Copenhagen on The Amazing Race (again)
Hans Christian Andersen Statue - Copenhagen, Denmark
If you watched The Amazing Race this past week you will recognize this statue, which is where the first clue of the racing day was located. As I watched The Amazing Race I didn’t remember the writing under the statue. After looking at today’s photo I realized why. There is no saying that ends with “To Travel is to Live” underneath the Hans Christian Andersen statue in Copenhagen! The Amazing Race planted it there just for the show. Tricky. Actually, I think there are a lot of things “fudged” on The Amazing Race. Many of the scenes they show are nowhere near places the contestants go. On this most recent episode they made it look like Legoland is just outside of Copenhagen. Legoland is actually over three hours away by car.
Back to today’s photo… Why am I sitting on Hans’s lap you ask? This was a bit of a joke. Tourists (mostly kids and young ladies) take their photo in this position. I tried to get my kids to sit on his lap back in 2008, but they were far too embarrassed. They would have been even more mortified had I done it. So this past summer, when they weren’t with me, I had this photo taken to send to them to see if I could get a laugh out of them back home. However, I forgot all about it until watching the Amazing Race this past Sunday evening.