This morning was very nice...we met up with my cousin and went to Kastellet... an old army base still in use today. It's really nice, and the Gefion Fountain is there, along with the little mermaid statue. We enjoyed the day there, then went to her place so she could show us where she lives. After that, we went to Søborg to see where my grandmother grew up... the house she grew up in and everything. We got out of the car, and there was an old lady walking down the street,so I asked my cousin if she would ask the lady to take a picture of us in front of the house.... the lady said yes, and also told us that she lived in the house. She bought it last year, and the lady she bought it from had lived there for over 50 years. It was probably the person that bought the house from my great grandfather when the family moved away. The lady also took us in the back to show us the garden and what the house looked like from the back. I must admit, the house has seen many better days, but the current owner said she was restoring it and was going to repaint it and  everything in the next year. Then we went to Husum, where my grandmother lived as a very little girl before they moved to the house in Søborg. It was not as nice.... you know, very small apartment. After we saw where my grandmother grew up, we went to my wonderful great Uncle Svend's apartment. He cooked a shrimp cocktail and leg of lamb. He knows I love history, especially world war II... so he gave me a very special object. His wife (my great aunt) had a brother named Jørgen. This is what Great Uncle Svend's translated from Svend: "Mu Uncle - brother of my mother Lisbet, couldn't get a job in Denmark during World War 2. He was working with steel and he moved to Kiel in Germany during the war, because that was the only place he could get a job. They were bombing Kiel, close to where he was working. They had to hide in a safe place. After the bombardment, he went back, and the only thing that was left from his working spot was this piece of metal shrapnel. He went back to Denmark - it was too dangerous to be in Kiel, Germany." I have to say, it is one of the coolest things I have ever seen. And according to Uncle Svend, my grandmother was good friends with Jorgen. 

This picture below is  of the english church in Copenhagen.

And below is of the Gefion Fountain.

These pictures are inside the English Church.

And the pictures below, going all the way down to the windmill are at Kastellet, the military base.

 And the picture below is the last of the pictures of Kastellet.

The island shown in the picture below is where Uncle Svend was stationed while in the Danish army. It is several hundred years old, and is no longer used by the military. It is instead used as a rental place for corporate teambuilding.

And below begins the pictures of the journey to see where my grandmother grew up. 

The street sign below is the street she lived on.

The old lady living in the house took this picture.

And here are some nice pictures of the old backyard. As with the house, the garden could use a bit of work.

And the building below is the school where my grandmother went.

This below is the apartment where my grandmother and her family lived before moving to the house shown above.

And below is the piece of shrapnel Uncle Svend gave me.