Day 1

Waiting for their flight to Paris

Lunch with Grandpa

At the Louvre

Gelatto by the river

Just strolling

Enjoying the beautiful day (and trying to hold off the jet lag)

All aboard for Paris

 The train was PACKED with Hull rugby fans on their way to London

 This is at approximately 7:10 a.m.

About 8:00

Made it to Kings Cross in one piece!

Absolutely perfect day in Paris

Tonights dinner

VERY old restaurant, a favorite of Victor Hugo

 Starter with some rose champagne

 I'll have the monk fish

He'll have a veal chop

Souffle for two

Green pepper update

On Monday I went to my lovely Tesco (grocery store) to pick up some necessities.  I thought I'd stop by the green pepper section to see if, on the off chance, that I could buy ONE to put in the salad for dinner that night.  Nope, just the usual single reds, single yellows and 3-piece packages.  I spied a young fellow unloading various fruits and vegetables so I took a deep breath and approached him.

Me:  Got a question for you, do you ever sell single green peppers?

Him:  No, never.  We did a long time ago but they just didn't sell.  We won't be selling them ever again.

Me:  REALLY, that's soooo weird!!

Him:  We just don't have a big enough variety of PEOPLE here

Mystery solved

Guess who's coming to Humber Lodge??!!

Message to plumbers and builders!

When I tell you that the water is coming from UNDER the shower pan, believe me!!

Don't tell me that the shower doors are leaking!!!

Don't tell me the laminate flooring is not meant to be in a bathroom and that my wet feet are causing the floor to warp!!!

Our weekend in Copenhagen

 The weather was gorgeous (HOT!), the sweater was NOT needed!

 The outdoor cafes were loaded with people

Harbor selfie

Cruisin'

The Royal yacht

Our trip was originally booked as a "foodie" trip

So for our 1st night's dinner we headed to Relae (founded by a former chef at Noma)
It's #45 on the list of the 50 best restaurants in the world

 I stepped out of the box and ate the mackerel

Saturday

Could not walk past this bakery without stopping for a bite to eat

 




 The street our hotel was on

Why of course we need to take a bike tour!

Mike, our very "colorful" tour guide

The opening of a new bridge

 The Citidel

The Little Mermaid

 The changing of the guard
Royal Residence

Opera House

 Flexin'

I don't think there was a single person indoors

Father of Denmark

Afternoon tapas and refreshments

Colorful counterculture squatters' colony
No pictures allowed inside

#3 restaurant in the world (#1 2014)

Noma's busy bees

Sunday

We took a 35 minute train ride to Sweden
My paternal grandfather was born in Sweden

 Swedish selfie

 Castle

Swedish windmill selfie

Back in Copenhagen, we couldn't leave without having one (or 4) of their famous sandwiches, smorrebrod

The bridge connecting Denmak and Sweden