Month: April 2018

As Winter is now officially over, here are some odds and ends from our first Danish Winter.

Sweet babies at the start of 2018. Katherine’s new look.

Yummy bubble waffle cones with friends at Munchies. Yes, ice cream in the cold!

Just a documentation of Katherine’s descent into Angela Chase territory. For those unfamiliar, Angela was the angsty teenager on the amazing tv show from the mid-90s, My So-Called Life.

Some of her #ootds (outfit of the days.) The gray one was vetoed by me. Tights do not equal pants, she knows better. She is very into black these days, which is very Danish and very me. Can’t really be mad at her for that.

Fastelavn is celebrated in mid February in Denmark. It is their version of Halloween. My favorite part was the fastelavnsboller, pastries filled with cream. They are amazing, and they sadly, are only made in the weeks surrounding it.

Cold days with Mom and Dad.

Some new haircuts for Spring.

KRK finally decided to get her ears pierced. She did great, no tears, total pro. She loves her new look. Hello, Spring. We are ready for you (like really ready, please bring warmer weather.)

xoxo-sk

ps. It’s true. They really do leave babies outside here. 

At the end of the week, we took a little day trip over to Malmö Sweden. One thing we have really enjoyed here is the train. It is so low-key and easy. Malmö is just over the Oresund Bridge, about 45 minutes from our flat. The Bridge is quite a sight. It’s 16.4 km long and was opened in 2001. From Copenhagen (Amager,) you travel under the water for 4 kms. It is the world’s longest underwater tube tunnel. You then come up in the middle of the water on a man-made island, continuing onto the bridge. Very cool.

We visited Malmöhus Castle. It was originally Danish (as was Norway and Sweden.) It houses art exhibits and various castle paraphernalia. It is a true fortress. In it’s heyday, it was surrounded by a moat and heavily fortified.

The Castle and the town of Malmö.

Lots of art.

Portraits are my favorite. I love seeing how people looked and dressed in different time periods. So solemn and fancy.

Life imitating art.

K and A were not impressed by the group toilets.

I was super intrigued with this. It is a sink, with a chamber pot tucked into the bottom from 1890. Fancy.

Down into the Round Tower and out the window into the moat.

And a Castle selfie.

We walked around Kungsparken. It borders the Castle to the Southwest.

Snack Break.

Right beside the Castle and Kungsparken is the Technology and Maritime Museum. The kids really enjoyed this place. Lots to see and very interactive.

Katherine looking up the periscope. We got to climb into an old submarine. I am not claustrophobic, but it was tight in there.

Kids were hangry at this point, so we stopped for lunch at the Surf Shop.

Malmö’s Museum of Modern Art. Modern art is not my favorite.

The beautiful Gothic Malmö City Hall in Stortorget Square.

Lilla Torget, the Little Square.

St. Peter’s Church. It was built in the early 14th century.

And we’re spent.

Goodbye Malmö.

 

Happy Resurrection Sunday. The Easter Bunny is international and visited us this morning. We hunted eggs, ate some candy, and went to church.

For Easter, Andy requested lamb. Yes, lamb, to celebrate the lamb of God. “Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.” John 1:29. 

xoxo-sk

ps. Look who won the family NCAA college basketball pick ’em!!

In Denmark, Easter is a public holiday. Most people have off Thursday, Friday, and Monday. So we took advantage of Andy being off Thursday and went to the Experimentarium in Hellerup (just north of us.) They have a bunch of different exhibitions. It was very fun and vey impressive.

The Port. The balls represent various goods and simulate global trade. The kids have to load their ship with the proper goods (balls) and transport to the correct warehouse. In turn, they return with separate goods (different color balls.) The exhibit also uses a huge ball run, acting as trains and airplanes. It was a little confusing at the beginning, but the kids caught on quick.

Playing at the Beach exhibit- building damns, fighting tides, trying to lift (save) a plastic man.

Very intently, using the blowers to get the beach ball through the hoop in Circus Physicus.

Snack time.

The Nurse in me was very intrigued with the catheter/ostomy section. It was part of the “Under Your Skin” exhibit.

Also part of this exhibit was this cool machine. It reads your heart rate, and simulates the aorta pumping blood through your body.

On to Andy’s favorite part, the heat sensitive camera.

The Bubblearium.

Just keeping it real. Not always fun and games here. Her recovery game was strong though.

Master of the Labyrinth of Light exhibit.

We had a great time today.

xoxo-sk