CHAPTER 6:
The next day, the group headed for Amalienborg. It featured many different palaces in a circle with a statue of King Frederik V in the center of the circle. While the group split up and decided to take turns visiting the many different palaces…
Inside the first palace…
"Welcome to Moltke's palace," Stacie said.
"Named after Lord High Steward Adam Gottlob Moltke," CR added, reading a description
"He had quite a big family," Rachel noticed.
"That's right, Rachel. According to this, he had 22 sons. Half of which went into public service," Denise said, also reading a description.
"I wonder what it'd be like to have a big family," Bella said.
"No offense, Bella, but I don't know if you'd want to be pregnant 22 times in your life. In fact, I don't know anybody that has been," Stacie said.
"I guess you're right. But maybe one day when I get married, I could try to have a big family if it's what I want," Bella said.
"Exactly," Stacie said.
"Maybe some of those children were twins or triplets," Kyle said.
"Who knows?" Stacie asked.
"Or maybe all of those sons were born in different marriages," Kim thought out loud.
"I guess that makes sense," Stacie said.
Oh, and get this: Each of the royal family members are all descendants of Vikings," CR said, reading a brochure.
"There are people from Minnesota here?" Rachel asked, prompting a chuckle from Denise.
"No, sweetie; you're thinking of the football team," Denise said.
"Oh…" Rachel said.
Inside the second palace…
"Welcome to Levetzau's Palace," Aubrey said.
"Named after Count Christian Frederik Levetzau," Chad added, reading a description.
"And get this: It says here that it eventually became the home of Crown Prince Frederik. And then after he got married, he and his wife, Crown Princess Mary moved to Fredensborg," Beca said, also reading the description.
"Wouldn't it be interesting to see how much closet space they had?" Alice asked as Ken and Jesse rolled their eyes upon hearing the strange inquiry.
"That seems unlikely, babe," Ken said.
"Why would you want to know about something like that?" Finn asked.
"Just curious," Alice said.
"Finn, it's for their shoes and some of the other stuff they may have worn back then," Grace explained.
"Well, if it's that big, odds are they had quite a big wardrobe," Jesse said.
"I wouldn't be surprised if that was the case," Aubrey said.
Outside the entrance to the third palace…
"Welcome to Brockdorff's Palace," Emily said.
"Built in the 18th century by Baron Joachim Brockdorff," Benji added, reading a description.
"For something that was built that long ago, it's still in great shape," Jessica said.
"Definitely," Ashley said.
While the group approached the entrance, Jessica stayed behind with Danny.
"Jessica, are you coming?" Chloe asked.
"Nah, Danny's getting tired so I'm going to stay out here with him," Jessica said as Chloe went to join the others.
"It would be nice to see what's inside," Ashley said.
"Not a chance on that, this palace is currently closed to the public, but we still get a good view of it from the entrance door," Emily explained.
"Well, maybe they'll reopen in 10 years from now," Chicago said.
"That seems unlikely," Chloe said.
Outside the entrance to the fourth palace…
"Welcome to Schack's Palace," Flo said.
"Home of the royal couple since 1967," Unicycle added, reading a description.
"I thought the royal family lived in London," Esther said, confused.
"Different royal family, Esther," Flo clarified.
"Oh, okay," Esther said.
"So the King and Queen of Denmark live here?" Amy asked.
"That's right," Unicycle said.
"I wonder how many American dollars a picture of us with them would go for on the internet," Bumper said.
"Don't get any ideas, Bumper. You don't want to get us in trouble," Amy warned him.
"Agreed," Donald said.
After each group spent an hour at each of the different palaces, they all went to the next one. They continued this rotation until all four groups went in all four palaces. When each group had their tour through the palaces, they all met back up again for dinner.
Later that evening at about 8 p.m., Stacie thought it'd be a good idea to take Kim back to Tivoli. Since it was a Friday night, it was an opportunity to check out the free concert. Though due to the concert not starting till 10 p.m., the other families thought their kids would be too tired to be out that late.
Just as the others were taking cabs back to the hotel, Stacie turned back to her husband.
"Hey, Kyle, can you take Bella back to the hotel? Kim and I are going to check out the Friday night concert at Tivoli," Stacie asked.
"Why does Kim get to go and I don't?" Bella asked, whining.
"Bella, it's almost your bedtime," Stacie said.
"But I'm not tired!" Bella argued.
"I know it sucks, Bella, but if you get some sleep, you'll have more fun at Grace's party at the zoo tomorrow," Stacie explained.
Bella sighed, "Okay, Mommy," she said sadly, before heading back to the hotel with Kyle.
After everyone else in the group had already left, Stacie and Kim took the last cab to Tivoli. They found a comfortable spot for the concert and stayed until about 11 p.m. Of course, in some ways, it would've made sense to stay for the full concert set, but Stacie knew it was more important for her and Kim to get back to the hotel so they could get plenty of sleep themselves. So, they both made it back to the hotel just before midnight.