The bus from the airport took us to the Central Train Station and everything we were going to see was within walking distance from there. We walked past Hard Rock Café, Tivoli, and the City Hall and on to the walking Street, Strøget. We walked all the way down Strøget passed the old Royal Theater and on to Nyhavn. This is one of my favorite places in Copenhagen and we stopped to take several pictures.
Our next stop was at Amalienborg, the Royal Palace. Then we walked along the harbor and up to the Little Mermaid. Our next place was the Amerikakaj Harbor where the Kristina statue stands commemorating the many people that left Denmark and sailed to America. All the crocuses were in bloom at the Rosenborg Castle and it was beautiful. Next we climbed to the top of the Round Tower and saw what Europe looks like from up high. Just a short distance away was Our Lady’s Church where we saw all the statues of the apostles and the original Kristus Statue. Next we finally ate lunch. Kris and Ginet thought for sure we were starving them but we ate Italian food at Mama Rosa’s. After lunch we walked back down Strøget to Hard Rock Café for a few purchases. We still had some time so we walked Strøget again and went to see The Marble Church by the palace. We just sat in the church for a while since we had been doing so much walking. We next walked down Støget again but at a slower pace, had some ice cream and went back to the Central Station to catch the train to the airport. We arrived back to the guesthouse about 11:30pm very tired but we had a wonderful day.
Wednesday we caught the 6:40am train and then the bus to the airport. The lines were long, but Ginet and Kris were very calm and just moved along with the crowd and got through just fine. It was very hard to say good-bye at the security gate even if it is only two weeks until we see them again. We had a very fast paced 6 days but it was wonderful and we were so glad they came. Thanks to their families for letting them come. Later that afternoon I got my hair cut; shorter than I expected but it will grow.
When we returned to the temple on Thursday the people were glad to see us because they thought we had already gone back to America. The rest of the week we were busy at the temple. Saturday was very busy with a large group in the baptistry. I helped keep the laundry going and got clothes folded and back onto the shelves.
Sunday we went with the Evensens to Erik and Anita Lindquist’s for dinner. We followed the GPS and it took us a way that we did not recognize but we made it and had a lovely salmon dinner. Anita has so many genealogy stories to tell and she is so animated when she tells them that it is totally entertaining.
The biggest trial of the week was our computer would not work. I was so frustrated and Chuck tried everything he could think of and it still would not work. We made a couple of phone calls and tried their suggestions but it still did not work. He ran all of the diagnostic tests, which lasted for over 5 hours and they all came up OK so we felt that we had not lost any data but the computer would still not start windows. We had a small miracle and when we got up on Monday; it worked. A quick prayer of gratitude was said.
Maybe I will have one final update next week. I hope I have time. Thanks for another great month of prayers, support, letters, emails and love. See ya soon.
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