The Little Mermaid and the Chinese Tourists

We were not going to see her.  Friends had told us it was disapointing and we were going to skip it.  We were on our way to the northern part of the city to catch a ferry boat that would take us all along the harbor so we could view the city from the water.  On the A1 bus getting there were a group of older Chinese tourists led by a young men.  They were all agitated and the leader was saying in English I think we missed our stop.  We asked where they were going and it turned out they were going to the same stop we were so we said "follow us."  They were all reading information sheets with Chinese characters so we assumed they were from China.  Like many travel assumptions this was wrong.  When we asked where they were from they shouted "USA."  Then one of the men piped up and told us they had all been born in Shanghai but had come to the US many years ago and were now all American citizens.  He asked if we had been to Shanghai and when we replied that we had and was one of our favorite cities, they all beamed and we compared notes.  When we arrived at our stop they started on the path to the Little Mermaid and we headed the other way, but  one of them ran over.  "No, no.  The Little Mermaid this way."  They were insistent so we went along.  Their enthusiasm was catching.  It seemed The Little Mermaid was one of their main reasons for being in Copenhagen.  When we arrived they swarmed down the rocks to the statue and took many pictures.   The statue is small so not the imposing sight of say the Statue of LIberty, but in its own quiet way it is impressive.  I'm glad we saw it.