A Day in Denmark

Last week, some friends asked if we would like to join them at Bakken, an amusement park in Denmark.  The answer was an obvious "YES"!  Before we got going, I checked out the park's website....we were in store for a fun day.  To see more, go to  http://www.bakken.dk/  It didn't take much more than an hour to get there....and even the trip across the bridge from Sweden was big excitement for the girls!

I have to admit I was a little bit nervous as we approached the park, seeing the lines of cars waiting to get in (I later learned that the park had just opened).   Relax...I thought to myself...it's all part of the experience!  We got set up with wristbands for the rides....one for each of the kids with us (Malena, CeCe, Ellen and her classmate Axel) and one for my husband.   He was kind enough to accompany the younger children on some of the rides....and perhaps he would try out a few others!  (wink, wink)

The kids had a blast!  And in spite of the throngs of people waiting to enter the park, the lines for most of the rides were surprisingly short.

There were rides for the smaller kids....

Mini Dumbo...yahoo!

 and for the bigger kids...

Ellen, Axel....and Jeff

and many that were great for everyone!

The Danish tea cups!

Malena even tried out a couple of small roller coasters!

Brace yourself....

Another highlight of the day (besides the people watching and seeing my husband ride the "big kid rides" over and over again) was enjoying the Danish ice cream!  This may have been one of the best ice cream cones I have ever had (and that's saying something!).  I was shocked to see the girls power through these monsters while getting surprisingly little ice cream on their clothes.  Their faces?  Now that was a different story!

This is the "small" cone

After about 5 hours and many, many rides, we were ready to head out of the park and move on to a slightly quieter venue for dinner.   We drove north to Rungsted Harbor and ate outside at a restaurant called Crostini.  The weather was beautiful as was the the view.  After dinner the kids enjoyed walking along the pier and took leftover bread from the table to feed the birds.

Great view from our table

Since this post is getting a bit lengthy, I will simply mention that our family decided it would be more fun, and potentially faster, to take the ferry back across to Sweden.   Another new experience....and a story to save for another day!