Blogs from Region Sjælland, Denmark, Europe - page 11

De sidste forberedelser Nu nærmer afrejsen sig med stormskridt. De sidste forberedelser er bragt på plads - billetter & vouchers er i hus, vi har lånt GPS med US-kort & US-telefoner af Jeppe & Pernille, Bent Michael har forsynet os med en spændende bog om Californien, Anna har leveret kort over Californien & Hawaii, Eva har sat os i forbindelse med Lot, Thomas har givets tips om stateparks i Californien, Geir har bidraget med praktiske råd, mine søde kollegaer har forsynet os med adresser på cheesecakecafeer og finanisering af besøg og mange andre har bidraget med historier, staldtips og hotspots som skal ses. Så vi er ved at være parate. I dag skal så de aller sidste ting købes og pakkes. Eftermiddagen bruger vi på at fejre Mai's fødselsdag sammen med fødselsdagsbarnet, Alberte, Allan, Lisbeth & ... read more

Goddag! Nous voici encore une fois, partis a l'aventure... cette fois en terrain plus connu, le Danemark. Pourquoi encore le Danemark? (ca fait quand meme, dans mon cas, 4 fois que j'y mets les pieds) Cette fois, nos amis danois, Karen et Lars se marient!!! Nous allons vous expliquer brievement, pour ceux qui ne seraient pas au courant, qui sont ces célèbres danois... En 1995 (apres etre tombee amoureuse des pays scandinaves lors des jeux olympiques de Lillehammer en Norvege), nous avons accueilli, dans la famille Isabelle-Turpin, une jolie danoise du nom de Karen Hyldegaard-Pedersen. Nous nous sommes revues ensuite plusieurs fois, en Amerique et en Europe. En 2000, son copain, Lars Von Gersdorff, est egalement venu au Canada. Bref, Karen est ma soeur danoise! Nous ayant invite au mariage, ma mere (Lou), son copain (Jean-Pierre), ... read more

Today was the driving marathon, and with an early morning rain things got off to a slippery start. Obstacle 1 was a tough and tight little course, and Team Bouncer had a tough time with it. After taking a hard turn through, the carriage slid and Suzy's navigator was knocked off the back. Unfortunately, this resulted in a 10-point penalty, but the good news is that Bouncer and Suzy were not injured. Claudia endured two cracked ribs but being the trooper that she is, continued on with the marathon, which is pretty amazing! They made several great times in most of the other hazards. Team Bouncer was in 9th place overall in single pony after the marathon. Miranda "Randi" Cadwell of the US team won gold in the marathon for pony pairs, and the US team ... read more

We got up bright and early this morning to pack up our belongings to return back to Denmark. Johan and Charlotte were so kind as to give us another delicious breakfast. Then Johan and Princess Olivia accompanied us to the train station. After waving our goodbyes, Seth and I settled into two seats next to two little boys. Their sisters were sitting across from us, and we soon realized that we were lucky to sit with the boys. Some poor fellow had to sit with the girls and endure being harassed by the little one, who yelled “Halloooo!” as she kicked him in the knee multiple times. We really enjoyed our time in Sweden, and won’t soon forget it! Everyone is tall and good-looking, and I think we could count the number of fat people we ... read more

RoskildeJulie J Vanover I was really excited when I put up this blog because Rockilde wasn't listed in the cities of Denmark, so I added it. I was the first to put up a blog on Roskilde and get it on the travel blog map! To go where no travel blogger has gone before.... I went to Roskilde to see the Viking Museum where the remains of 5 viking ships are on display. The museum also went into the history of the vikings and how and where they lived. There had been a long held belief that there was a sunken viking ship in a shallow area in the bay outside of Roskilde. Upon investigating these rumors they found out that there was not one but five viking ships that had been purposely sunk there for ... read more