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We had a really fun trip to Copenhagen last week. I’m sorting through a bunch of photos – it’s a very photogenic city.

Over a nice dinner I talked with Brian about vacations. We talked about our favorites and the places we’d like to visit. I’ve learned that I like the North. Visiting places like Spain and Portugal and Puerto Rico was great but I always end up preferring our visits to places in the North. Brian said “well, the north is rational”. It made me think. These places I like make sense, they are organized and functional and clean. Maybe they are staid or boring to some. While the Southern places are passionate, disorderly and hot (uck). Anyway – I guess it’s just my personality and I like what I like. 

Here are the girls in our hotel room. We stayed at a hotel that started out as a warehouse on a busy harbor in the early 1800s. See the pretty beams? Bea was happy because the mini-bar was free and it was refilled everyday with Fanta!

I didn’t know Denmark was known for it’s beer. Brian was happy beer geek.

I was happy to see a couple Herman Miller picnic posters at the Danish Design Museum. A little bit of Michigan in Copenhagen.

I’m sometimes surprised at the brands that are familiar to me over here. This makes me laugh. 7-11 is a really nice convenience store that is all over Copenhagen.

We had the most lovely weather and there were many beautiful trees showing off their fall color.

Denmark really is a biking country. Bikes were all over! All the roads have special bike lanes and they are full. There are kinds of bikes we don’t see so much in the US. Like bikes with big bins on the front for carrying kids or stuff. Of course it’s a flat country so it makes sense to hop on your bike.

I have lots more photos to show you… soon.