Day six of Glorious Europe Extravaganza began tiredly. There's no better word. After 2 hours and 45 minutes of sleep, navigating the public transit of a foreign city in a foreign language was nothing short of daunting. Fortunately, as we were staying with Sam's cousin, A, he had written us amazingly detailed directions on Copenhagen's public transportation system. Despite getting on the wrong train, we managed to make it to A's house with the help of some very nice locals. We also walked past his street several times. But it all became worth it when we were welcomed with open arms and given breakfast burritos and cappucinos. Sam's family are the most wonderful group of people on Earth. Never have I met a family where every member loves the others and there is no drama, no annoying family shit, just love and get-togethers. A, and his wife, E are no exception. After staying with strangers in Iceland, it was really nice to stay with family strangers. :)
Our sleep space was to be in the living room, so in an effort not to take that over, plus with desire to stay awake and stay on a normal schedule, we decided to go out on the town. Plus, A and E have a two-year old, E-Bear and a four-month old, so sleeping probably wouldn't have been too much of an option! Sam, A, E-bear and I packed up a stroller and set off. We saw some really old houses still around from the (possible) 1500s. The architecture is gorgeous. A later showed us a video from the 1930s, and Copenhagen looks exactly the same. The only difference was the clothes and the cars! This city is so pretty. It looks exactly how I thought it would, with brightly colored little houses in rows and intricately designed buildings.
We stopped by Nyhavn, which is a gorgeous harbor with lots of little shops. Sam bought some apples from a local apple grower. They were so good we ate them all up almost right away and raved about them for the next couple of days. Apparently they're grown on a little island in South Denmark.
We also walked down Stroget, a pedestrian street full of shopping. None of us really wanted to shop, but it was one of those "must-sees". It was okay- about what you'd expect from a street of stores. Clothes (and everything else!) are expensive in Denmark. Apparently Copenhagen is in the top 5 most expensive cities to live in the world.
We stopped at a big square, where E-bear ran around and chased pigeons (and stepped on a sleeping one, whoops!), then headed off to Rosenburg Castle in the King's Garden. It was gorgeous and ridiculous- a huge castle in a huge park in the middle of the city. Room after room of fancy stuff, including this incredible clock E-bear couldn't get enough of. This clock would have sold for millions of dollars, easily. It was the most intricate clock I've ever seen in my life. In the basement are the Crown Jewels, which are about as ridiculous, extravagant, and over-the-top as you might expect. Two armed guards were outside, with two more in the basement.
After all that, we needed some food, so A took us to a great smorrebrod place. Smorrebrod is a Danish food that is really just meats and cheeses on top of food bread. As you can imagine, that can be done a plethora of different ways. This place was fancy- Sam had one with eel and one with gorgonzola, A had one with chicken salad and one with gorgonzola, and I had one with beef tartar. They were all delicious. E-bear had a hot dog. Europe is in love with hotdogs- kinda weird.
Came back to the house, E had made us delicious dinner, and we crashed pretty quickly.
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