Visitor season is well and truly underway! Last week my lillesøster and her kæreste took some time out of their busy schedule of Oxford balls and lazing by Spanish pools to come get some free accommodation see us because they are missing us terribly. These guys were in town for a whole week, and had already been to Copenhagen a few years … Continue reading Første dage i københavn
Category: Being a tourist
Kastrup Søbad
A few weeks ago we biked south east to Amager Strand to check out some more swimming options. It's a bit depressing going over these photos, because it hasn't exactly been swimming weather in the last few weeks, but who knows - maybe this post will shame the Danish summer into making another half-hearted appearance. Amager is a reasonably … Continue reading Kastrup Søbad
En viking liv for mig
As promised - rigtig vigtigt: Viking edition (or more accurately, Viking ship edition). Our lovely guests only had one demand during their stay - to visit the Viking Ships Museum (Vikingeskibs Museet) in Roskilde. I will go to a Viking museum at the drop of a hat, so we were happy to oblige. The museum is about an hour west of Copenhagen on … Continue reading En viking liv for mig
Tilbage i Danmark
Now that we are back in Copenhagen, it's time to start properly enjoying our first Danish summer. I can't express how much I love the long days, if only because it lets us gloss over the fact we still have no electric light in half our rooms. At the moment there is still sun on the horizon up … Continue reading Tilbage i Danmark
Hammo
While we were back home we celebrated Ant's Mum's birthday in the tropical climes of Hamilton Island. Before resuming our usual Nordic programming I have about one hundred photos of cockatoos to share. Our first day was stellar weather, and the island is ridiculously scenic and tropical. The massive high rise hotel on the beach is … Continue reading Hammo
Tage toget til Louisiana
This weekend we have been enjoying our last few quiet, domestic days in Denmark before heading back to Aus for a few weeks. We did our first ever Parkrun, followed by some more pier swimming. Post-swim we unintentionally ordered an ice cream at Lydolphs Isbar that was so 'generous' that even sharing it was an ordeal. A highlight was overhearing a woman who made a … Continue reading Tage toget til Louisiana
Hurtig tur til london
A few weeks ago now we ducked over to London to catch up with the other expat branch of Ant's family on what was the last of a very protracted run of long weekends. The trip peaked on arrival, with Sophie's home cooked beef short rib kalbi (galbi? Ugh, Korea and Denmark can totally get together and … Continue reading Hurtig tur til london
Tager færgen til øgruppen
In my last post I failed to mention the very best thing we did while we were in Stockholm, which was to leave the city and take a ferry out into the archipelago (or the archigepalo / archipegalo / archigelupo as a well-intentioned American lady on the ferry kept calling it). The boat we took is essentially … Continue reading Tager færgen til øgruppen
Vores nordlige naboer
Another spring week, another random Jesus-themed holiday...this time Ascension Day. Not wanting to let Jesus rising on a Thursday ruin a perfectly good long weekend opportunity, Ant's work also threw in Friday as a day off. Letting flight prices decide our fate, we ended up in Stockholm. It had been over ten years since I had been there … Continue reading Vores nordlige naboer
Primitive shelterplads
As a final desperate act of procrastination to avoid my Danish homework, I'm going to write about the other great revelation of our Møn trip - primitive shelters! Camping seemed like the smart play for this trip given we planned it all at the last minute and the weather seemed to have just turned for the better (you … Continue reading Primitive shelterplads
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