Hello from the Emerald Princess

Well what an adventure our first days have been. Our flights were fine and rather uneventful. However upon arriving in Copenhagen our fun began. After gathering our luggage we found our way to the train that took us to the Central Station in downtown Copenhagen. From here we walked to our Hotel to check-in our luggage. Once our luggage was secured we ventured to the shopping district to find something to eat. Never thought we would travel all the way to Denmark to have pizza but that's what we did. After eating we hiked to the Queen's Palace to see if we could visit with her. (I thought she might allow us to rest on her couch.) Upon being greeted by her sentry with their guns and tall fuzzy hats we decided we would just take a picture of them proceed on. (The Queen will just have to wait to meet us another day).

We hiked back to the hotel viewing many of the sites of the city along the way. Upon arriving at our hotel we came to the conclusion that cobblestone sidewalks hurt your feet and that walking with jet lag is mind numbing. After taking up residence in the hotel lobby we started to notice that the staff was looking at us strange (after being their for couple hours and partially sleeping on their couches). I guess they were wondering if we were ever going to check-in, the problem was the room reservation was in my Dad's name. Mom and Dad were running late to meet us and we had no idea of the adventures they were on in London. Finally after waiting 2 hours after their scheduled time to meet us we gave in and decided to ask the hotel for help with what was going on. Funny thing some how my name was put in the system for the room and this allowed me to be able to check-in. Evidently my Dad had tried to contact the hotel to give us a message and during this exchange my name was put on the reservation. The message was given to me in a sealed envelope but the hotel instructed me that this message was from the hotel to my Dad and not from Dad to me. After checking in we accessed my computer and find out what had happened to my parents flight. We discovered that they had a flight delay leaving DFW and were late getting into London. This caused them to miss their flight and to be placed on a later flight. Three hours after our scheduled meeting time they showed up.

Finally now that everyone was together we ventured downtown and had an authentic Danish meal, steak and potatoes. (Wow, seams like something I would eat back home.) This was followed by a well deserved night of sleep. The next day we took a boat tour of the canals of Denmark learning about all of the sites and history. After this we headed to the cruise ship to get settled in for the next leg of our journey. Since we have been on the ship we have verified two things. 1) the European milk has a funny taste and they like to drink it warm. 2) after all of these years my Mom still likes to hit the bottle of free champagne. That's probably another story for another time. (Like when she is not able to see and read this).

By the way if you happen to see an episode of Danish Most Wanted, please understand I did not mean to assault the guy on the train with a piece of luggage, accidents happen. Off to Stockholm and the rest of our travels.