Blogs from Esbjerg, Region Syddanmark, Denmark, Europe

Tag 224 – Watttierchen & Motorräder in Esbjerg Als am nächsten Tag gegen halb zehn rüber zur Rezeption ging, war nicht wirklich was zu tun. So beschloss ich, in Ruhe eine Runde in der Ausstellung zu drehen. So kam ich dann auch mal dazu, mir die ganzen Infotafeln in der Anatomie-Abteilung durchzulesen. Als ich in den Raum mit dem Anfass-Becken kam, waren schließlich auch die ersten Besucher dort. Ich erinnerte mich an die Sache mit der Pop-Up-Rede und beschloss, mich auch mal im kleinen Rahmen daran zu versuchen. Bei der Führung hatte ich ja nun schon oft genug zugehört und kannte mich mittlerweile auch recht gut mit den ganzen Watttierchen aus. So ging ich zu der Familie hin und sagte, dass sie die Tiere auch gerne aus dem Wasser nehmen und betrachten konnten. Und dann zeigte ... read more

Wednesday 1st September 2010 Today is about the sea and man's connection with it with a visit to Esbjerg's maritime museum and a look at the sculpture 'man meets the sea'. Man meets the Sea (Danish: Mennesket ved Havet) is a monument of four 9 metre (27 feet) tall white males, located north of Esbjerg by Sædding Beach on the south-west coast of Denmark. The sculpture was designed by Svend Wiig Hansen and installed on 28th October 1995. The maritime museum consists of 3 areas. The seal sanctuary, aquarium and maritime exhibition. At the end of the day we took advantage of the camp site jacuzzi which we had exclusive use of for an hour. Camping is such a hard way of living ! ... read more

46 days to take off. I've choosen to start my blog from the comfort off my couch, just to get familiar with the site. As said in my profile, I'm a 25 year old Danish girl, and it is my first solo trip. It's actually only the third time I'v been across the danish boarder, if you count out small trips to Germany and Sweden. So it's a really big deal for me. The trip has been planed for months now, and it is pretty much all I think about, besides my school and exams, the day I leave for Pisa, Italy, is all so the day I'm finished with my exams and is a care taker for old and disabled people, so it's gonna be a pretty big day for me. Some times I ... read more

God Jul (Merry Christmas), I'm currently sitting at John and Ingrid's house and the Christmas festivities have all died down for the moment. I had originally planned to stay here for only a few short days before going back to Zealand but I have run into a bitter sweet predicament that I didn't quite plan for. The Immigration Service had sent John and Ingrid a letter on the 15th of December and - since the letter was in my name - John decided to wait until I arrived in Esbjerg on the 23rd to open it. I arrived in Esbjerg at around 7:00pm and opened the letter to find that the Immigration Service had accepted my application to stay in Denmark until December of 2009 (they said it would take 2 months, instead, it took 2 ... read more

Tonight is my last night with John and Ingrid. Tomorrow I will be taking the train to Svenborg and then the bus to Ubølle to visit and ecovillage north of this town. As for my time here, John and Ingrid have been just perfect hosts. They have fed me frikadela and rye bread up to my ears! I've never eaten so much in all my life. John took me to visit Ribe and the island of Rømø. He laughed when I was in Ribe because I went to the same bakery, ordered the same pastry and walked down the same street as Grandpa did when he was here. John was nice enough to show me his massive butterfly collection which I found very interesting. We spent lots of time with Trina and Peter and they were ... read more