Google Drive: HOWTO copy a folder (containing Google docs)

For unclear reasons Google Drive does not support copying folders.

Workaround 1: copy the folders in your local Google Drive desktop environment and everything will be synced to your drive.

This does however not work for folders containing Google docs. Your desktop only has a link to the real thing that resides in the cloud. Local copying does not work on those links.

Workaround 2:

1. From Google drive, download the folder to your local system. Google drive will convert all your google docs to their MS Office counterpart in the process. 
2. Unpack the downloaded zip to a desktop folder that is synced to your Google Drive.