A Day in - a Department Store...

My mom arrived yesterday from Japan for a one week visit. Even though we were with her in Japan just over two weeks ago, Mio and Yuto (and of course Jonathan and I) were super excited to see her again. So much so that since she got here, they have not touched the iPad (that they have been addicted to since we got here...)  
            
Because this is my mom's third trip to Copenhagen, she has seen most of the must-see sights. So she was not so anxious to go sight-seeing especially on a rainy day like today, and especially when we have two small kids to consider. We decided to take a stroll down to Stroget (the main pedestrian shopping street - the longest in Europe), and then we decided to go into Illums Bolighus. This is one of my favorite stores in Copenhagen. It is a beautiful store of modern, top of the line Scandinavian and Danish design. They sell furniture, lamps, glassware, kitchenware and so much more. The first floor has a lot of glassware and china, so it was a pretty stressful browsing experience with two active kids who like to check out everything. We did manage to get out of the store without breaking anything though. Whew. There were so many things I wanted to get, but I simply couldn't make up my mind, so I came out empty handed. I need to go back again soon while the sale is still on!  

It was still raining when we got out of the store, and of course the kids started to complain that they are hungry. So, we went to Illum (a department store) around the corner to have some lunch. The cafe is conveniently (or inconveniently?) located next to the toy department, and the kids were already in there playing before we could decide what we wanted to do next.  It was still raining outside, so we let the kids play for a bit, but that turned into a pretty long playing session - we must have stayed there for almost two hours...       

            

When we got home, Jonathan couldn't believe that we actually spent the whole day in a "department store." (but it rained all day!) He himself had been teaching in the classroom all day, so after we had dinner at home, and the rained had stopped, we needed to get outside! So we decided to go out for an ice cream at our favorite ice cream shop in Nyhavn.    It was a nice way to end our somewhat uneventful day...

Lunch at Illum cafe.