Monday, June 19: From Germany to Denmark and trauma.

We had an early breakfast with the B's -- Tom then took Niklas to kindergarten and us to the airport. The first glitch was that Tom forgot Niklas's indoor shoes, so we had to go back to get them.  There was also a lot of traffic on the way, so I was getting nervous about our timing.  When we arrived, there was a big line, but Tom swiped a card and managed to get us into the priority line, so we got to the gate in plenty of time.

I took some pictures from the plane -- so clear and beautiful!

https://youtu.be/2IsvRn6_g58

Craziness began when we arrived in Copenhagen.  Bob couldn't find his passport.  We looked everywhere, but we did not have it. So we talked to SAS, who called the cleaners for the plane, but they didn't have it. Then we talked to people at the information kiosk, who gave us the number for the Hannover airport lost and found.  Tom had already contacted the airport with no luck.  We then realized that we could leave the airport even without the passport.

After asking many people and finally ending up at the information place for the metro and train, we got 7 day passes and were on our way.  Finding the hotel was easy, and we were able to check in immediately. I called the Hannover police, but they didn't have the passport.  I also called the Copenhagen police, and they didn't have it, either.  Finally, I called the American embassy.  They gave me a list of things we needed to bring in order to get an emergency passport. So off we went , first to the Copenhagen police (which was in the Central Railroad Station) and filled out a report, second to the photo booth in the center of the train station to get passport photos, and third to the Embassy, which was a simple train ride away.  When we arrived, we were told that the passport issues were only dealt with from 9-12AM, but we were able to get the paperwork to complete.  I filled everything out and then we finally had a meal -- we hadn't eaten since 7AM.

We found a great brew pub and had flights and Danish food. Bob had marinated herring and I had hard boiled quail eggs with a delicious dipping sauce.

And of course, the flights!

Then Bob had krill while I enjoyed pork cheeks.  Very different but delicious.

Bed by 9:30. We were exhausted.