While we were having a picnic in Kongens Have (King's Garden) in København, this character walked by. When he saw me pick up my camera, he paused just a second to strike a pose!
I think he is actually an American, Richard Karpen, who is mentioned in our guidebook "Rick Steves' Scandainavia". Rick says that Mr. Karpen is a tourguide who dresses as Hans Christian Andersen while giving "daily 90-minute tours that wander in and out of buildings, courtyards, back streets, and unusual parts of the old town. Richard has an infectious love of Copenhagen."
In a return to the public stage, John Edwards has confirmed plans to talk politics a month after admitting to an extramarital affair. But his wife won't be at his side.
AFP - Australian police have cleared an Indian doctor of involvement in failed bomb attacks in Britain last year after a bungled 14-month probe that is now the subject of a judicial inquiry.
Reuters - Personal income tumbled unexpectedly
in July and inflation-adjusted spending shrank as government
economic stimulus waned, but consumer spirits rose this month,
a hint the economy may muddle through its woes.
