17/08/2016, Copenhagen.

Have been here several times and like the city more and more with every visit. Clean,simple,spacious. Over the years have taken at least twice a shuttle bus to town and back, at least twice have walked the distance there and back. This time it was going to be different. I had broken my reading glasses and even though can still see through them,would like to get a new pair. So decided to find an optitian near the port. I walked the surrounding streets for two hours,for two long hours and nowhere,absolutely nowhere did I see a pharmacy or some such shop. The Danes must be the healthiest people in Europe. And I never saw one single overweight person,not one. On the Eclipse at every which turn there is a big backside wobbling about. I reckon we have more fat people here than Denmark has in total. To add insult to injury,after all the unsuccessful walking I developed a blister the size of a walnut on the inside of my left big toe. How and why this happened remains a mystery to me as I have had the skechers for a year now, wear them every time I go for long walks and have been one of the most comfortable pairs of footwear ever. So now I am nursing my sore foot and the gym is for the time being off limits. And just when I thought I would learn new dace moves! Lunch was the most disappointing meal on the ship so far. Bread freshly baked, as always utterly delicious,a choice of at least three different kinds. Mushroom soup could not be faulted.Smoked pork,sauerkraut and mashed peas looked a perfect choice on paper,but...where do I start? The meat too dry and so strong,the life seemed to have been smoked out of it,the mushy peas I like so much I found very unpleasant and after a mouthful couldn't stomach any more. The only redeeming ingredient was the sauerkraut,there was only one thing wrong with it - not enough on the plate. Banana creme brulee was good, ate almost the lot,but not my choice of a perfect desert. The sun-lit balcony made up for all the pain of the blown-up blister and the disappointing lunch. There are two things that make a cruise perfect for me - a little table for myself at meal times and a balcony where I can sunbathe in the nude. And the time has come to indulge in the latter! Glorious!