The Church of Our Saviour

I'd like to think that I regained myself for the "excitement" factor in our itinerary today, after a pretty uneventful day yesterday... We started the day with a nice brunch at a restaurant called Sult located in the Danish Film Institute building. The restaurant has a nice atmosphere with modern and clean interior. The weekend buffet brunch here is considered to be one of the best in town, and very popular among the locals, too. They had really great salads as well as a lot of warm dishes, pancakes and smoothies! 

   

After the brunch, we took the metro to the Christianshavn area to climb up this magnificent Vor Frelsers Kirke, or the Church of Our Saviour. The church is most famous for its corkscrew spire with an exterior golden staircase winding up to the spire. The staircase allows you to climb to the top of the church’s 95 meter (311 foot) high spire. It's not an easy climb - 400 steps to the top, of which 150 being outside. But once you reach the top, you get an amazing 360 degree view of Copenhagen.  And we picked a perfect day for that - sunny and clear sky! 

I was surprised that all the stairs inside were made of wood (not stone), and some parts were quite narrow and steep, which made a bit of a traffic jam of people trying to go up and trying to come down. Mio impressed us by climbing up all the 400 steps to the top by herself and down.  And "good job!" to Daddy for climbing up and down the steps carrying Yuto, except for some parts on the outside where he walked on his own. 

The Church and the golden staircase. 

Climbing up the steep steps!

The view from the top. 

Yuto with Daddy.

After the church, we took a stroll around the Chistianshavn area. And when we got to the bridge going over the canal, Yuto discovered the fun of waving to the people on the "Canal Tour" boats passing by. And of course those boats come pretty frequently, so we had to stay for "more!", and "more!" and "more!" until we finally had to drag him off the bridge before we saw the next boat, which of course ended up in a crying fit... 

Jonathan left for a week-long trip to Norway and Sweden this afternoon, so we ended the day by seeing him off at Frue Plads where he and his students boarded the bus. Overall, a very fun day.