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After ten days of waking up to these three little faces overlooking the head of the bed, it was time to pack up our room and head out for an early morning clatter across the cobbles to Christianshavn station, there to catch the M2 to Köbenhavns Lufthavn, and the flight home.
We'd had a hygge time, but I think we were all ready to explore the quirkiness of the new ArriveCAN app, & return to Canada, hoping our luggage would accompany us this time. (It did.)
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Food played a community-building role: morning check-in over the breakfast buffet, snacking at a pølsevogn, lunch from the morning's grocery shopping, al fresco dining at POPL Burger, Reffen Street Food after visiting Copenhagen Contemporary, or the student-organized Pop-up Potluck Picnic (featuring baked goods from a pastry course some students signed up for!).
We always ate well, and among friends.
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We spent the day at the Experimentarium and there was SO MUCH TO DO!
Highlights included
an interactive movie,
a shipping port simulator,
tonnes of sensory input, and
a chance (via the Pulse Plaza) to see just how fit you are on a Field Trip. (We managed six of the eight activities.)
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May 5th is Liberation Day in Denmark, with 2025 marking 80 years since the end of the German occupation.
In 2022, we visited the Frihedsmuseet, the Museum of Danish Resistance, in its new home. New interactive exhibits, along with those rescued from the fire that destroyed the old museum, provided an engaging, thoughtful experience.
We are fortunate in these Elbows Up times to be able to reflect on the effects of past conflicts and conquests.
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A favourite spot every Field Trip is the Rundetaarn or Round Tower, a 17th century tower with an astronomical observatory at its top.
There is a gallery/cafe about half-way up the spiral ramp that visitors ascend, Europe's oldest observatory in the dome, and striking 360° views of the city.
Each visit is capped with a treat from the Pølsevogn that is outside the Rundetaarn's entrance.
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Except -- the Toronto flight was late departing, so the transfer between flights was a little tight.
Kudos to the carrier, though! We were met at the skyway in Frankfurt, ushered onto a bus, whisked to a entry gate opened just for us, cleared through Customs, shepherded back onto a bus, & rushed to the in-field location of our next flight.
We made the flight with minutes to spare. Sadly, our luggage didn't, but we wouldn't know that for a few more hours.