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Europe » Denmark » Region Syddanmark » Odense August 10th 2023

It’s getting harder to start up these blogs without saying the same old things. Woke early/late. Ate breakfast. Re-packed bags - blah blah….. Anyway. Woke up early, had breakfast and went for a walk to pick the car up from its car park area. Forgot to tell you that yesterday. Because our hotel was in the middle of the old city there was no parking available. The council had, however provided 4 parking lots around the town. P-Ost (east), p-Syd(south) - get the idea…. Our lot was P-Syd. A 3 minute drive from the hotel and a 9 minute walk back. When I went there yesterday arvo there were campervans everywhere. Obviously like a camp ground in the city. Even had toilets and I guess showers. The car park area was also super busy but managed ... read more

Europe » Denmark » Region Syddanmark » Ribe August 9th 2023

Early’ish start today. Well almost. We are off to Bilund to visit Legoland. Out of Aarhus a different way to where we had seen before. Nice views and different roads. Still raining though. On the way Jessica called do we spoke to her while we drove. Good to catch up and share news. Even got to chat with Pippa when Jessica finally got home. Rain stopped, rain started. Not looking great for our day walking Legoland. Got to the parking area and by then the rain had abated. Walked in and straight into the shop. Interesting items on sale but no real bargains here. Wandered off into the open spaces. Some amazing Lego builds as we walked. Rained again but we were in one of the areas they have where you can add to the already ... read more
Yes, we are really good at selfies - NOT
Lego Ferrari
Even the buildings look like they are built from Lego.

Europe » Denmark » Region Syddanmark » Billund July 27th 2023

They don't get much better than today. Not quite up with the larks (and welcoming our old friends the mozzie bites 😬) we had a hurried brekkie and drove the twenty minutes to Lego land. Actually, proper danish Legoland. We had been before, nine years ago, almost to the day, Seth hadn't. I don't think it's possible to be any more excited then he was this morning. From greeting a wizard before we'd really even got in, his eyes were saucers taking in everything. Fortunately they didn't seem to take in the fact it was 'ridiculously and wholly inappropriate slogan on t shirt day' My top two were ' screw you hotdog, and ' Monday you bastard' 🤷🏻‍♀️ We started with a frog ride, headed for a mine train, got soaked in a short but heavy ... read more

Europe » Denmark » Region Syddanmark » Billund July 26th 2023

Since having a small person, we now do longer drives with more nights in one place. Usually that's fine. Occasionally we get bitten by extra long drivings. Today was that day. After, honestly, the best nights sleep I've had in 8 years, we left as planned at 10.15. by 10.25 we were heading back to the hotel to fetch the blanket we'd left behind. 10.40 we were back on route but the sat nav had added a lot of time to our journey in the window from turning around to setting off again. Within fifteen minutes the traffic had stopped, an accident had shut the motorway and the bottleneck added a good two hours to our journey. But in the manner of a Zen master, we just had to accept it and get on with it. ... read more

Europe » Denmark » Region Syddanmark » Kværndrup September 16th 2022

Part 4 - We had done virtually everything apart from one last part of the museum/castle complex. This was the odd sounding Aero park/motorcycles museum and the Depository . I guess with an aeropark you know what you are getting . Loads of old airplanes . However all we found was one old Danish Airforce MIG fighter plane parked up outside the buildings. We never did find another airplane despite trying. Inside was quite literally a time capsule of vehicles . The lower floor was given over to motorbikes . Unlike in our country where the vehicles are displayed in date order starting from the earliest before moving up to date here there seemed to be very little order . The bikes were suspended from the ceiling and were at eye level so it was easy ... read more
Beautiful chrome work
Earliest bikes
Early motorbikes

Europe » Denmark » Region Syddanmark » Kværndrup September 15th 2022

We had done with the display of fashion and it was time now to move on to the fairy tale castle that was Egeskov Slot. Picture the scene if you will . A moat with a beautifully manicured lawn running down to it . Waterlilies growing in the water . A gatehouse . Mellow red brick. Pointed arched windows . Somewhere where the young medieval lady would stand. Her hair flowing down . She would be waiting to be rescued by knight in shining armour . A copper witches hat roof turned green with age . And there you have it in a nutshell . The perfect medieval castle . Only it was not medieval at all . It looked medieval . But the wrought iron gate hid the clue . 1850 - so this was ... read more
Built in 1850
Round tower and a witches hat roof
The owners

Europe » Denmark » Region Syddanmark » Kværndrup September 14th 2022

How many places can you go to that offers so much ?. Egeskov Slot offered us plenty of parking and even an overnight spot if we wanted it . A museum of man and mechanics , classic cars, motorbikes and aeroplanes and a grocers museum . Although we never found the grocers museum . It also offered a Rescue museum and an outdoor camping exhibition . And if that was not enough an old smithy , playgrounds for the kids, a maze , Titanias Palace , coffee to go , a dahlia garden a water garden and the list just went on and on. Part 1 The gardens The gardens of the castle were all just like small rooms that led one to the next one . They were formal to a certain extent but overall ... read more
So many planters full of pastel coloured petunia
Round a quiet corner
The super ellipse

Europe » Denmark » Region Syddanmark » Kværndrup September 14th 2022

Part 2 - the spiral staircase up to the fashion museum It is not often you find somewhere that has something for everyone . The garden lovers amongst us could wander through the stunning rooms of the castle gardens . After the sensual pleasure of a garden it was possible to walk over the moat into the gatehouse which housed a surprise . We climbed the black spiral staircase to the first floor where we found case after case of clothing reflecting the fashions of the well to do owners of Egeskov Slot . Most dressers were of what we would call the Victorian period . Comginations of earlier prettier clothing particularly colourful and later more restrained black outfits . The dresses were displayed in glass cabinets and we had the floor all to ourselves which ... read more
My favourite dress
Display cases full of pretty dresses
How small is that waist ?

Europe » Denmark » Region Syddanmark September 12th 2022

A church, a pretty churchyard, two burial mounds and two Runic stones . That pretty much sums up Jelling. Gabby the motorhome was parked up between two massive burial mounds . Impressive they were too. Said to be the resting place of King Gorm of Denmark and his wife Thyra. They were the parents of King Harald of Denmark . The mounds were created as royal monuments in the 10th century . Once they may have held the bones of King Gorm in a deep underground chamber but nothing was found during earlier excavations . Bones were found somewhere else and reinterred in the small white church at Jelling. We climbed one of the mounds for a better view of the area. Thankfully steps had been placed there for ease of climbing and to prevent idiots ... read more
Harold Bluetooths stone
a replica stone repainted
Jelling church and churchyard

Europe » Denmark » Region Syddanmark » Faaborg September 8th 2022

8/9/2022 Donderdag , Hesselager Verplaatsing (160km) tot Hesselager, dwars door het glooiend eiland Funen, de geboortegrond van Hans Christian Anderson. Dus verwacht men iets sprookjesachtig. Pech, want het is grijs, het regent en het is sturen tegen de rukwinden in. Dan maar kastelen bezoeken. Het eerste 'Slot Egeskov' is indrukwekkend. Een prachtig bewaarde Renaissance waterburcht gebouwd in 1554 door Deense edelen om zich te beveiligen tijdens de toenmalige godsdienstoorlogen. Een bezoek aan een tweede kasteel 'Valdemars Slot' op het eiland Tasinge werd een sisser. De openbare smalle weg er naar toe gaat door het domein van de graaf en dat heeft een toegangspoort met een bord max hoogte 2.40m en 2.10 breedte. Dus rechtsomkeer in 4 keer op die smalle weg. Parkeren en te voet verder was ook geen optie. Kasteel gesloten. Verloren moeite dus. ... read more
Egeskov Slot - midden in een meer.
Egeskov Slot
Egeskov Slot - krijgsuitrustingen soldaten en edelen




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