Best of Life October Video - Living the Good Life

This month I had a lot of ridiculously horrible video footage. I'm not entirely sure what I was doing when filming. so my apologies in advance for the shake and the quick clips. Songs are Beatles - Come Together and One Republic the Good Life. Here's the link to youtube for those who can't get it to work here.

Copenhagen Denmark

I have to admit Copenhagen was rather delightful.  It's a beautiful city, filled with beautiful people, history, and interesting things to see.  I wish I could have spoken or read a little more Danish.  But it was a manageable city and was actually my favorite place we visited on our trip.  We saw all 3 of the castles - Rosenborg, Ameliaborg, Christianborg.  The changing of the Danish guard was awesome we literally could have reached out and hugged the guards although we did not.  Tivoli was pretty although not my favorite place - I guess I'm just not into amusement parks. 

Thanks to John and Joann's suggestions we were able to navigate the city on the bus fine, even without being able to pronounce street names.   Now for some photos...

Tivoli - it was Halloween Fest there.

This is the view from our hotel room.

This was my favorite meal the entire trip - it's a Kebob in a wrap of some sort.  It was excellent and only cost $2 in American money. 

The Opera House - it was very windy in Copenhagen.  I love how someone is riding their bike right behind me.

Ameliaborg

Changing of the Guard

It's the beer bottle guys again.

Rosenborg Slot was beautiful inside and out. I LOVED the lions although I will spare you all 20 pictures of them.

 Nyavn - was adorable although we didn't eat or have coffee there because we tended to be there early on it in the day.

This place was adoreable. John suggested it and it's cute inside and the burgers were pretty good. It was also like a dining car inside. 

Egeskov

Our first adventure alone in Denmark was to Egeskov - I know this because I took pictures of the name so I would remember it!  We drove there in our rental car and I'm excited to say it was so easy from the right side of the road!  It was rainy in Egekov but that didn't stop us from having a fine time.  Egeskov is a castle aka slot that the original family still owns and lives in.  Yes that's right the Earl that lives there now was related to the earl of like 300 years ago.  Isn't that cool?  If only the Jones owned a welsh castle somewhere. 

The castle has a moat and two or three mazes one which is the original maze, there also a deer park and beautiful gardens.

This is what happens when you let momo use the camera... at least there's evidence I was here even if I look like I'm displeased.

This is a dress that Marie Antoinette wore prior to the losing of her head - apparently one of her ladies and waiting escaped and came to work at Egeskov.

I loved this dapper little number with a ribbon.

I found quilts everywhere this one was made circa 1920 - doesn't it look like one granny made

The castle had knights.

And more quilts this one had ornate embroidery.  Sadly no flash allowed.

Oh and there's this story that if you remove this wooden doll in the attic of the castle  - it's under some beam the castle will fall into the moat.  It's been there hundreds of years.  I wanted so badly to remove it. I did not for fear I would fall in the moat.

Don't you love the little bushes I wonder how I can carve my ugly bushes into snails and squirrels - Jono??