Visit from the States

We were so excited to have Chad's parents, Grammy and Grandad come to visit us!  We've all missed family so much, it was so wonderful to have them visit us.  It was a whirlwind vacation.  They were here for 11 days and we were busy, busy, busy!  We saw so many things, it was crazy.  Vacation in numbers:  2 Countries, 6 Castles, 3 Castle Ruins, 1 Fortress, 2 Museums, 8 days of rain, 1 Cathedral and who knows how many Medieval Churches, not to mention over 2500 pictures!  It was Great!  We were all so very sad to see them go.  Here is a summation of the 11 days we got to spend with them.  Thank you for visiting us Grammy and Grandad!

Day 1 - Grammy and Grandad Arrive. Hugs.  Kisses.  Tears.  Unpack.  Breakfast.  City Hall Building.  Strøget.  Crazy.  Rosenborg Castle. 

Day 2 - Rental Car.  Church.  Nice! Chad's Work.  Temple.  Fredricksberg Park.  Elephants.  Castle.  Chasing Geese.  Binky Tree.  

Day 3 - Kronborg Castle.  Casemates.  Climbing the tower.  Noah Dancing on tower.  Silly Kids.  Drive up Zealand Coast.  Beach.  Cold.  Windy.  Medieval Church.  View.  Asserbo Castle Ruins.  Beautiful. 

Day 4 - Copenhagen.  Church of our Lady.  Christus Statue.  Peaceful.  Round Tower.  What a view!  Christiansborg Palace.  National Museum.

Day 5 - Sweden.  Beautiful.  Rainy.  Myra & Throw-up + Car.  Dr. Pepper.  Bohus Castle Ruins.  Favorite!  So old.  Marstrand.  Archipelago.  Amazing.  Carlsten Fortress.  Dark.  Dungeon.  What a view!  Moose.  Late night.

 

Day 6 - Lazy Morning.  Guys Golfing.  Roskilde.  Cathedral.  Love it.  Kabobs. Creepy Bathroom.  Viking Museum.  Grumpy Noah.  Baby Ducks. 

Day 7 - Copenhagen.  Driving through Copenhagen.  Scary.  The Marble Church.  Scaffolding. =(  Still beautiful.  Amalienborg Palace.  No Queen.  Changing of the Guards.  The Little Mermaid.  Underwhelming.  Crowded.  Kastellet.

Day 8 - Relaxing.  Tour Albertslund.  Medieval Church.  Cemetary.  Squirrel.  Driving on the Bike Path.  Kongholmsparken.  The Hill.

Day 9 - Rental Car.  Church.  Still nice!  Nothing.  Relaxing.  No Pictures.

Day 10 - Vordingborg Castle Ruins.  Chad on Scary Wall.  Looking for Viking Burial Mounds.  Antique Shop.  Møns Klint.  Rain.  A lot of Rain. 494 Steps down.  Fossils.  494 Steps up.  Stege.  Dinner.  Islands.  Damsholte Church.

Day 11 - Hillerød.  Fredricksborg Castle.  Picturesque.  Museum of National History.  Lots of Paintings.  Rooms and Rooms of Paintings.  And some more Paintings.  Dressing Up.  Baroque Gardens.  Boat Ride.  Ice Cream.  Crazy Guy Singing. Playground. Dizzy. Swings.  Zipline.  Til 10pm.  Sad Night.  Goodbyes.