We spent some time at the Westquay Shopping Centre located across the street, and had lunner at, again, Wagamama.   We ate at one of these restaurants  when we were in Copenhagen after visiting Tivoli Gardens.  Had an excellent pork ramen there with beer. What we experienced at Westquay was amazing.  We thought  Southampton  was just a dull port town with maybe a stoplight.  Not so. Has a population of more than a quarter million, and is famous more than anything else as the departure point for several fatal ships. In 1620 the Mayflower carried 120, Pilgrims to America, making anchor near Cape Cord, Massachusetts.  Many died on the way, and only 50 survived the first winter. Of course, the other that left here was the RMS Titanic in 1912 on a maiden voyage to New York, something we will also do soon, but hope to succeed.  That's an actual photo of the ship leaving Southampton.  Around 550 of the 2224 passengers and crew died, the deadliest sinking of any ship in history.  500 on bo

 It was cloudy, but the walk to Tivoli Gardens was only about 15 minutes away, so braving the blustery cold, off we went. Cost $20 each if you do not ride anything. We were met by my Blue-bar Pigeon and his friends.  He then flew a bit into a tree, so we followed him there. We had not seen much of cherry trees in Japan, but saw a lot in Copenhagen. There, of course, were other flowers. Brussel sprouts and leeks.  See that black bird hiding in one of these photos? And more birds. As we walked back to the hotel we saw this restaurant. Ordered a pork ramen with some local beer.  Excellent!!! To Tivoli and back took 6029 steps. We leave tomorrow for Amsterdam, and the next day board the Tauck riverboat for a tulip cruise to Budapest, Hungarian, run by Viktor Orbán, good friend of Donald Trump. This is one of those days when I had an earlier posting only a few hours ago, am sending this second one now, and won't do this again for another 20 hours or so because of travel. -