Towers and Trolls

LOTR day?!?

Thursday morning was one of our scheduled activity times- Forest Tower at Camp Adventure and then Giant Troll Hunt. It was going to be an outdoor day and the weather was predicted to be our warmest of the week. We took a cozy shuttle bus- yeah WI-FI- along with 15 or so others. During the summer season, Camp Adventure is known for its team building facilities- including a ropes course, zip lining, and glamping. To reach the tower base, a scenic 1km walk through the woods. Emmit work on his bird calls. To no surprise, as we reached the tower base we were met with a spiral walkway up to the top. 12 full rotations to a height of 45km- the highest tower in Scandinavia. I couldn't help but think of my childhood growing up climbing Parnell Tower, but this was so much better.

Truth be told, Noel has been a fan of Thomas Dambo's giant trolls long before the plan was announced to have one of his trolls built in Wauwatosa. She was under the impression this was a six trolls only tour- no mention of long hike to and up the tower... and also no mention we were going to see only two of them. Also, it was cloudy and windy... not hygge.

After our tour we did a quick walk around the Vesterbro neighborhood, best known for its vintage stores. We went to the top of Christianborg Palace- former Royals home- for some 360 degree views of Copenhagen. On the small elevator to the top- fits the I gut- out five and a couple with their daughter squeezed in. The other mom stated good thing you guys don't have another child to which Emmit quickly responded... "Kevin?!?"

The dinner plan was to find spicy chicken sandwiches at Poulette. Once again, Noel was ahead of the game (and The Bear) with this one. The walk was longer than expected and to our disappointment, Apple Maps hadn't updated that Poulette was no longer part of Broens Gadekøkken (food park). We found some delicious other options, notably Josie getting some duck fat fries. No way we were going to pass up a photo booth- funny faces.

More night photos at Ny Havn... oh so very hygge with the lights and boats.

At the suggestion of Vinod, our shuttle bus driver, we watched the Scandavian film-Trolls- think King Kong but an ancient giant troll comes to life. It was better than expected.Read more