What a blissful nights sleep in that hotel bed. Felt very rested. And equally luxurious was the ensuite shower which I stood under for ages. Lovely. Then downstairs to the restaurant for breakfast, a fairly standard continental affair with the addition of some kind of pancake. All three kids enjoyed the pancakes, and even Jason made a game effort at breakfast considering he'd woken with a bad stomach and had already been to the loo about four times. Since arrival...

Wowzers, a superlong day today. Am writing this at 9 in the car and we are not there yet! It's been good though. This morning we packed quickly. The kids were bitten overnight - not the nicest of huts. We went into Helsingor briefly to see Kronberg Slot - very imposing - and stop in town to get a new memory card. The old town is so pretty. Lovely half timbered houses and low painted buildings in the Danish yellows and reds. Next flyby was Fredensborg Slot, the ...

Happy anniversary to us! Two years ago today we were relaxing in Thailand with massages before saying I do in the Buddhist and traditional ways and partying poolside with 30-odd friends and family. Ah, amazing memories. Having already bought the lovely glass Swedish horse from Stockholm ostensibly as an anniversary present, I was mightily surprised to be given this morning a beautiful solid silver bracelet with coils separating squares of green malachite. Bough...

Slow start today, everyone seems to be sleeping later. Decided to breakfast at the hotel as was a buffet style and the children were all free. Was very good value as copied mum and dad and took lunch for everyone as well as breakie! Spent the day sightseeing as didn't have to catch the ferry till the afternoon. Drove into Copenhagen and parked near Nyhaven, which was just lovely, as expected. Beautiful old pastel wooden houses standing guard along a canal with c...

I was exhausted this morning so Jason took the kids to breakfast while I had a lie in. Poor guy got all their food sorted from the buffet then Meg needed the loo so he had to take all 3, only to come back and find they'd cleared all the plates! He looked so distraught that a staff member noticed and helped him get everyone's good a second time. Came back to cabin to put felix down and little megsy still under the weather with her cough so she came back to bed wi...