We weren’t let down- I was surprised by how many tiny lakes Sweden has, even though if you zoom in on a map of southern Sweden it is quite obvious how water-y it is. Although the journey takes about 5 hours, we were all excited to see a bit of the Swedish countryside. Oh, and we had Thai for dinner! A day well spent showing my parents some really cool things to do in Copenhagen.Įarly on Wednesday morning, we got up and met at Copenhagen Central Station to board our train to Stockholm.
#TWO WORLDS II CASTLE DEFENSE LANGUAGE FREE#
The next day, we spent the morning at Glyptotek, a really cool museum that’s free on Tuesdays! Then we walked to the Round Tower for a great view of the city and then walked through Rosenborg garden and the castle area, and finished up walking through the botanical garden. For dinner, we went to the glass market in Nørrebro, where we indulged on some lovely prosciutto sandwiches and finished it off with a flødeboller (yummy chocolate covered marshmallow).
We walked the length of Strøget and found some goodies, including a warm new hat for me and some peppernuts (crunchy gingerbready bites). After my class got out, it was dark and I met up with my parents to explore some Christmas markets around town.
The next day I had class, so my mom and dad visited Frederiksborg Castle in Hillerød (see one of my first posts about my rainy day at Frederiksborg in September). We had a lovely time wandering around and gawking at all the lights. Oh! We also went to Tivoli and saw the Christmas lights after our visit. We experienced some more of that famous Danish hospitality which is definitely one of my most favorite things about Danish culture. The way they interacted with each other was crazy to me, it’s like no time had passed since they last saw each other. It was a trip to say the least to see my mom with the family that she lived with nearly 30 years ago. My mom’s host sister (who was 11 years old when they lived together) is now a mother of her own, with a son and a daughter that were so excited to practice their English. Then, the next day after some exploring in the morning we went to Ejby where my mom’s host parents from 29 years ago now live. They came to my house in Greve and met my host family, and we cooked a “Thanksgiving-ish” meal at the house! My two worlds met that day, my Danish life and my American life. The first couple of days were spent largely outside of downtown Copenhagen. I was excited to be able to introduce them to the city that quickly became my second home! It was so great to see familiar faces after three months of new people and new experiences. But still, they were happy to see me waving the Danish flag as they came out of baggage claim bagless. Not only were they delayed, but when they finally got to Copenhagen, their luggage was still in Amsterdam. After their 10 hour flight from Seattle to Amsterdam, their final flight to Copenhagen was cancelled and they were stuck in the airport for 9 hours waiting for their new flight. What was extra special about exploring these two cities over the past week is that I got to do it with my parents! So, the week of fun began in a not so fun way (for my parents at least).
Two cities with their unique feel and aesthetic, yet similar authentic Scandinavian identity. You can probably guess from the Danish and Swedish flags that I have combined the name of two cities from these wonderful countries.
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