Blogs from Region Midtjylland, Denmark, Europe

We are off to a little town called Ebeltoft today. This was on the recommendation of our masseur, Bruce who has spent quite a bit of time in Scandinavia. The weather started off fine but extremely windy. Rain started as we got closer then the blue skies appeared again. Just like home…. Found our village but missed the first turn. No drama, next turn then into tiny little cobbled streets. Next thing I am going down a street with no cars anywhere. Chris asks if a circle with a red line through it means no entry. Ooops. Bloody tourists. Never mind. No one was injured in the enactment of this driving experience. Got out of there quick smart and back to a large car park where there was the museum of glass. They had an exhibition ... read more

What is it about a bridge that makes you either love it or hate it ? Perhaps like us you have stood in front of a bridge or driven over it and thought to yourself what an achievement that bridge was and still is . Ironbridge - the first iron bridge in the world . Telfords Menai Suspension Bridge . The Millau bridge . The Forth Road Bridge . We continue to build them and they are often both functional and beautiful . Shame I can not say the same for the book I am currently reading . Hailed as a recent classic - The Twyford Code sounded interesting . In reality I have found it hard going . It is written as a series of tapes and is not the most riveting book I have ... read more

Gabby the motorhome was still parked up on the grass outside this lovely castle /manor house. We had been over to the green museum and the garden and now it was time to see what was going on upstairs . The house as we looked at it was a red brick Renaissance manor house and an attractive one at that . Built in 1490 although excavations have revealed evidence of earlier constructions going back to 1340. We crossed the moat and entered the "front door ". The nobleman Lave Eskesen Brock who died in 1503 built the first moated fortress on the site . It was his grandson Eske Brock who rebuilt and modernised the manor . And what a good job he did of that . Our first stop was the chapel which looked as ... read more

4/9/2022 – Zondag - Korte verplaatsing (58km) naar Aarhus, zeehaven en de 2de grootste stad van Denemarken. Zoals alles hier daterend uit de Vikingtijd begonnen met een kleine nederzetting aan de monding van de rivier. Nu ook universiteitsstad en handelscentrum met historische koopmanshuizen. 'Den Gamle By' is een groots openlucht museum dat het leven in een Deens stadje in de 17e, 18e, 19e en begin 20e eeuw levendig laat zien. Zelfs tot 1974, maar dat is voor ons late 70-plussers niets spectaculairs. ... read more

1/9/2022 Donderdag – Verplaatsing (250km) Ebeltoft Na een complete rustdag en dat mooie weer gisteren nog in Skagen, verlieten we vandaag de top van Jutland en ging het zuidwaards tot Ebeltoft, een oud charmant handelsstadje aan het Kattegat. We staan hier op een prachtig gelegen camping boven op een hoge klif met uitzicht op dat Kattegat. Rust, natuur en zuivere zeelucht. In het vooruitzicht op nog wat mooi weer denken we hier 3 dagen te blijven. In gezelschap van een 3-tal NL-stellen. Hartstikke leuk toch !... read more