Beautiful, beautiful Copenhagen

I do like Copenhagen and it was great to have a little visit there this summer. Eldest daughter and a friend of hers, and of course yours truly, drove down to Copenhagen in torrential rain. I have had an aquaplanning incident once outside the airport in Lyon and ended up facing the traffic, so I get a little tense when I drive through rain.

We were going to meet up with my UK girl friend which we did successfully at our hotel. In the two days we were there we managed to see most of the sights. The one that impressed the most was the Glyptotek which I will try to put in photos from.

Winter garden at the Glyptotek

Our visit would not have been complete if we had not seen the little mermaid. I can truly confirm that it is little.

The little and the big mermaid

Other things we did was strolling down Strøget, of course and having beer and indulging in people watching in Nyhavn, strongly recommended. Again, I promise to put in pictures later on. It is very picturesque with the houses in all different colours. We should have taken the harbour cruise but that will be for next time.

Other things we saw was the sandcastle sculptures on the river and the Opera House and Amalienborg, where the Royals live.  Of course being a 60+ girl from the hippy era, I had to see Christiania which was interesting but I am glad I don't have to live there.

On Monday we drove back to Gothenburg over the Øresundsbron which is quite impressive, and if you have followed the detective story Bron you know what I mean.

We stopped in Arild to see our good friends there and it was a nice reunion especially since "the kids" had not seen each other for ages. I use 'kids' very loosely of course, since they are all around 30 now. They grew up together and have many fond memories of holidays spent together.

Amy Gina Nils Nicco Romain Chloe in Arild

So after a nice catch up lunch we set off again so we would not be too late arriving in Gothenburg, since we had promised to drop in and see my mother since we have to drive through Gothenburg to get to our cottage.

My internet time is almost up now here at the library so I will leave you with this Malawi saying "You can't have two buttocks without friction"  Up to you how you interpret it!

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PS Oh, I almost forgot we also had a very quick visit from the north. Our friends arrived in a beautiful fire engine and we had a good time together. It was our first sighting of D the first child in the circle of 'kids' that our kids grew up with. D was turning 3 in a few days and they were down our way to dismantle and buy an slide for her. She was not supposed to know but it was clear that she did.

Which reminded me of when my sister and me used a secret language called the "pirate language" in Swedish, when our kids were younger, when we wanted to say for example ice cream. They cottoned on to that of course and used it against us, by asking for ice-cream in that language. So much for secrecy and thinking that you can outsmart kids. It just doesn't work.