Journey with Django and Tashi too!: Floating

We are floating.
We moved out of our home of two years in May, put everything in storage, and got ready for a big overseas journey. We arranged to move into a new home in August, and so we could sail away, untethered, for a two month trip.
Simon travels to Denmark, Greenland, and Europe several times a year to tour, but only twice in the last five years have we joined him. This was a perfect opportunity to make the journey, to visit the boys' Farmor (grandmother in Danish, literally 'father's mother'), and to introduce Tashi to his Ittu (Greenlandic grandfather) for the first time. Simon's dad Karl had not even seen Django since just before his 3rd birthday, and he is now seven!
So, we are floating for this time, between homes. It is a bit strange to be adrift though. There is something very comforting in knowing there is a warm house and familiar place waiting for you... and without that? Well, we must be present where we are. Go where the tides take us. So come along and enjoy our adventures in pictures with a smattering of words.

Peace and love from Denmark,

Janna

Lovely view from the street in front of our 'old' home in Port Townsend

The beginning. On the ferry to Seattle.

Eight hours into our ten hour flight. Finally asleep!

Have banana, will travel. Oh, and Django's old toy bag from his 2 year old traveling days.

Tashi showing Snuggy Bear and Hedgie the view from the airplane.

THE FIRST WEEK: COPENHAGEN

We had a day with Simon before he went to Greenland. The rest of the week, solo mama took it on...

Copenhagen. Big city, little boy.

Django took to pushing Tashi around the city. So in addition to walking, and walking, and walking, he took charge of the stroller much of the time. He even braved the cobblestones!

A square in central Copenhagen.

Canal tour of Copenhagen

The canal tour in Copenhagen is such fun. This was Django's 3rd and Tashi's 2nd time (though I don't think either remember their first time). Part of the tour takes you to Christianshavn, which is a very charming part of Copenhagen (where the free city of Christiania is as well). The canals were built under the command of King Christian the IV, and built between 1617 and 1622.

Canal in Christianshavn

A nice old building in Copenhagen. I love the curving brick and roof line.

Tashi and a realy big fish (and Django photographer) at The Blue Planet, Copenhagen's aquarium.

"Can you guys just stand over there so mama can take a pi-- Um, nevermind..."

Outside of The Blue Planet, Copenhagen.

My cheeky (and might I add, handsome?) boys in front of a quintessential Danish building.

Django at Tivoli, the 2nd oldest amusement park in the world.

Yay for pirate ships! (and tippy ones?). Tivoli's super cool playground.

There are some fantastic sculptural fountains in Europe!

My dear friend Brett Perkins joined us for dinner in Copenhagen. Brett and I know each other from Southern California, many moons ago. He is the reason that Simon and I met, the first and fortunately, the second time. He brought Simon over to the US to tour for the first time. Nearly two years later he ran the songwriting retreat in Big Sur where Simon and I met again in 2004.

We took a 45 minute train ride north of Copenhagen to visit Kronborg Castle. Here is a little tidbit from Wikipedia: Kronborg is known to many as "Elsinore," the setting of William Shakespeare's famous tragedy Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, though "Elsinore" is actually the anglicized name of the surrounding town of Helsingør. Hamlet was performed in the castle for the first time to mark the 200th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare, with a cast consisting of soldiers from the castle garrison. The stage was in the telegraph tower in the southwest corner of the castle. The play has since been performed several times in the courtyard and at various locations on the fortifications. Later performers to play Hamlet at the castle included Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud, Christopher Plummer, Derek Jacobi, and in 2009 Jude Law

Damn.

Ok, here we are on the train. Danish trains are really nice..

Tashi contemplating a rice cake... or possibly, castles.

The magnificence!

Tashi lying down to show Snuggy Bear the beautiful paintings on the ceiling

Awww....

Snuggy Bear being treated to a view of some gorgeously carved furniture!

The ballroom... Yes, we could live in this room comfortably with five of our closest friend's families. Can you see my boys about a half mile away? Hint, they are wearing blue...