In the beginning of September, Madre and I went to London and Denmark. Here are the highlights:
Here's Madre at the back of Buckingham Palace. This is the closest to Kate's dress that we were allowed to take a photo. Viz, it was beautiful and miniature.
Here's Madre with our special tour guide/motivational coach at the second level of St. Mark's Church, approximately 500 steps up.
It was windy up there. I think we both look like mutants, but we did not do a very good job of taking lots of pictures together, unless they are on Madre's camera, so I'm uploading it anyway.
Madre + me + London.
Madre and British star Matt Lucas after the performance of Les Mis we saw.
Then we caught up for coffee with Chris and Lucy! Please note that I am the only person in the photo who you will not need to one day call "Doctor."
Next, I tried to take a picture of Jon on the night bus at approximately 2:30am.
Then, he tried to take his glasses off before I took another picture of him.
Then, he gave me blue steel.
Then, we both tried to smile and look perky when all I wanted to do was curl up on the floor of the night bus and fall asleep.
And that was London.
Then we went to Denmark, where I have never been and where Madre hadn't visited in 30 years, to see our family who I've never met. They proved that I pretty much only got my dad's genes, especially because Madre is the short one in her family. See the lady sitting down? That's my namesake, Kirsten. She is very nice and very stubborn, which I thought was appropriate.
We pretty much spent most of our time here, at the dinner table, where they just fed us and fed us. It was fantastic.
Then they took us to a Viking village to learn about our heritage.
Then Madre and I went to Copenhagen for a few days, which was great. We saw Tivoli and all of the palaces and the statue of the Little Mermaid, and we ate the food my grandma used to make. Some old German lady took a crooked picture of us at the Gefion Fountain.
As a non-blonde in Denmark, I felt a bit like this child.
But it was a wonderful vacation, one of my best yet. Daniel even made a special appearance!
Good friends, good family, good food, good times.
