Jægersborg Dyrehave & Copenhagen

Today we woke up to a gorgeous sunny day! We headed off to Jægersborg Dyrehave (deer park) which is just north of Copenhagen. It is right by the water and it was still gorgeous when we got here! There was also some interesting art in the park on the water. Then it was into the deer park to see if we could see some deer. It is the location of the old royal hunting grounds and I thought there were a ton of deer in there, but when we were first wandering we only saw a couple, one really close and 3 farther off. We stopped and had lunch and 2 of them were in the trees in the distance, and I told Raymond I thought there would be a big group of them.

Well after lunch we walked up to the kings hunting lodge and all of a sudden in the field there were a ton of deer! They were pretty far away and we figured we shouldn’t walk out to them and scare them, but if you zoom in you can see them! (And in the video which is not that good). There was also a golf course on the other side of the lodge and there were a ton over there too! Lots of white/light tan deer that I have never seen before! So that was fun. We ended up walking way more than I had planned and had to quickly walk back to the car as we had to be at our next place at a certain time to get the keys. But it was fun wandering and spying on the deer! I just looked at the website and it says there are over 2,000 that live there! It is a huge park and we only saw a small part as we didn’t have that much time, but maybe next time we will explore more.

Then we headed into Copenhagen and man I do not like driving in this city! We just drove to where we are staying to unload the car and then to a parking garage and it want far, but was not fun! Sooooo many bicycles and people just crossing in the middle of the street and just people everywhere you have you watch out for! We are staying until Saturday and when we got here there are signs everywhere about this bike race on sat/sun so…I had originally thought we might wander more and then leave after lunch, but with roads closed all over the city after 1 we are probably just going to head out in the morning. I am already anticipating it will take forever as there will probably be more people/bikes everywhere.

But once we parked the car we spied on some treats and found a bakery with tons of good sounding things! We tried a cinnamon roll and it was delicious! We well definitely have to try more!

Then back to our place to unpack and everything before heading down to pick up some dinner - pad Thai and pad see ew! It was from this takeout Thai place and it was amazing! I loved it! There are so many food options here, but I can’t get Thai food many places over here and I love Thai food so we might have to go back again it was that good…we shall see!

We sat by the water for a bit in the sun (the wooden island in the middle was covered with cormorants!), then headed back towards our place and stopped for ice cream - chocolate for Raymond and rhubarb vanilla star anise for me which was amazing! I loved it! If none of the other ice cream places have anything fun to try I would definitely go back there for more!

We sat by the water (and saw a Great Crested Grebe!) until we got cold and then back to our place for teas and relax until bed. It was a really great day, but so much walking! I’ve been trying to not do that much so my feet aren’t already exhausted for my Pokémon day on Friday, but it hasn’t been working out. Oh well! We have been having all the fun adventures!Read more