Long story short :)
We went to Copenhagen last week, supposed to meet up with my friend Daniel from London but he cancelled last minute. So we stayed one night in Malmo first, met up with Jocum and his family plus my cousin Johan and his girlfriend Caroline.
Staffan stopped by when we were having a bbq and it was a great evening.
The next morning Staffan and the James gang drove to Vastra Hamn in Malmo - really cool contemporary area where we stopped for a coffee and saw the 'turning torso' the twisted building you can see on my facebook page.
After that we drove up to see Staffan's foals and some of the horses he keeps at a friend's yard outside Malmo. The girls went nuts over the two cats that were there. They chased them to try to hold them. Chloe was clawed on her arms but didn't care a bit, since she got to hold the kitty. Olivia was running after it saying ' I love you kitty - I love you, come here' LOL
Then we headed down towards Copenhagen and drove across the bridge over Oresund and viola' we were in Denmark!
Found our hotel that checked in and then we started walking, Nyhavn, Stroget up to Tivoli - of course! We didn't go on any rides, just had dinner and walked around and the kids played in the park. Enough for first night.
Then we went back the following morning after a terrible night's sleep. Went on as many rides as we could possibly go on. Sienna is completely fearless!! Staffan tried to take her on the swings that go really high up in the air last year and I said NO WAY! This year Sienna wanted to go sooo bad, so I said ok.
I have to admit, when she was up there I had a tummy ache. Chloe cried and was so worried that Sienna was going to fall out. I had to explain to her that this swing goes about 100 times a day and nobody falls out... at the same time as I was telling Chloe I was trying to talk to myself too.
Finally they came down and Staffan said that was HIGH. He kept on trying to look up and keep a brave face :) and Sienna was saying look! look down there! I am flying!! hahahahh
We spent the whole day at tivoli and then it was back in the car again - stroller wouldn't really fit in Staffan's car so we had to tie the trunk down with a string. Talk about gypsy's traveling!!!
After 2 hours we ended up in Paradise on earth - Torekov! Its in Sweden on the west coast and that is where Staffan's parents live. They live about 2 blocks from the beach and its just amazing. Their house is gorgeous and we slept like princesses. All four of us slept in the same bed, it was so big that we were all super comfortable. I told Gerd (staffan's mom) that I didn't plan on leaving anytime soon.
We stayed there for 3 nights, we went to Hallands Vadero which is an island and went swimming and hiking. Water was so clear and not as hot as Lake Austin, didn't stop teh girls though.
We also went to Bastad one day, which is where the creme de la creme of Sweden goes in the summer. Also they have Swedish Open tennis there every year. We had lunch at a place called Pepe's Bodega and the Crown Prince Carl Philip of Sweden was there later on that day. FYI :) :) :)
After a few amazing days there girls and I hopped on the train to head back to Karlskrona! We are thinking of going to Astrid Lindgren's world next week, to see Pippi Longstocking and all the characters. Will see how the weather holds up, right now its been raining and a little bit chilly. Nice break from the sun though.
Then we head to Mallorca, Spain on the 10th to see even more sun before we head back to Texas!
Pretty much what is happening with us!
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