Week 9

Alright, so we've been in Denmark two full months and in our apartment for exactly one month. We got the apartment settled enough to welcome two guest in the last two weeks, and to top it off, Nick traveled to Sweden and saw one of his best friends! We are really thankful for all our new experiences here and are thrilled to get to share them with our friends and family.

Week 9 started with Nick in Sweden for work and Heather taking care of stuff around the house in preparation for our second guest in Denmark. After spending the majority of the day on Monday and Tuesday cleaning and organizing, Heather and Bella decided it was time for a break and some fun. So, we headed out for a walk through town and some coffee! 

Bella loves hanging out in town people-watching

Yum coffee 

Picture from our walk through town

Nick was also enjoying his time in Stockholm. When he wasn't working, he was hanging out with one of his best friends, Doug, who also just relocated from Colorado. 

Doug checking out Stockholm with Nick

On Nick's return from Sweden, he met up with our second house guest at the airport in Copenhagen and they took the train together. After chatting up a friendly Dane who suggested some cool places to visit, the boys arrived home to Nyborg. 

Nick and Dave on the train to Nyborg

In anticipation of their arrival, Heather busied herself most of the day preparing goat cheese and sun-dried tomato stuffed chicken with a creme fresh pesto sauce and prosciutto-wrapped asparagus. 

Heather welcoming the boys home

After a delicious meal, good wine, and a lot of laughs, we retired for the night. 

The following day we showed Dave around town in the morning complete with a tasty Danish pastry. In the afternoon, we went on a porpoise cruise. Now, in our mind this would be a boat ride with porpoises swimming alongside the boat jumping in the air and showing off. In reality, it was a nice slow boat ride with the occasional sighting of a dorsal fin a hundred yards away. 

On the boat ready to see some porpoises 

It was fun nevertheless and the scenery was beautiful. It gave Nick a chance to practice his photography with his favorite subject, bridges: 

The Storebælt connecting the islands of Fyn and Sjelland

Art

After the porpoise cruise, we decided to head over to the Nyborg beach to beat the heat (it was about 90 degrees, virtually unheard of for this area). This time, we brought Bella along to see how she would like swimming in the sea. The answer: not a whole lot. In fact, we don't know if she even likes to swim, maybe she used to just swim in the lake to herd Brasco back to shore. 

Nick and Bella in the sea

Heather working up the courage to go in the water

Beach time didn't last long and soon we were off to dinner at a little Italian restaurant in town. After a very good meal, we headed back to the apartment to catch the sunset. 

Sunset over town

The following day with Bella in tow, we headed to Sjelland to check out the town of Slegelse and explore the island a bit. As recommended by the woman on the train, we stopped on the west coast to check out the beaches there. They are lovely white sand beaches that for some reason, are swarming with ladybugs. 

Family time at the beach

Millions of ladybugs coating every blade of grass in the area

Bella diggin' the car ride

After our adventure on Sjelland, we headed back to our island for refreshments and food. Nick joined in and had a glass of the Riesling that Dave brought up from Germany. It was a nice way to end our visit with Dave and we can't wait for him to come back with the wife and baby too! We ended our weekend with a lovely walk on the outside of Nyborg. The highlight of which was finding a little remote beach where we decided to take a dip in the sea!  

Our deserted island beach

Over the weekend (with Dave's help) we also got the grill converted to use euro gas tanks and Nick hung the very last light! Sunday night we enjoyed our first grilled meal before hitting the hay ready for the coming week.

Thanks G! 

Thanks Nicky!