Family Reunion in Dragor!!

Here we are, the main reason we went to Europe was for a family reunion with the Magleby family members in the USA and the family members who are in Denmark. We were able to visit the town of Dragor which is where Joe's Great-Great-Great grandfather Hans O. Magleby was born and lived until he was 17 (I believe, if I remember right) and he was apprenticed and moved to Copenhagen.

Store Magleby

Zach and me on the Horse Carriage ride that we took through the town. Notice the ginormous bump on Zach's head :( He had fallen and smacked his head on a huge rock right before we took the ride, poor guy! He hit it so hard this bump had formed before I could pick him up and take off his hat, I couldn't believe it, he had never had a bump this big before!

This is the house that Joe's Great-Great-Great Grandfather was born and raised in.

All of the direct Magleby descendants who attended the reunion, both from the US and Denmark!! How exciting it was!!

Our Magleby's (minus Dan, who was on the end, and I haven't figured out how to photoshop him in yet, lol). Bente (who is in the white, to the right behind Katie) and Bodil (in the green in front of Dave) were the ones from Denmark who really put this thing together, and they did such a great job!!

the Little Mermaid statue (from behind) as we passed it on the boat ride back to Copenhagen

Joe's GGG Grandfather!!

saying bye-bye!! thanks for everything!

Copenhagen Walking Tour & Tivoli Gardens

Ahh the sign of a busy day before, and a good night's sleep!!




We took a walking Tour of Copenhagen, guided by none other than Hans Christensen Andersen (well, not really he's dead, lol. But the guy wore a lovely purple coat :) It was really neat to hear the stories of the city, and the old buildings. We were even able to find the street where Joe's great great great grandfather was apprenticed.

Anyone who has been to a LDS Temple visitor center might recognize this statue. This is the original, it was so exciting to see :)

After Zach got a good nap, we went up to Tivoli Gardens, which happens to be the place that inspired Walt Disney to create Disneyland. It was really neat to be there, Zach loved running around the gavel pathways, and throwing his rocks around :)