More Denmark

Apart from the big party on Friday, our Denmark weekend was a pretty relaxed one, just like the rest of our holiday this year.
This year we didn't go to Copenhagen Zoo, nor to Bakken, Legoland or Tivoli Gardens. No fancy activities, we just hang about with our friends and had a good time.

At Thomas' place, down-time with the iPads.





Saturday we took turns doing some shopping. I got to do a quick walk down Strøget with Kamilla. It was super weather, so far too many people had got the same idea! I ended up just buying the two things I had on my list, one wasn't even for me, and then we went for coffee instead.
Back home we geared up for dinner with Enderleins. Thomas prepared some lamb:



Søren tried to fold some origami dinosaurs with the boys:





Lots of people around the table!





Sunday we went swimming at a swimming hall, played a bit at the playground in Frederiksberg Have, and met up with Christina and her baby Frederik, so cute!
We had brought him a Buzzy Bee from NZ:















Then the weekend was over, and there was still some people we had missed to see... Too little time... Lucky there's always next year!

Tivoli Gardens

After lunch we had a date at Tivoli with a couple of other friends, and their kids. Last time we were here was also three years ago.
Even though it was a Saturday afternoon during summer holidays, it was actually not too bad with the queues. We went on quite a few of the rides. We didn't go on this one though, one of the 2011 news - it looked horrendous, an upside down and rotating airplane going around and around!






Wise from our somewhat terrifying experience with 'Tranan' at Skara Sommarland, we stayed with the rather peaceful rides!
Here's Cecilie and Lucas in the classic 'Farfar's bilar', a ride that used to be MY favorite when I was a kid:









A little break to sugarfy the kids..:









Waiting patiently in line:








Katja and Dorthe:








It's really nice that all our friends here now have kids (or kids on the way) too. We were always hanging with this group of friends when we lived in Copenhagen, in kind of a "Friends-series" kind of way - and now there is a "Skygang" 2nd generation!
It's very cool!

We finished off this great day with a BBQ at the Viby residence in Frederiksberg, somewhat a summer tradition by now! Yummy food, some of their left-over wedding wine (!), nice conversation and many laughs.

Some of us got a cool ride back to the Metro at the end of the night! Thanks for a really nice day guys!

2008 in review - Part 3

Here comes part 3 of our year in review.

July:

The kids went horseback riding for the first time in Brunei, at the Royal stables at Jerudong Park. It was a hit:



Lucas finished school in the beginning of July with a big Kindy party:



We finally moved out of Rimba (after 11 1/2 months!) and into our new house, where we are very happy:



And then we were off on holiday, a long one - first we went to the UK, to see our good friends there, Jason, Maki & Wataru; Anna, David & Cameron; Chris, Michelle, Griffin & Hugo and Andrew, James & Thomas:





And then we were off to Denmark, to see both Danish and Swedish friends (too many to mention, sorry). We did so many nice things, went to Tivoli, Nyhavn, Legoland, Ströget, the beach, had bbqs etc:















We also went a few days to Jylland, and saw our friends the Petersens there in their new house; and also my friend Kamilla who had recently moved over there too:





August:

In August we left Denmark for Sweden, and had a nice time with Mormor and Morfar. Had crayfish party with the family, and went to Skara Sommarland. First time for Nathan and Linnea:





When Nathan left, I went to Stockholm to hang out with my girlfriends for a weekend:



Then Mormor and Morfar took the kids and me to Karlstad, to surprise visit my friend Linda and see her new baby:



And then we went from there to Astrid Lindgrens Värld in Småland - a superb day the kids still talk about!



Back home it was time for the boat to go on it's "maiden" voyage:



And back in Brunei again, both kids started school, Lucas in Reception and Linnea in Nursery:



September:

In September we celebrated the Chinese Moon Cake Festival at school:



Lucas started doing an after-school-activity, Bugs & Microscopes:



We were all out on the boat for the first time:



We celebrated Nathan's 35th birthday:



Anna and I did a presentation at a Montessori school, about Sweden: