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    August 13, 2024
    Copenhagen
    Nyhavn
    Beet juicePollysChristiansborg PalaceNyhavnKids love Robert Wadlow - Alton, IL resident

    Copenhagen

    August 13, 2024 in Denmark ⋅ ☁️ 68 °F

    After a one day work week, we got up at 430 and quickly loaded up to make our 7am flight out of Heathrow. Copenhagen was a 90 minute flight and then a short (but packed) metro ride to our first stop, brunch at Polly’s (recommended by our Airbnb host). It was a delicious breakfast (at 1130 local time) and we grabbed a few groceries before walking the 20 minutes on the cobblestone sidewalks to our Airbnb to drop our bags (lucky that they allowed us to do that). It is a cool apartment lived in by an artist and her family and in the area of Vesterbro which has tons of restaurants and shops, but a bit less touristy. They have cool community spaces here- basketball and football courts, ping pong and tons of benches where people sit and visit and eat.

    We wandered toward the Center of town window shopping and finding all of the things that they want in the LEGO store for Christmas and met up with our free walking tour by city hall. It is Pride week here now and there was live music and vendors nearby. Claes, a Danish guy, took us on a 3 hour tour of the city. We saw important building and squares, had a crash course in Danish history, learned a few Danish words and of course learned about the food. At the break we grabbed the recommended pastries- yum! We noticed a lot of similarities with Iceland- food, the concept of hygge (cozy comfortableness, spending time with people who mean a lot to you). We knew that Greenland and the Faroe Islands are part of Denmark and I asked him about Iceland (which was part of it until 1950). We learned a little about the monarchy and their tax system. The kids enjoyed it too. Afterwards we walked around the harbour, hung out and found a place to have traditional Danish food (at least dinner food, the weird herring sandwiches will have to wait for another day.

    Tomorrow we head to the 3rd oldest amusement park in the world. Kids are stoked.
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  • Copenhagen

    Tivoli

    August 14, 2024 in Denmark ⋅ ☁️ 75 °F

    It was pleasant to sleep in. Breakfast before walking to Tivoli, the 181 year old (anniversary happens to be tomorrow) Copenhagen amusement park. It’s not nearly as cheap as Disneyland Paris but you at least get your ride pictures for free. We started on a small coaster that was perfect for Dad and Hudson. After a laser gun shooting coaster, we did the ferris wheel and coaster #3 - no hills and fast but the circles made mom and dad dizzy. Hot dogs (the Copenhagen street food) for lunch before splitting up - mom with E and G for the biggest coaster (The Demon) while H and dad did dragon boats, bumper cars and a small drop ride. Gid and Joce did the huge drop ride (207 feet) twice. They loved it but no way anyone else was going to do it. A few more coasters later, we finished the full day with an outdoor jazz concert, final bumper cars and watching the ducks at the fish pond. After the 7 hour day (and a little motion sickness) we made our way to a local sidewalk burger joint - the 30 minute wait was well worth it. We picked up picnic supplies on the way home for our adventure tomorrow - renting a car and going on a troll hunt. Looking forward to see outside the city.Read more

  • Copenhagen
    Teddy Friendly
    1Mane MorMane Mor1Runde RieOscar under the bridgeLille HildeThomasHilltop TrineSleeping Louis1

    Going on a troll hunt

    August 15, 2024 in Denmark ⋅ ☁️ 70 °F

    Today was a super cool day. We rented a car for the day and Tige went and picked it up at 930 while I got the kids and picnic supplies ready. He picked us up and we headed out of the city. We hiked 9.5 miles and found 9 of Thomas Dambo’s trolls made from recycled wood. We found all of the 6 Forgotten giants, his fake 100th/101st, real 100th, and a fisherman along a massive clear blue country lake. So freaking cool. He is a Danish artist around our age and has made 139 trolls around the world, many in Denmark. His latest was one in Austin funnily enough. They were all wonderful, with incredible faces, interactive with nature and many very hidden. Most were found after a short hike, but one (my favorite) was buried deep in the forest and could only be found by solving a riddle in his book (or by googling and taking a leap into the forest). None of the paths or parking were obvious. We found Mane Mor (mama) by following birdhouses nailed to trees into the forest.

    In order that we found them: Teddy Friendly, Glade Anders, Mane Mor, Runde Rie, Lille Tilde, Oscar under the bridge, Thomas on the Mountain, Hilltop Trine, and Sleeping Louis.

    We stopped for a picnic at Runde Rie after a long hike on the ridge over the water (after a failed precarious hike along the water). Everyone has a different favorite. Tige dropped us off at an Italian spot near our place and the bigs and I ordered pasta and pizza and headed home for showers. While not excited for a second round of a 6th floor walk up tonight, G and I picked up food and met H and Tige after they took the metro back. It was nice to get out into the beautiful Danish countryside and do something a bit different today.    Read more

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    Last days in CPH

    August 16, 2024 in Denmark ⋅ ☁️ 68 °F

    We all slept in yesterday and then did some October trip planning while it rained all morning. After finally venturing out for lunch, we found a place with a lunch platter that had the local speciality - Smørrebrød (basically an open face sandwich with the primary topping being pickled herring). Joce wasn’t a fan but I enjoyed it. The platter ended up being way too much food so we decided to walk to our next destination - Green George (the only troll in the city). Our tenth and final troll of the trip, he was located in Christiana, a rough area of town that has been completed cleared out because of gang wars and is undergoing a transformation to make it liveable again. Gideon finally found a bag that he has been searching for on our last three trips and Elliot and Jocelyn found rings at a local vendor.

    From Christiana, we walked to a large pedestrian bridge and stumbled upon Broens Street Food Market. Since we had just eaten, we marked it down to return and continued into town to window shop. A little more rain came down (and with it, a rainbow) before finally heading home. We grabbed some snacks to enjoy while we watched a movie (Yes Day) before bed.

    Today, we packed up and took our luggage to storage at the Copenhagen Central Terminal, about 15 minutes away. We decided to sign up for a last minute discount escape room. We beat the Time Machine (Back to the Future themed) with 10 minutes to spare and only 1 real hint (average for the room was 6 hints). It was a good room. We then got to walk back across the bridge to have lunch at Broens. Joce and I had yummy street tacos and drinks, Elliot had pasta and boys had burgers. After the late lunch, we still had time to shop since we didn’t find any souvenirs yesterday. After shopping, we headed back to the train station (and got a picture of Tivoli which is right across the street) before boarding our short train ride to the airport (very convenient and cheap to get to the airport in this city). Hit up global blue for a refund on our sales tax before boarding our flight home. A relaxing trip with (mostly) great weather.    Read more

    Trip end
    August 17, 2024
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