Oslo, Norway

After our amazing time in Denmark, we boarded and overnight cruise like ship to head to Norway. It was wonderful, I can see why some people love cruises, and Zach loved that every time he looked out a window he could see lots and lots of water!

Once we got to Norway we headed up to the Hotel and found a place to do some much needed laundry before heading out and doing some exploring :) We found a great pizza place (which both Joe & Zach loved!) and of all the booths in the place ours had pictures of both "Doc" and "Flo" which Zach noticed and was very excited! I was quite surprised he could tell that they were the same types of cars!! Such a boy he is! This picture is Zach pointing to "Flo" sadly the one of Doc turned out a little too dark :(

And here is a beautiful flower Zach picked for me :)

Me & Zach in front of the Royal Palace

The lovely "tin foil" statue thing in front of our hotel, lol :) it was pretty cool looking :)

Day 2 in Norway we headed out to the Viking Ship Museum, which was so neat, Zach especially loved seeing all the boats! At one point, being the fast lil toddler he is, he snuck under one of the chained off areas and ran up to the ship, touched it (a no-no!) and said BOOOOOAT!! lol silly boy :)

Enjoying some yummy pizza on the boat

The really cute pink boat in the harbor as we came back from the museum

On the way back to the Hotel after the museum, we passed a bookstore with some carts outside and I noticed this right away, and like the dork I am whipped out the camera to get a picture, of Eclipse (from the Twilight series) in Norwegian, lol. I seriously considered buying it until i saw the price tag and realized how ridiculously expensive it would have been, lol (it came to around 18 American dollars i think) and I just couldn't justify the purchase so I will settle for a picture of it, hehe

For dinner that night, we took a Tram up the side of the mountain to the restauraunt at the top, where we got an amazing view of Oslo :) It was so beautiful up there!

One sleepy boy on the way back to the hotel, can you see that glazed over look in his eyes! :) Bye Norway, you were so fun!

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 :)

First days in Denmark!

Yes, I'm finally getting around to doing our vacation blogs!! hooray!!

So, first stop on the trip was in Denmark, we stayed in this awesome hotel in Copenhagen, on Nyhaven Street, which was beautiful! The first day we were just did a little wandering around, seeing what there was

Day 2 Zach (still not quite figured out the time difference) got up at 4 am, which was actually pretty bright outside, so he got to watch a little Mickey Mouse Clubhouse in Danish that morning, lol. Even with the obvious language difference, he seemed to enjoy it a lot :)

After breakfast we decided to go to the Fredericksborg Castle, which was amazing absolutely beautiful!

Inside the castle are a display of Carl Bloch paintings which were just amazing to see, this one being my favorite

After we saw the inside of the Castle, we headed out to the Gardens, which were equally as beautiful as the Castle itself. Zach really enjoyed running around, & picking up the gravel from the roads :)