Denmark,
by harbour.

Sofie at the Copenhagen desk had the first three days routed around our pace. Late mornings, long lunches, an evening Tivoli on day two. The overnight ferry to Helsinki on the back end of Stockholm felt like a small voyage in itself. Ten nights, four countries, and a single coordinator who answered the phone at any hour. Worth every cent and then some.

Four capitals, plus a fjord side-trip out of Bergen the studio routed in for our family. The Copenhagen base on the front end gave us our bearings; the Helsinki end was somehow the part the kids talked about most. The studio's choice of a hotel one bridge from Nyhavn meant we walked everywhere the first three days and didn't realise it.

Athens to Budapest to Vienna to Prague to Copenhagen, in that order. The studio's reasoning. Fly home from the city that's least tiring after thirteen nights. Was correct in a way we did not appreciate until the last day. Copenhagen for the final two nights was exactly the right way to end. Came back rested, which we had not expected.