Thursday, July 18, 2024

17 July 2024 Copenhagen: Off to Ruby's and Copenhagen South

 


We had 4:30 reservations at Ruby's Cocktail Bar. We had planned to visit a few museums before we headed over.  However the Danish summer interrupted these plans with an extended downpour.  As the rain continued we crossed off the Museum of Copenhagen.  The rain continued so we crossed off the National Museum of Denmark.  These will have to wait for another day.  We walked over to the M4 metro in a light rain and rode it right to Ruby's.  It was close to the Bird and Churchkey and we even saw our barmaid from the Bird and Churchkey as she stopped in to Ruby's.  We got two new gins to add to the Gin Book.  We got to talk at length with Olivia the server and it turns out that it was only her third day at this job.  When we ordered our GnT's I noticed the bottles were almost empty so I asked if I could get a label or something off of the bottles.  The Boatyard Bottle was very ornate but they refill the bottle from a larger container so it was not available.  But the Quirky Swedish Rose Gin bottle was brought over to us and is already in the Gin Book.  We headed out after one drink each and it was still early so we went to the end of the M4 Metro line, Copenhagen South.  



As we were walking past this door, it opened up and spooked us a bit


We have arrived


Nice windows


This is the same entrance that has been in use for Ruby's since 1854


The tools of the trade are stacked up on top


A delightful antique piece at the entrance


Our two new gins


the server has only been working there for three days


The gin selection was not what we would call extensive


Cheese please


Olivia on the right and Andrea on the the left


Gin Book #2 is filling up quickly


We took the metro all the way to the terminus at Copenhagen South


All of the stations are shiny new and very large


A bit of fancy lighting


The topside has a red circle motif 


A very small basketball court, maybe it is just for playing Horse


A big Gymnasium 


Here we see the map of the "S" trains connecting to the Metro


The S trains


At the metro station the traffic lights are still covered


My creative juices are flowing, I need some black duct tape


Another opportunity


What fun I could have


An immature Goldfinch up on our balconies


It has been 2 years and 42 days since we began our Migration