Sunday, June 21, 2015

God Midsomer!

Good Midsummer / Happy Solstice! - and Happy Father's Day!

We're in Copenhagen. This is as far north as we have been thus far. With 17+ hours of sun, you can read outside at 10:15 at night here. 

We  are staying in the first apartment where the kids each have their own room. We've barely been able to extract Zoe from her room when we're in the apartment. 

Ann-Kristin is astounded by the number of bicycles in Copenhagen. We rented bikes for a few days. It's cheaper and easier than the bus. 70% of Copenhagen households don't own a car. There are more bikes at an intersection here than cars.

We fit in here. These are our people. The faces are familiar. I saw mobs of girls that could have been Zoe today.

This is about all we've seen of Zoe

One of the bike racks at the Copenhagen train station - they are stacked 2-high in the background

The Round Tower - an observatory from the 1600s

Inside the Round Tower - note the spiral ramp for getting astronomical equipment (and us) to  the  top

Gelato - you've got to  love Europe

Caritas Fountain - we ate sausages here

Copenhagen City Hall

Waiting out a rain squall
 
Christianborg Castle

Nyhavn

Nyhavn

Nyhavn

Nyhavn - sorry, but it's picturesque

One of the current Danish royal residences at Amalienborg

Frederik's Church

Copenhagen Opera House - there is a Red Bull competition and, if you look close, someone is about to cliff dive 90 feet from the roof

Copenhagen Opera House from a boat - no cliff divers

 The Little Mermaid


People dancing at a may pole near the mill in the Kastellet, an old fortress

Nyboder - navy barracks dating to the 1630s that are still used today

Rosenborg Castle

Rosenborg Castle

Church of Our Savior - we climbed to the top

The stairs on the spire of the Church of Our Savior

A view of Copenhagen from the top of  Church of Our Savior

A view of Copenhagen from the top of  Church of Our Savior

A view of Copenhagen from the top of  Church of Our Savior

Ann-Kristin at the top of the Church of Our Savior

The Danish Stock Exchange

The entrance to Tivoli Gardens

We rode most all the rides at Tivoli including this one

The biggest cotton candy ever
 

2 comments:

  1. That is a LOT of cotton candy!

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  2. We got cotton candy the big in Budapest. It may be the only thing the US does small.

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