USA 2013 | Columbia Center Sky View Observatory

We have a thing for climbing towers / seeing cities from the top... and so we couldn't pass on taking an elevator all the way up to the Columbia Center Sky View Observatory in Seattle! Here's the view from the 73rd floor.

Stockholm VI

A few shots from our beautiful sunny Saturday in Stockholm.
Our tunnelbana station (Thorildsplan).
A building close to the train station.
At the top of the copper-covered tower of the stadshuset.
And inside the stadshuset.

The proposal

Atop Notre-Dame de Paris. At sunset.
And an absolutely fantastic weekend.
Better than anything I could ever have dreamt of.
So, so, so happy!

Zeeland: Middelburg and Veere

You can usually tell how beautiful I find a place by the amount of photos on my camera at the end of the day... Zeeland last Sunday was no exception to the rule; I could not keep myself from taking photos all the time. Everything was resplendent in the warm autumn light and we didn't see a speck of cloud the whole day - what a treat!

The photos hereunder are of Middelburg (Zeeland's capital), where we climbed the Lange Jan tower, and of Veere, an absolutely delightful little town by the water.

More photos of the rest of the day to come later on!

Day 4: Copenhagen and Esbjerg

As you might have noticed, Mart and I like climbing towers. We actually have a 'tower book', which I might show you another time, and in which we keep memories of all the towers we have climbed together.
So you can imagine that when we saw the amazing Vor Frelsers Kirke from our boat tour the day before, and heard that it was possible to climb it, we just had to go! That's what we did on our second day in Copenhagen, after some more shopping and strolling through side streets filled with fantastic little boutiques (such as this one and this one).

Climbing the church tower was really a great experience; it was so different than any other tower we had climbed so far. There are 400 steps to the top, weaving through small dark passages and steep ladders, and the last 150 are actually outdoors on beautiful golden stairs! No need to say the view from the top was great, especially with the beautiful weather we had that day. The inside of the church was very nice as well; we especially liked the huge organ, held by two impressive elephants.

In the afternoon we took the train back to Nyborg, which prompted a little detour to the west coast, in Esbjerg, where we saw the Mennesket ved Havet before driving off to Århus to stay with Janni and Daniel.

Day 3: Copenhagen

On Day 3 we set foot in Denmark for the very first time in our lives. We were so excited!

We left the car in Nyborg (on the big island 'in the middle' of Denmark) and took the train into Copenhagen. We absolutely loved the city. We couldn't believe how beautiful everything was. There are enough great buildings to keep your eyes (and camera) busy for days, but on top of that there is (1) fantastic shopping (we could have emptied several shops if our wallets agreed), and (2) everyone in the street is truly attractive. And as if this wasn't enough, every single person we interacted with was genuinely friendly and terribly helpful. I had read somewhere that Danish people were the most happy people in the world... well, I have no trouble believing it.

Our highlights of the day (apart from buying great clothes) were:
- climbing the Rådhus tower and admiring the city from the top
- taking a boat tour around the harbor
- having a drink sitting on the canal edge in Nyhavn (probably our favourite spot in the whole town)
- stumbling upon the most perfect Thai restaurant for dinner
- and of course, visiting Tivoli at night...