Blogs from Region Syddanmark, Denmark, Europe - page 13

DANEMARK : avant la frontière Après une bonne matinée à Ribe, nous prenons la route vers le Sud pour aller sur l'île de Tondro. Celle-ci fait partie des îles de la mer de Wadden. Tout est plat ici. La moindre dune devient montagne. La marée découvre des kilomètres d'estran et des kilomètres de sable (souvent un peu vaseux), où l'on se balade sans trouver le bout de la plage. Nous pensions aller visiter en premier lieu l'île de Mando qui ne fait que 8 km², mais la marée nous en empêchera... on ne passe ici qu'avec un tracteur à ce moment là. Nous reportons donc cette visite à demain quand nous prendrons la route vers l'Allemagne... Nous continuons alors un peu plus bas encore pour arriver à l'île de Romo, un peu moins insulaire puisqu'une digue ... read more

Desperately trying to do a bit of catch up on this blog. I am sitting on the bed in our very nice room aboard the River Victoria in Moscow, but I've still got plenty to tell about our time in Denmark. We moved from cousin Ellen's place to cousin Kirsten. In between was the big family get together with many other family members, held in an old farmhouse on the island of Fyn. This was my big chance to catch up with other cousins and an aunt that I might not otherwise have seen. Thank you to cousin Signe and her family for hosting a wonderful day. One of the highlights of our time with Kirsten and Karin was the visit to the city of Aarhus to see Aros, the art gallery and Rainbow Panorama - ... read more

Braedstrup and Lake District - Ry and Himmelbjeret - and Legoland & then up the west coast to Hirtshals 28, 29 & 30 June Tea a lovely friend of our daughter Kerrie (both their little girls are in Year one together), has given us names and addresses of her friends who live in Denmark and who would love to meet us. Today was the day to meet one lot of her friends, Jette and Knud in Traeden in Braedstrup a beautiful country area in central Denmark on Jutland. We phoned them and so we headed their way. Our trusty GPS got is very easily to their house. We clicked straight away with them. They were so interesting to talk with and we learned so much about Denmark from them - culture, economy, community systems and social ... read more

We left Lubeck this morning and embarked on a long bus ride into Denmark. It was fine by me, though, as our destination for the day was... Legoland! The original Legoland in Denmark! Woo! We arrived there shortly after noon and proceeded to swelter away waiting in lineups and such for the next three hours. It was fabulous. Only rode two rides (a roller coaster - polar expedition, and a Viking themed water ride), but got to wander around a little and take in the Lego miniatures of various things and shop in the world's largest Lego store and such. Could easily have spent way more time there. First impressions of Copenhagen are great - clean, classic... There's something understatedly Scandinavian about it that I can't quite put my finger on - elegance without ostentation, I ... read more

Dagen går stille og roligt med at pakke og med at komme med forskellige forslag til aftensmad! Jeg er egentligt ikke nervøs for at rejse alene, men jeg kan tydeligt mærke at spændingen stiger. Det bliver dejligt at komme væk hjemmefra og prøve noget nyt, møde nye mennesker og opleve nye omgivelser. Rejsen til Australien bliver meeeeeeeeeeeeget lang! Jeg tror, at det vil komme til at tage cirka 30 timer fra København til Melbourne (med mellemlanding i London). Her tæller jeg ikke engang tidsforskellen på 10 timer med! Min hat og mine solbriller er fundet frem - guitaren bliver desværre derhjemme, men jeg har planer om at købe en som noget af det første, når jeg lander i Melbourne! Det bliver spændende - forhåbentlig kan jeg nå at besøge mine søskene inden jeg tager afsted i ... read more