This is our last day in Copenhagen and we headed to Amager, an island where the soil was so good that farming flourished, however Copenhagen needed an airport so a great part of farm country is gone. We learned today that cars are highly taxed (luxury item) so you see many small cars here as the tax is only 1 1/2 times the price of the car as the larger cars pay 2-3 times more. Most cars get 45-60 mph and there is no tax on gas. Sales tax on other items is 25%. ...

Today we started our city tour by seeing the Little Mermaid, a Copenhagen icon. This small life sized bronze statue made in 1913 by Edvard Eriksen, depicts a mermaid from the fairy tale of the same name by Hans Christian Andersen. Next we saw one of the largest monuments in Copenhagen, the imposing Gefion Fountain, given to the city by the Carlsberg (brewery) Foundation. This monument is based on the Norse Goddess Gefion who swings her whip over her sons, whom sh...