When we got into port, we found workers building these bleacher seats on the other side of the pier from where we docked. We can only assume that upon completion they will fill the seats and welcome us to Alborg. What nice folks! (Later on we discovered there is going to be some sort of musical festival in Alborg this coming weekend and they’re expecting something like 40,000 people. I think maybe they need to re-think those 64 porta-potties we saw at the end of the bleachers.)

This is the view from our room. The tiered concrete mounds in the center of the open space are fountains that do their thing periodically.

They are justifiably proud of their modern public library complex.

On our walking tour of Old Town Chuck decided to test out some exercise equipment we saw in a little park.

Most of the old streets are named after the professions of the people who lived on them, like shoemakers and tailors. And all of the names are l-o-n-g and unpronounceable.

Love these quaint little historic streets. Our guide said that these little houses are in such big demand that they sell for upwards of $1 million dollars.

We visited this old catholic church called Church of our Lady. It’s hard to get back far enough to get a good overall photo because the buildings in this area are so dense.

Like most of the churches we’ve seen along the way, this one is beautiful in its simplicity.

Intricate chandeliers throughout the church.

Beautiful organ pipes in the back of the church although I never did spot the organ. Wish we could have heard the organ play.

Hanging from the high ceiling was a line of chandeliers down the main aisle of the church and right in the middle of the line was this Viking ship.

There were 2 small rooms off the nave, one in the back of the church and one off the front, that contained crypts of wealthy church members from long ago..

Lovely streets…

A little artists’ colony. The little white dog in the front belongs to an artist there and he came out to greet us.

This was a side window of the Luksus Baby store. Are those mannequins not amazing?

Never miss an opportunity to plant a tree!

This elevator is the only entrance to a museum that is entirely underground. (I call this woman “Ms. Yellow Jacket.” When I look at my photos, I swear she’s in at least 25% of them. How can this be? The group has left, why is she still standing here? She looks like she’s posing but there’s no one else here. This is kinda weird.)

I can’t believe we never got back to visit this chocolate shop after they opened.

This elegant brick building is the old post office.

This is the tower on the old post office. See the 9 holes on each side? Until the 1960’s, their telegram delivery pigeons lived here.

I like this building for it’s date on the front.

A lovely city square. In the summertime it’s full of tables and chairs and in the wintertime they use it for an ice skating rink. (She’s not kidding us, is she? The square is not flat, it dips in the middle and goes up at one end. How do they make the ice level? there must be something I don’t understand here.)

This was the Monastery of the Holy Ghost which had both monks and nuns. Eventually things didn’t work out so well for that kind of an arrangement, and a couple of people were sent to a nunnery and a couple others lost their heads, but they certainly had beautiful surroundings.

Here’s one of the courtyards for the monastery.

Apparently 2 brothers had a competition to see who could build the most beautiful house. I believe this house won the battle.

This is art. This water bottle looks 3-D but it’s actually painted on this flat wall. I left the man’s head in the photo to help give it perspective. It’s huge.

We were treated to a little Viking show. These 2 men were issuing the invitation.

This Viking gave us a taste of mead and snacks and talked about manly Viking stuff.

Then he absconded with our tour guide, Sarah, and took her away to his tent. Fortunately we were able to free her to finish the tour.

This group of buildings in Old Town has been here since 1536.

We saw several of these toddler transporters in Denmark. There are seats for 4 kids and this one has an older 5th child hanging on the back.

Houston, we have a wardrobe malfunction! One of the toddler’s hats has come off and the daycare worker is trying to fix it without losing stride.

Oh dear, I see that hat has come off again. It’s going to be a long day!

Time to leave for Stavanger, Norway, our next port. While at sea this evening, this ship ran along our starboard side for quite a while and I can see the name on the bow is Fountainhead. According to a report on Shipspotting.com, someone also reported seeing Fountainhead in this area yesterday. Fountainhead is a Cayman Islands ship home ported in Georgetown. It’s owner is Edward Lampert, #810 on Forbes Magazine’s list of richest men. Nice boat, man.

Alborg’s old City Hall was built in 1762 and it still a very striking building where special events are now held.

This is a close-up of the Alborg City Hall front door. In the 1700’s, when anything important needed to be passed along, a note was pinned to the city hall’s front door and you can still see the pinholes today.

This was a side entrance into the monastery. I wonder where this hall leads?

These were the steepest, shallowest steps leading down to a very small door. Strange!

This was one of the doors from the area of Old Town where the houses are now so expensive. In that area, it’s traditional to list all of the past owners of the home. In this home, there have been 14 owners since 1787 with the current owners living there since 1998. Just for fun, why don’t we all list all of the owners of our houses on the front door?

Where is OSHA when you really need them?