Blogs from Region Nordjylland, Denmark, Europe - page 6

Summer. How lovely. Left our beautiful pitch on the seashore in Ebeltoft (and discovered we had been charged an extra 100DKK for the location - oops). Drove ever northwards through, but not stopping in Alborg, and passing through some lovely green rolling countryside. The wild flowers along the route were brilliant : lupins (and not just blue but all shades), poppies, buttercups, thrift or something similar and pretty sure that the swathes of deep pink were wild orchids. We had planned to go towards the East and spend the night in Fjord country but changed our mind and headed straight north instead so we could explore the most northerly tip (tomorrow), especially as the weather promises to be so good. Excellent choice. Arrived at Sindal Camping early afternoon and spent the afternoon sitting in the sun ... read more

Well, sorry about the last entry, I'm still figuring out how to use this, and the entry was cut short. Lucky i'd saved some of it :) Anyway, I thought I might just give a quick recap on the weekened I had. Friday night was the second school party for me at my school. It was fancy dress, just as Camilla's the week before. This time however I had a little more time to construct an appropriate costume. I went as a fairy princess instead of repeating the whole 'made-these-ears-in-two-minutes' koala attempt of last week. Camilla if you're reading this I loved them and they were very successful and artfully crafted. I got ready with some girls from my class, and then the entire class had a pre-party together. It's just what they do here, they ... read more

Copenhagen - Skagen Thursday 11th September (Day 17) Today we said goodbye to the nice people at the B&B, & headed into the main city train station for our trip north. We had decided to get a rail pass to travel around Denmark as it was relatively cheap, and also easier, since we didn’t really have any idea where we were going (as usual). Denmark is actually made up of three main islands - Zeeland (where we currently were in Copenhagen), Funen (in the middle) and Jutland (the biggest and northernmost island). Today we were heading for Skagen, at the northernmost tip of Denmark. We had chosen to visit here to see more ‘natural’ Viking territories, and the place where the two seas collide - the North Sea on one side and the Baltic Sea on ... read more

I started my Europe trip by flying from Boston to London on Friday September 5th, so my trip started 5 days later than Kelly's. I flew all day and arrived in London at night which made jet lag much easier to handle. I met up with Kate Stangl and went to where she is staying for her semester abroad in South Kensington. The area is beautiful! There were 4 other Thayer Academy grads in London that weekend and it was nice to see familiar faces in a new country. Three friends from Vanderbilt are also living in London this semester for internships so I got to see London with them as well. The first night we went to what I think was considered an Irish Pub in Picadilly Sqaure. It was pretty crowded and touristy. The ... read more

Tag 17: Hirtshals - Skagen, 64.15 km, Fahrzeit 3:32, Durchschn. 18.07 km/h, Gesamtstrecke 1246 km Morgens beim Zeltabbau macht es plötzlich "Knack", und ich habe statt drei Zeltstangen plötzlich vier. Ich bin mir nicht mal bewusst, die Stange ungewöhnlich belastet zu haben. Den Bruch kann man mit der mitgelieferten Reparaturhülse rech gut provisorisch beheben, aber wenn das nochmal passiert, habe ich ein Problem. Die gestern durchgeführte provisorische Reparatur der Umlenkrolle am Fahrrad mittels eines Gummiringes ist ein mittelmässiger Erfolg. Wie erwartet läuft das Rad wieder schön leise, leider ist Gummi nicht ölresistent, und in Verbindung mit der machanischen Belastung durch die Kette gibt die Konstruktion nach etwa 50 Kilometern den Geist auf. Zweimal am Tag einen neuen Gummiring aufziehen, damit könnte ich leben - der Fahrradschlauch gibt ja einiges her. Aber ich habe... read more