent”, from the balcony of Christiansborg.

Ibid

Great plan. I hope you don't have to implement any thing too serious this season.:D

We certainly hope not , but we've done a lot already , so a day of rest with the grandsons today :rolleyes: .

Well that is very interesting.....I also love exploring castles...and wish we had had more time at Windsor back in 2015...

Yeah , it seems like time or lack thereof , is always the fly in the ointment ! ;)

We were fortunate to have a second visit to Windsor , and Salisbury but as it fell on a Sunday - some things were closed .

But I think that the castle that felt the most like a castle , was Castle Rushen , found on the Isle of Man .

With the exception of the aluminum ramp - that is . :) :D

Continuing our tour , we moved up a floor in the castle and came to Frederik the IV's Hall with this double portrait . Seen from one way it's Frederik

while viewed from the other way , it's his sister Sophie Hedevig

In Frederik the V's Cabinet is this portrait of his wife , Queen Louise .

This family painting of Frederik VI is found in the room named after him .

And in Christian the VIII 's Room was this beautiful mantle clock .

Adam showed the painting and shared a story about Christian VII .

Christian VII was completely unsuitable as an absolute monarch. He probably suffered from schizophrenia and had intense mood-swings. In the first years of his reign he participated in nightly boozes at the brothels of Copenhagen in the company of a prostitute named Bootee-Katrine .

I can't make this stuff up folks , it's from :http://www.kongernessamling.dk/en/rosenborg/person/christian-vii/

Very fortunate indeed. I hope your luck continues to be favourable but being prepared is the best way of hopefullly preventing major damage and getting through any disruptions after the storms.:)

Yes Mic , you've hit the nail on the head , being prepared - in advance . We gas the cars and have done our food and water shopping before the panic buying crowds clog the stores . Our biggest difficulty is that the kids have moved away , and so we have less adult help around here .

Also we adopted a different strategy in 2005 after I had retired . Instead of having to prepare our house , and then returning to Miami to work , I could stay home - or leave . When we saw what Wilma did in Mexico , we flew to Michigan with Tyler and visited Pat's family while Wilma visited our house . When we returned home and the power was still out , we drove to Disney World and took another vacation , until the power came back on ! :) :D

There were several paintings on the ceiling and Queen Sophie Amalie was the model for this one in which she portrays Hera , queen of the gods .

My editor suggested that I dress them up a little ( Evening chic ) .

In the Thirty Years' War with Sweden - King Christian IV demonstrate a heroism that is remembered by the Danish Nation and glorified is name for ever - as he on the deck of the battleship -Trefoldighed - (Trinity) in 1644 - at the Bay of Kiel was hit by splinters of wood and metal by a exploded canon that wounded him several places and blinding him totally one eye. The King’s bloody clothing from this event is displayed at Rosenborg Castle.

from http://www.copenhagenet.dk/cph-rosenborg.htm

The bloody clothing and some earrings made from the shrapnel removed from the king .

And finally , Christian died in this room and so they had a photo of the fallen king here .

Rosenborg Castle was built by King Christian IV , who ruled over Denmark during the peak of it's power and Norway . He was a larger than life King , kind of a Danish Peter the Great , before Peter the Great was born . Both a lover ( 2 wives , 3 mistresses and 25 children ) and a fighter ( 30 years war and the Torstenson War with Sweden ) .

http://www.copenhagenet.dk/cph-rosenborg.htm

Our tour began in the Winter Room

Which includes several busts of Christian IV

Moving into his bedroom which I found somewhat macabre .

Wax statues in boxes

This one of Queen Sophie Amalie ( I found this photo on the net as mine had a lot of glare )

Yes, I can't tell you how excited we are. Especially after seeing all of the great photos posted on this thread and hearing the stories of our friends who did this cruise. I will report back. Here is a photo a friend of mine took from the White a Continent.[ATTACH]393051[/ATTACH]

 

 

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That's a remarkable photo to see the penguins and the ship , in the same photo !

Otway Sound near Punta Arenas , and Punta Tombo near Puerto Madryn , are an hour or more on a bus to see the penguins !

We were on Galaxy doing a TA when Wilma struck. The captain detoured and we were not effected until we couldn't go into Key West, as it was flooded.

Eventually we managed to visit Key West on a land trip in February 2014.

It's very frustrating to miss a port , but I sure wouldn't care to experience a hurricane at sea ! :eek:

We had some damage at home after Frances & Jeanne...but at the resort, which you've visited, we had about 6 Million in damage....and just as we were all put back together Wilma came along and ripped off part of a brand new roof again!!! Hopefully that's all the hurricanes we will have to deal with for a long time....and even at that it was nothing like Katrina and what happened in New Orleans....

 

Back to your wonderful review...a MUCH happier topic!! :)

How disheartening and expensive :( , but fortunately , buildings can be rebuilt !

When we had Andrew in Miami , and I was still working with the Fire Department , we were sent to a shelter . During the peak of the storm , one of the guys was talking to his wife and kids as the windows blew out . They also lost their roof , all while he was on the phone - before he lost connection .

He had to wait about 12 hours before he was able to find out that they were all right , thank God . :eek:

Have been watching that same tropical system...glad it appears to be going south of both of us....not a fan of this time of year....since 2004 when Frances & Jeanne came calling.... hopefully the rest of this season will pose no threats....:eek:

We also had Katrina make landfall near here , just south of Port Everglades before flooding New Orleans and a direct hit here from Wilma after she tore up Cozumel and Cancun in 2005 . We had 3 direct hits here in just over a 1 year period , but we were very fortunate with no major damage ! :eek: :eek: :eek:

We had never heard of Rosenborg Castle before , but we were sure glad that Adam took us ! In a hurry to get to the garden , I forgot to take a photo from the front , so this is Pat's .

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosenborg_Castle

Meanwhile , in the garden

There is a moat below the bricks

A side view , from near the restrooms

Adam had an interesting story about these lions , some guards and some money . I wish that I could remember it - but I forgot where I put my memory pills .

Another one of Pat's photos .