As I mentioned in my previous blog, Thom and I visited Denmark and Sweden for our honeymoon. Why those countries, you might ask. Well, there were a lot of things that went into our decision. We wanted to go somewhere relatively safe, where we wouldn't have to worry about kidnappings, bombings and some of the other scary things you hear about. But most importantly, we wanted to go to a place where neither of us had been before. Thom is Swedish, I'm German and Denmark is right in the middle of those two countries, so it seemed a little symbolic, as well.

We left the day after our wedding, and had done some research on the weather, daily temperatures, etc. We'd read that temps would be in the 60's and that the sun would rise at around 4:30 a.m. and set at around 11 p.m. While the latter turned out to be true, the temperatures were a little warmer than expected: around 75 and sunny every day. Thankfully, we'd packed plenty of clothes so all was well.

We spent most of our trip in Copenhagen. One of the first places we visited was the picture you see at the top of this page: an area of the city known as Nyhavn. It means New Harbor in Danish. These days the colorful buildings are home to cafes, offices and trendy lofts. But back in the day, this portion of Copenhagen was home to sailors who liked their booze and their women. It's a colorful history that the Danes like to share with visitors. Thom and I enjoyed this area during a couple days of our trip. It was so nice to sit and enjoy a drink with the quaint buildings as a backdrop while looking out at the old fishing boats. Nyhavn provided us a nice glimpse of the city and left us eager to find out what else Copenhagen had to offer, for the rest of our honeymoon.