ALASTAIR + LALEINIA

We kicked off our seven (yes, SEVEN) week vacation with an early flight to Copenhagen. Non-eventful, until we got on the train to take us into the city, where Emre turned into a monster! After doing so in Barcelona, he wanted to "drive" the automated train and ended up kicking daddy where it hurts in front of a trainful of people! Not a great way to start! Anyways, throughout the rest of the first leg of the trip Emre alternated from behaving really well to being really difficult! Kids! Laleinia and I both really loved Copenhagen. It is very calm, quite beautiful, and without anything super exciting it is just really nice. We really enjoyed Nyhavn and the Church of our Lady, which were the highlights, along with the national museum, but other than that we spent a lot of time wandering around as we usually do. We visited Church of our Lady twice. It is such a beautiful and simple church which contains the Christus and statues of the twelve apostles. Really beau...

Copenhagen was a pleasant surprise. I really loved what I saw. The only downer was that we had to carry our bags everywhere with us since we were heading over to the ferry and couldn't leave them anywhere. The first stop was the Copenhagen Cathedral, which is famous for having the original Christus statue. It was really cool to see, especially because all of the twelve apostles also had statues on either side of the church. It was a great experience. One I would go back and have again for sure.  Next up was Nyhavn. I loved all of the colors and the calm water. It was a really fun place just to walk around. I'm a big fan of colorful buildings, so this was great. It was at this point that I thought that I could live in Copenhagen! Next up was another church: Frederik's Church. This one looked older and more detailed than the one with the Christus, but it was also really cool to see. I didn't realize just how many churches we were visiting. The ...