Blogs from Denmark, Europe

Hello from Aarhus. This is an interesting little town on the east coast of the western leg of Denmark. You almost have to look at the map to understand what the country of Denmark looks like. Denmark does not have much in the way of elevation, with the highest “mountain” (being near here) is a little over 300 meters above sea level. Their total population is about 5 million people. Its two “off shore” possessions are the Faroe Islands and Greenland. Greenland has 500 times as much land as mainland Denmark, but it has only 1 percent of the population (about 50,000). One of Denmark’s main claims to fame is that they invented and sell Legos. There are many more Lego bricks than the total population of the world. And that completes your educational information for ... read more

Since today was the last day in Copenhagen, I made sure to see the Little Mermaid statue. I’ve seen most everything I wanted to but hadn’t been down by the water there yet. Hans Christian Andersen was from Denmark and wrote the Little Mermaid. Hence the mermaid statue. It is a famous landmark and tourist attraction. It’s located by Fort Kastellet. I walked along the water and the Fort on my Way back and was pleasantly surprised to see an old windmill, lots of tulips, and lilacs in full bloom! I knew I would likely miss the lilacs blooming this year at home so I was happy to see and smell them. I finally found my danish on my way back to the metro to head back and get ready to head to the airport. Next ... read more

I managed to upload some photos. Having a lot of trouble with the site. Unfortunately some photos will only upload black. I will have to figure this out or change platforms. So enjoy the few I could get up!... read more

I arrived to a friendly atmosphere and met up with Caroline and headed to the house. It was great to have a home cooked meal and Danish dessert after arriving. I don’t know what to call it but it was everything I normally don’t eat and it was good! Buttermilk, another milk, vanilla something, cookie bits & ice cream. Was given plenty of wine and licorice liquor. It tastes like cough medicine. I was delighted that there were licorice candies out—I like REAL black licorice. We sat around and talked and relaxed…little bit of hygge there. Today I almost got dragged out of bed because I kept snoozing my alarm and finally compromised at 11am and got up. I figured 5am est was late enough. It was nice to not have to rush anywhere and visit, ... read more

Samedi 30 septembre : départ de Bangui vers 10 :30. Arrivée à Paris vers 22 :00. Dans l’avion regarder le film Creed 3, incroyable que la franchise de Rocky perdure encore ! Regarder un film français, Un homme heureux, c’était quand même drôle même si ça reflète malheureusement note époque, une femme qui pense qu’elle est un homme. D’habitude je fais mes réservations d’hôtel avant d’arriver sur place, 75-80 % du temps, c’est cela que je fais, mais aujourd’hui je ne l’ai pas fait, malheur a moi ! Pratiquement tous les hôtels de Paris sont pleins !!! Fashion Week !!! J’ai fait près de 20 hôtels, tous complets. Vers 00 :30 j’ai pu finalement trouver une chambre dans un Marriott. La gentille petite femme a la réception avait tellement pitié de moi qu’elle m’a fait la ... read more