Six years of planning, a thirty-hour plane trip for this … Copenhagen. A city with beautiful culture and architecture. A city full of history. I have only been here for a day and I have already seen and learnt so much. I am going to bring three days together as one in this blog entry because we lost a day during our travelling day and it is just a bit more easier.
Looking outside now I see a vibrant city despite the frigid weather.
Dad, for the first time in his life is actually cold, although it makes up for the heat on the plane and in the airport which caused much sweat to be shed. The plane trip was filled with anxiety, excitement and apprehension. I spent most of the trip mainly listening to the musical soundtracks of Wicked and Grease and watching many movies including Wonder Woman and Beauty and the Beast. I wanted to watch the new movie Hidden Figures because of the interesting storyline and morals written into the movie however I wasn’t sure if I was allowed too (Dad has since said that I should definitely watch it on the way home). The plane trip seemed to fly by (every pun intended) and before I knew it we had arrived in Copenhagen. Tine, Bjarne, Christian and Sofie met us at the airport and we have had a very good time ever since.
Tine, Bjarne, Christian and Sofie have been very fun to spend time with. Thank you all very much for coming down to Copenhagen to visit us, we had a great time with you. Thank you Christian and Sofie for spending time with Hamish and I, teaching us Danish and about the culture of Copenhagen, our football table tournament this morning will definitely be one of my favourite memories of Copenhagen.
We started the day by casually wandering around Copenhagen, just enjoying the sights (and the cold weather…not!). We made our way over to the Danish Royal Houses to watch the changing of the guards at midday which was very eye-opening and helped to remind us that we were actually overseas! It is still hard to believe that we are actually in Europe after dreaming about it for so long. After trying to survive the cold weather, we got on a canal boat tour of Copenhagen. Despite it being very warm in the boat it was also a good opportunity to see the iconic sights of Copenhagen through a different perspective. Sights such as the Little Mermaid statue built to commemorate the Hans Christen Anderson fairytale of the same name and the Underwater Merman and his Seven Sons statue accurately showed Denmark’s fascination with mermaids.
The boat ride eventually finished and after heading to the very warm toilets, I was able to taste a bit of Denmark with delicious Danish hot dogs after a recommendation by Tine. After lunch we casually wandered through the shopping district. It was funny to see how many brands were similar to our familiar shopping store brands, but also so many brands that I had never seen before. Mum and I were also distraught to find that The Body Shop wasn’t actually an Australian brand.
During a visit to the Roundhouse, one of mum’s favourite sights in Copenhagen, Mum and I recreated a photo of Mum and Aunty Sally that was taken there nearly twenty years ago. 
The roundhouse was a very enjoyable experience it enabled us to see Copenhagen from a bird’s eye view. I could even see Tivoli Gardens from the roundhouse. The roundhouse also has a glass platform in the middle of the tower where you can see all the way to the bottom. Very scary and not for the faint-hearted. Several art exhibitions were currently being held in rooms extended off the tower. Some beautifully created artworks explored big issues and human emotion through powerful colours, words and pictures. My favourite artwork was of a pile of books stacked on top of each other, decorated to look realistic like a mountain and many little figurines placed across the artwork mining for something. Can you guess what they were mining? Comment now if you know. The answer is Knowledge! Dad and I both thought that this was very creative and interesting way of producing a piece of art.
The cold soon captured us again as we were forced to step outside. You would think that we would be used to the weather by now but it seems not. Dinner last night was a great experience. Tine and Bjarne had booked a delicious buffet dinner to celebrate their first night in Copenhagen. The night was a perfect blend of rambunctious chatter and laughter, Hamish and I nearly falling asleep at the table and scrumptious food that consisted of traditional Danish Christmas food and exotic meats like zebra and crocodile. Funny, how Australian meats are finding their way to the other side of the world. The night was an success and it was really nice to be able to try different and unique foods.
Over all my first few days of our Ingram Family Europe Trip were very enjoyable. Only 60 more days to go! I’m looking forward to exploring more of Copenhagen tomorrow, I let you know how I go!
Amelia xx