A visit from the homeland...

Friday afternoon Ivan and Anne arrived from Ireland. It was soooo great to see them again! We had a busy few days planned for them so Friday evening was spent chatting, catching up and relaxing.

Saturday we headed out to explore Denmark. We drove the coast road down into Copenhagen, making a few stops on the way. It was then into a big shopping centre to get some bargins - but we were disappointed, none were to be found. We went out for dinner (which was delicious - Italian buffet) and ended the evening going to the cinema to see "Just go with it" which we all enjoyed! A funny film, just our type of humour!

Sunday we went to church and then headed out for a picnic. The weather was fantastic - just REALLY cold! We headed up to Heather Hill and had a good walk over the hills. We drove by our church summer house and ended the day by visitng the Queens summer house - her castle in Fredensborg.  It was home to dinner and then an evening of watching "Everybody loves Raymond" which Ivan and Anne really got addicted to while here!!

Monday I had work, but Kristian was off, so he went exploring with them. They had a good day visiting the castle, the castle gardens and off course shopping!

Tuesday Kristian and I both had off,  so we headed into Copenhagen to be real tourist. 

We started the day by going to see The Little Mermaid.

Then it was off to the palace to see the changing of the guards. The Danish palace is very open, no big gates to go through. While we were standing watching the guards we spotted one of our Princes. He got out of a car and walked up to the palace. We all stood and watched him open the door and go in!!

Then it was off to New Harbour. Once again the weather was fantastic, just cold! We walked beside the canal, got to see one of the houses that Hans Christian Anderson lived in and then had a coffee/tea and hot chocolate...guess which one I had? 

The rest of the day was spent walking around the shops in Copenhagen and we even managed to fit in a delicious 3 course meal at a very cheap price!!! The day went by too fast and before we knew it we were back home, sitting on the sofa having a good laugh while watching - yes you guessed it - "Everybody loves Raymond."

Today I drove them to the airport. I was soooo tempted to be spontaneous and irresponsible and just get on the plane along with them and go home to wee norn iron!! But as you probably guessed - I didn´t! 

 It was sooo lovely having them over, Kristian and I both really enjoyed their company and I think they had a good time too. The weekend flew by! Now roll on the end of March when our next guest arrives from the emerald isle!! Whoopieeeeee:-)