Ever since Jokke and Merja’s visit in 2010, we’ve been talking about taking a big vacation to Germany and Finland. This year, we finally made it happen. We returned three days ago and I’ve finally organized my photos (I took nearly 1,500!) and am ready to start posting about our days. First, of course, was just getting there. We flew out of San Francisco in the evening of Thursday, July 2nd. We had a long overnight flight to Copenhagen.
The flight was, as we’d expected, fairly cramped and unpleasant, but most of us got a little sleep and made it through OK. Finn liked the games and we all enjoyed the front- and downward-facing cameras when we were taking off and landing, as well as the overall map display of our journey.
Those are the only pictures I have. When we landed in Copenhagen, Finn wasn’t feeling too good and ended up leaving the contents of his queazy (or “weezy” as he calls it) stomach all over the floor of the Copenhagen airport. He was convinced it was the airline food (he’s probably right) and will most likely swear off cheesecake for the rest of his life. I think it was the food and the rocky ending to the flight.
We continued on from Copenhagen to Hannover, landing about 4:00 in the afternoon of Friday, July 3rd. Jokke and Emi met us at the airport, where we rented a car and made our way (with one stop for Finn who was feeling weezy again) to Jokke and Merja’s house Nienburg. We had a lovely dinner in their backyard; Finn was immediately won over by German sausages and bread. Actually, we all were.