copenhagen

ryan and i LOVED copenhagen.  we knew we wanted to go somewhere else while we were in stockholm, we just didn't know where!  we had thought about going to norway or copenhagen.  once we were there we figured copenhagen would be best!  so we got up one morning and took the train there.  we got there in the afternoon and just walked around the city.  the weather was beautiful and it is such a charming city.

the next day we got up and took some bikes from the hotel and just rode bikes all. day. long.  our favorite way to see a city.  and copenhagen is the bike friendliest city.  they have a huge bike lane with turn lanes just for bikes and stop lights just for bikes.  it was so fun seeing families all on one bike.  we found a gorgeous park and walked around for awhile.  then we rode to a castle and checked that out.  we found the church that has the original Christus statue, which was really cool to see.  then we found another chapel and climbed to the very top (which is always my least favorite part, i hate heights, but i'm only there once so i do it).  we ended at tivoli gardens to walk around and go on some rides.  

it was such a fun couple of days.  both ryan and i would love to go back.  one of the best things about copenhagen was the food.  it was so dang good.  i love how europe takes meal time very seriously.  when you go to dinner in europe (especially in italy and in copenhagen) plan on eating for a good 2-3 hours.  our first night in copenhagen we went to dinner and got the 9 course meal!!  we were there for three hours and i still dream about that food.  probably one of the best meals i have had in my life.  

another cool thing about copenhagen is that ryans great grandpa was the dock master there and assistant to the king.  he then was baptized and came to america.  it was really cool learning little things about our ancestors while in sweden and denmark.  after spending a couple of days in copenhagen, we decided to rent a car and drive back to stockholm........