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Our exploration of the city continues… One of our favorite things about Copenhagen is the crazy amount of cool playgrounds they have. Tucked into parks, attached to schools- they are everywhere in the city. And they are awesome. You can’t find parks like these in America (us being so litigious all.)

These are just a few right around our house-

They are very into parkour here apparently.

Also, we went to a service at the beautiful St. Alban’s Church. It’s an Anglican Church in a park near our house.

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Copenhagen has beaches. Not the kind of beaches we are used to, but beaches none the less. We explored one just a short bike ride north of us, past the kids school. The water was freezing, but the kids didn’t seem to mind. If they had their bathing suits on, they probably wold have gone all the way in- like true Danes. Well, true Danes would have probably jumped off the dock naked. Maybe one day.

Way to cold for me, but they were fine.

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We moved to Østerbro, a district just north of City Central (Indre By.) We live in the southern part, conveniently enough, right beside Østerport Station and the U.S. Embassy (and Russian.) It’s a lovely part of Copenhagen. It is a family friendly area, with parks everywhere, shopping. It’s close to the kids school and a short walk to downtown Copenhagen.

The obligatory and infamous (in my opinion totally underwhelming) Little Mermaid statue is a few blocks away.

But just around the corner is….

The much cooler and more impressive Gefion Fountain. One of my favorites.

More exploring of the new hood-

Viking Andrew and Katherine

Loving the Danish hydrangeas. Reminds me of home.

Nyhavn is the image you would find if you googled Copenhagen. It has the colorful buildings and is on the harbor. Very picturesque. We are about a 20 minute walk from here.

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I guess it’s for real. Our name is on the wall and the door. Coming from a house, two cars, public school and going to an apartment, public transport, and private school… Let’s go.

 

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We had jokingly talked about it before, due to the fact that my husband’s company is headquartered in Denmark, and he had to travel to Europe so often. But then, all of a sudden, it was real. They really wanted us to move.

It was hard, it was stressful, it was sad, but it was exciting. What an opportunity.  For us and the kids to get out of our comfort zone and experience the world.

We had tons of help- family, movers, a mobility company to walk us through the process. I seriously don’t know how people move to other countries unassisted, I salute you.

So, as soon as school ended, and my sister-in-law, Melanie, got married, we left.

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