We were picked up
at our London flat this morning by an airport shuttle. I didn’t want to try to navigate public
transportation this morning when our airport was already over an hour away by
car. The kids thought it was pretty cool that the two back rows of the van were
facing each other. Jason, Katie
and Abigail got to ride backwards to the Luton Airport.
We were flying on
Ryanair – which is the European version of Spirit and Frontier in the
states. Totally bare bones with
the toughest restrictions on allowed baggage, but cheap. Oh, how we stressed about this leg of
the trip. Word online was that the
airline often hit travelers with hundreds of dollars of fees if luggage was
even slightly larger or heavier than allowed and their size restrictions were
much smaller that US airlines. A
standard carry-on suitcase in the states is too big for Ryanair. So we packed super carefully and tried
to quickly pass through boarding as stealth-like as possible. Thankfully, we got through without
issue. Another of the many
upcharges on Ryanair is for seat selection. We weren’t about to pay any extra to pick our seats so they
spread all seven of us all over the plane. I think we only had two seats in the same general
vicinity. That isn’t ideal when
you’re traveling with young kids on an international flight. With a little finagling we were able to
get Justin, Drew and Katie near each other so we didn’t have any young kids
seating off by themselves. These
two are become well seasoned little travelers.
Touchdown Denmark! So bare bones we didn't even get to park at an actual terminal.
We fell in love
with Copenhagen. We took a train into town and then had about a half mile walk to our apartment. Yes, hauling our luggage across busy
cobblestone streets in the heat was a bit of a pain, but just look at this picturesque
city!
I’m glad I
thought to take a video of the apartment when we arrived (and before we
scattered all our stuff everywhere). I loved the busy little city street we
were on. I loved the bikes
everywhere. It was a great find in a great location!
We decided we’d
roam around the city a little. Our
first stop was the Church of our Lady where we saw the original Christus from
which the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has created several
identical sculptures of various materials. Remember we saw a replica at the Paris Temple just last
week.
We ate dinner at Sporvejan, a yummy burger place in a quaint square of
town.
We also ventured to
the top of Rundetaarn, or the round tower, which is the oldest functioning
observatory in Europe.
The views of the
city were fantastic. It’s fun to
see each of the cities from above – they are all so different in style and architecture.
Justin and the
kids had fun on the incline up and down the tower. There were small cubbies that they would hide in to see if
they could scare someone on their way down.
We made our way
back to the apartment and after the kids were settled Justin and I went out to
get some groceries. Grocery
shopping proved to be difficult – boy, do we have it good in the states. I think we ended up with rice cakes and
laughing cow for breakfast. Few
more pictures of the city on our way back…
Our apartment was
the entire second floor of this building.
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