There's nothing that says "I've been there" better than standing with 50 other tourists trying to capture the perfect shot of an iconic statue that's been photographed thousands of times a day, every day of the year, for the past several decades. The Little Mermaid--the graceful statue sculpted by Edvard Eriksen and unveiled at Copenhagen's Langelinie wharf exactly 96 years ago tomorrow--has, alas, suffered physical abuse as silently as her prose counterpart. Having been decapitated twice, she now has a neck filled with concrete to keep evil-doers at bay (and precluding the need for a "Forurening forbudt" plaque, which would detract from the photographs).You know you've found all the right tourist spots when you start recognizing the other visitors.
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