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Jour 72
dimanche 9 septembre 2018
⛅ 18 °C
Altitude: 19 m
Danemark Sortedams Sø 55.690141, 12.56380855°41’25” N 12°33’50” E
Boat, walk, and beer
9 septembre 2018, Danemark ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Today we visited Copenhagen. We took the subway into the city and walked along the canal to the Amalienborg, the residence of the Danish Royal family, and watched the changing of the guards. Following that we took a canal tour. Nikolaj returned home with the boys and the rest of us continued walking and touring the city. During our walk we found another brewery Nørrebro Bryghus (noerrebrobryghus.dk). Cheers!En savoir plus
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Jour 73
lundi 10 septembre 2018
⛅ 19 °C
Altitude: 4 m
Danemark Nordre Refshalebassin 55.69347, 12.60798455°41’36” N 12°36’29” E
School, Mermaid, and beer
10 septembre 2018, Danemark ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
First day of school! (sort of)
Today the boys joined Daniel and Emilie at school. They spent the first part of the day playing a real version of Fortnite, their favourite video game. The classes had created a real version for a school event. Their second period was cooking class and they got to make apple pie (they did not bring any home to share). And during their final period, Science and Math, Isaac and Oliver got to present their slideshow of photos from home. They also gave each of the students and teachers a Canada buff as a thank you for having them.

So, while the kids were at school Jen and I went out for coffee, walked around a mall, visited The Little Mermaid statue and found a brewery (we shared a toast to my sister Jody's birthday) and food stall village (https://reffen.dk/en/) down by the harbour.En savoir plus
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VoyageurThe boys went willingly to school? 😏
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VoyageurThe boys LOVED school... Oliver came home and said 'I even made some new friends!'.
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VoyageurNice.
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Jour 74
mardi 11 septembre 2018
☁️ 14 °C
Altitude: 2 m
Danemark Den Blå Planet 55.638145, 12.65614555°38’17” N 12°39’22” E
Fish, fish, and beer
11 septembre 2018, Danemark ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
After a good sleep-in we finally got up and ready to tackle the day. We headed out to Den Bla Planet (https://denblaaplanet.dk/en/), Denmark’s national aquarium. We wandered through the exhibits, watched the shark tank feeding and enjoyed some lunch (and a beer).

Back at Anette’s we had a geography review of the places we have visited.En savoir plus
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Jour 75
mercredi 12 septembre 2018
⛅ 14 °C
Altitude: 23 m
Danemark Copenhagen 55.676657, 12.56909655°40’36” N 12°34’9” E
Touring, Hard Rock, and beer
12 septembre 2018, Danemark ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Today we rode the train into Copenhagen and took a city bus tour… seemed like a good way to spend a rainy morning. After our tour we headed towards Hard Rock Café for lunch. On our way we stumbled across Vesterbro Bryghus (a micro-brewery) and stopped for a flight. Following lunch the weather cleared and we did some walking around downtown Copenhagen. We climbed to the top of The Round Tower (www.rundetaarn.dk) for a 34.8 m high view of Copenhagen.En savoir plus
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VoyageurYour adventures are inspiring! All this talk of beer is making me thirsty.
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Jour 76
jeudi 13 septembre 2018 à 11:30
⛅ 15 °C
Altitude: Niveau de la mer
Danemark Helsingor Ferry Port 56.029766, 12.60990856°1’47” N 12°36’36” E
Beginning of our road trip
13 septembre 2018, Danemark ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Today we decided to take a road trip up the east coast to Helsingor. From here we caught the Scandlines car ferry across the Oresund Strait.
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Jour 76
jeudi 13 septembre 2018 à 12:00
⛅ 15 °C
Altitude: 13 m
Suède Helsingborg Central Station 56.043757, 12.69495856°2’38” N 12°41’42” E
More of our road trip
13 septembre 2018, Suède ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Visiting Sweden. Just a short road trip from Copenhagen across Oresund Strait.

What brought us here?
Geography, Google, beer and the Scandlines Ferry (and the Oresund Bridge brought us back)… only a short drive from Copenhagen (discovered through Google), a craft brewery to visit, and we add a new country to our trip, Welcome to Sweden.

DYK: Crossing the Oresund Strait between Sweden and Denmark, The Oresund Bridge is the longest combined road and rail bridge in Europe. The bridge runs nearly 8 kilometres (5 miles) from the Swedish coast to the artificial island Peberholm in the middle of the strait. The crossing is completed by the 4-kilometre (2.5 mi) Drogden Tunnel from Peberholm to the Danish island of Amager.En savoir plus
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Jour 76
jeudi 13 septembre 2018 à 13:00
⛅ 16 °C
Altitude: 6 m
Suède Malmö Central Station 55.609067, 12.99992355°36’33” N 12°59’60” E
The destination of our road trip
13 septembre 2018, Suède ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Our road trip takes us down the coast of Sweden to Malmö. Here we take in a city canal tour, do some exploring and pay a visit to the Malmö Brewing Company.
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Jour 76
jeudi 13 septembre 2018 à 18:30
☀️ 15 °C
Altitude: 23 m
Danemark Højnæsbjerg 55.76783, 12.44358555°46’4” N 12°26’37” E
Completing our road trip
13 septembre 2018, Danemark ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
To complete today’s road trip we return to Denmark across the Oresund Bridge.
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Jour 77
vendredi 14 septembre 2018 à 20:00
🌧 13 °C
Altitude: 67 m
Danemark Billund Airport 55.733441, 9.13828555°44’0” N 9°8’18” E
Vacation in a vacation #3
14 septembre 2018, Danemark ⋅ 🌧 13 °C
An early morning started us on our almost 3 hour drive to Billund, Denmark. Billund is the home of Lego. We spent a few hours at Legoland before checking into our Lalandia holiday home.
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Jour 77
vendredi 14 septembre 2018 à 22:51
🌧 12 °C
Altitude: 67 m
Danemark Billund Airport 55.733441, 9.13828555°44’0” N 9°8’18” E
Traveling Woes and Whoas!
14 septembre 2018, Danemark ⋅ 🌧 12 °C
With the end of our adventure drawing near, it is time for another reflection…

The pictures aren’t always great and the stories aren’t always exciting but the memories are special and unique.

We are going places and seeing things but most important we are spending time with people. These people and the lives they are sharing with us are elevating this adventure from sight-seeing to life-changing.

It is not always comfy, and sometimes it has been hot (and cold), some mornings have been early, and food isn’t always what you expected it to be but these are all pieces of the puzzle, a series of dots that when connected are taking us around the world.

Did some grocery shopping, had to buy new socks, drove on the opposite side of the road (and vehicle), and even got a haircut... just a few of the ‘normal’ tasks that have been part of the adventure. A little different (ok, sometimes a lot different) and a little the same. Excitedly mundane and boringly enjoyable... all memorable memories.

Everything we have seen, learned, visited, and experienced… all teasing us for more.En savoir plus
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VoyageurWell said.
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VoyageurAll your adventures, make me want to start one with Nicola and my little ones.
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VoyageurJason Houghton, our adventure would not have been the same without you, Nicola and your little ones! Thank you again!
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VoyageurIt’s kind of sad you are coming to an end, I have really enjoyed following your posts and I’ve learned a lot from your travels! It was so great you had the experiences you did and reconnecting with friends. You will never forget this...unless you get dimentia 😊
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Jour 78
samedi 15 septembre 2018
⛅ 13 °C
Altitude: 60 m
Danemark Legoland Billund 55.735511, 9.12680555°44’8” N 9°7’36” E
Legoland Day 2
15 septembre 2018, Danemark ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Even the light showers could not keep us away from Legoland today. We got there shortly after it opened, braved the rain and enjoyed our day. Rode some rides, attended driving school, conquered a Ninjago laser maze, ate Lego fries, explored Atlantis and wandered through Miniland.
After a rest back at our holiday home we went to the Lalandia Aquadome water park. It closed earlier than we thought but we had time to check out the fun and enjoy the outdoor hot tub.En savoir plus
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VoyageurYou all look so good. Only a few more days.
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Jour 79
dimanche 16 septembre 2018
⛅ 13 °C
Altitude: 61 m
Danemark Billund Airport 55.728054, 9.14039655°43’41” N 9°8’25” E
Just add water
16 septembre 2018, Danemark ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Spent a good part of the day at the Lalandia Aquadome (water park). Hot tubbin’ (a little gross), water slidin’, pool splashin’ and wave jumpin’. No pics but a whole lotta fun.
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Jour 80
lundi 17 septembre 2018 à 10:00
⛅ 16 °C
Altitude: 55 m
Danemark Billund 55.730678, 9.11490755°43’50” N 9°6’54” E
Everything is Awesome!
17 septembre 2018, Danemark ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Brick-tacular, brick-tastic, brick-mazing, all of these and more. Today we visited the Lego House. Part museum, part play ground, and all Lego, this attraction has numerous themed areas to inspire creativity and construction. With over 25 million Lego bricks available to play with you cannot get bored.

DYK: The name LEGO is an abbreviation of the Danish words Leg Godt which means “play well”. It was later learned that LEGO also means “I put together” in Latin.En savoir plus
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VoyageurI think you need one of those chairs for your basement!
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Jour 80
lundi 17 septembre 2018 à 14:00
⛅ 17 °C
Altitude: 55 m
Danemark Billund 55.730679, 9.11490755°43’50” N 9°6’54” E
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Stud and tube coupling system
17 septembre 2018, Danemark ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Our Lego fun continued with lunch at the MINICHEF restaurant where we ordered our food with Lego and picked it up from a Lego robot. Our visit ended with an expensive stop at the Lego Store. (Now to the suitcase store so we can bring it all home!)

DYK: Stud and tube coupling system is the name given to the construction technique of Lego bricks which allows them to secure to each other but still easily disassemble.En savoir plus
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Voyageur Oh My Look at all that lego...hours of fun!
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Jour 81
mardi 18 septembre 2018
⛅ 20 °C
Altitude: 22 m
Danemark Valby 55.664539, 12.53027555°39’52” N 12°31’49” E
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A Copenhagen institution
18 septembre 2018, Danemark ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Our last full day in Copenhagen and the last day of our around the world Adventure of a Lifetime… time to seriously think about our return home. The weather was beautiful today and we headed out to visit the Carlsberg Brewery and ExBEERience. We rode in a horse-drawn carriage pulled by 2 of the Carlsberg draught horses, toured the buildings and got to enjoy a beer at the Courtyard Bar.En savoir plus
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VoyageurAn epic adventure! Save journey back to Canada, love The Houghtons
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Voyageur I.m so glad you.re all home anndp0
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Jour 82
mercredi 19 septembre 2018 à 04:50
🌙 14 °C
Altitude: 4 m
Danemark Copenhagen Airport 55.624073, 12.64968555°37’27” N 12°38’59” E
Tak og farvel Danmark
19 septembre 2018, Danemark ⋅ 🌙 14 °C
Thank you and good-bye Denmark.
Reunited with an old friend and made some new ones. Our time in Denmark has been wonderful and we are leaving with lots of memories and a long list of reasons to return. Thank you to Anette, Nikolaj, Emilie, Daniel, Marianne and Niels. Your hospitality and kindness will not be forgotten. We will save you a seat at our bar!En savoir plus
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Jour 82
mercredi 19 septembre 2018 à 13:00
⛅ 18 °C
Altitude: 164 m
Canada Toronto Pearson International Airport 43.677734, -79.61154943°40’40” N 79°36’42” W
Touchdown #19, Closing the loop
19 septembre 2018, Canada ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Touchdown, back on Canadian soil. Not really sure what to say here. This return home comes with mixed emotions. Of course we are happy to be back, to be with family and friends and enjoy the comfort of home, but at the same time it also marks the end of an amazing travel adventure. We are going to enjoy sharing more pictures and stories for quite some time.En savoir plus
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Jour 82
mercredi 19 septembre 2018 à 17:00
☀️ 19 °C
Altitude: 208 m
Canada Alderslea 44.325887, -79.53610644°19’33” N 79°32’10” W
Destination #11, Home Sweet Home
19 septembre 2018, Canada ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
We have traveled on planes, cars, trains, boats, ferries, buses, gondolas, funiculars, taxis, subways, carriages, horses, golf carts, paddleboards, kayaks and our feet… all took us around the world and back again.

Seeing sights, reuniting with friends, visiting places, making memories... Kinda what it is all about. With some dirty laundry, a ton of pictures, a few souvenirs and NO REGRETS we have come home. Let's hope our journey encourages our international friends to come and visit, our door is open.

DYK: During this trip around the world we traveled for 82 days, visited 13 countries, flew over 62000 kilometers during over 87 hours on 19 flights, connected with 12 friends (and their families) and took over 8000 pictures… add it all up and this one equals the Adventure of a Lifetime.En savoir plus
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VoyageurWelcome home!
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VoyageurWelcome Home - You will need to adjust to the culture :)
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Jour 83
jeudi 20 septembre 2018
⛅ 16 °C
Altitude: 207 m
Canada Alderslea 44.325932, -79.53574444°19’33” N 79°32’9” W
Until next time...
20 septembre 2018, Canada ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Many good things do come to an end, this we have learned with our return from our adventure. Unfortunately, that also means our blog too must end.

We have enjoyed sharing our stories and pictures. This travel blog was our opportunity to offer family and friends a glimpse of our adventures and antics. Thank you to all those who have followed us around the world. And a special thank you to those who ‘Liked’ and commented on our posts… it has been rewarding to know people are interested in what we are up to.

So, this is the Traveling Ryan Family, signing off from our Adventure of a Lifetime. There are still lots of places to see and people to visit, so until next time!

Thank you doesn’t seem like enough, but one more time we want to thank Sarah and Stewart, Bonnie and Jason, Verity, Sean and Louise, Liam, Erin, Kelly, Ashley, Conor and Andrea, Ellen, Nicola and Jason, Harriet, Kate, Sebastian, Anette and Nikolaj, Emilie, Daniel, Niels and Marianne.En savoir plus
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VoyageurSit back, enjoy another beer! Speak soon.
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VoyageurThank you for inviting us along on your journey. Bet you are thinking about your next one, aren't you? See you soon. Love, as always, Aunt Bette XO
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VoyageurIt has been inspiring to come along on this journey with you. Welcome home and thanks for sharing.
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VoyageurThank You for sharing!
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Jour 95
mardi 2 octobre 2018
🌧 8 °C
Altitude: 208 m
Canada Alderslea 44.325887, -79.53610644°19’33” N 79°32’10” W
Adventure of a Lifetime!
2 octobre 2018, Canada ⋅ 🌧 8 °C
We have been home now for almost 2 weeks and today is Oliver's 10th birthday… seems like as good a day as any to post one final message.

First of all, Happy 10th Birthday to our youngest traveler Oliver. He was a trooper, a performer and a source of laughter for our entire 82 days of travel. The things he saw before his 10th birthday would make many envious, and hopefully many more impressed. He has already had the chance to present his adventure to his grade 5 class, and is working on another assignment based on part of our trip. We hope he remains inspired to travel, explore and be adventurous... and to always share, his joy, his humour and his heart. On to double-digits and whatever comes next.

And finally, The Traveling Ryan Family... staying local for a while. Looking forward to reminiscing, sharing and getting back to normal. Thank you again for the kind words and appreciation, we consider ourselves so fortunate to have been able to dream, plan, and complete this adventure and to share a taste of it with all of you.

Following a few more minor tweaks and a very last spellcheck we will be formatting this blog into a hardcover scrapbook and sending it to print. Feel free to come visit and flip through the pages.

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VoyageurHappy birthday Oliver! Hope you have a wonderful day and an amazing decade! Lots of love Verity💕🎶
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VoyageurHappy Birthday Oliver!
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Fin du voyage
19 septembre 2018