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Published: September 3rd 2018
A hearty breakfast at the B&B as well as introductions to our host and another couple who are staying here who live outside of Copenhagen.
Time to explore the town Wayne's father was born and raised in till he was 19 and migrated to Australia. Another wrong turn, wouldn't mind a dollar for every one of those we've done while in Europe, saw us turn a leisurely 8 minute stroll in to 15 minutes of dodging trucks, buses, cars and of course bicycles. It did enable a photo opportunity of Aalborg Station so it was not without its use. We also found the main bus interchange for the area. There are no metro trains in Aalborg, the town isn't big enough and looking at the number of people on the buses they are well patronized and really well presented.
One of our aims for today was for Vicki to get her cut. We found one hairdresser who said they were too busy, not a soul in the salon but then they explained appointments coming in ten minutes. We left there thinking their loss is someone else's gain and so it proved. We found a hairdresser, we think a husband
and wife team who spoke one word of English, being hello. We found out later they spoke three, hello, water and goodbye. Vicki used sign language for her haircut and was happy with the outcome.
After the haircut it was coffee, and cake, time. We went to a café attached to the Salling department store. Coffee and cakes were great and hit the spot. Usual Danish efficient and friendly service. We were warned at breakfast not to expect too much open on a Monday and we weren't let down. Generally speaking all the touristy things were closed but there were plenty of shops open and all doing a brisk trade.
However, we found a chocolatier, Summerbird Organic, open and Sisil was great allowing us to taste her chocolate and it was all fantastic. We left there a couple of hundred Kroner ($45AUD) poorer but richer for the experience. We also found that retailers in Denmark are happy to be paid in coins as we'd collected quite a few in our time here and Sisil went about sorting our coins and then taking up the smaller denominations.
We then continued our stroll through Aalborg's streets, once again marveling
at architecture hundreds of years older than modern day Australia. We also found a couple of sculptures that we believe are a tribute to the wind turbines developed and manufactured in Northern Denmark where Aalborg is. We continued strolling around, sometimes in control but other times pretty much lost as we kept passing the Aalborg Memorial a fountain at the junction of two of the main pedestrian thoroughfares.
It was now time for lunch and we ended up at a barbeque, pretty much what we would call a kebab shop, for a feast of meat, salads, humus and dressings. The meat was beautiful and all in all a great lunch. The murals on the walls also bought a smile to our faces including one which read "I like you because you join in on my weirdness".
After lunch we continued our stroll and came across a bull sculpture, an Irish pub, an English pub, Italian market stalls (dinner tonight is Italian cheese, antipasto and wild boar hams) and then the Aalborg waterfront, quite an unusual mix to say the least. We sat admiring the view at the waterfront, hardly a soul around, and then went to the English
pub, called John Bull, for an ale for Wayne and Gin and Tonic for Vicki.
After leaving the John Bull we headed to a bakery for some bread to accompany dinner followed by the 10 minute stroll back to the B&B stopping for a photo at the other end of Aalborg station and also the park that is a block away from the B&B where we went wrong with our directions earlier this morning. All in all a wonderful day in a very pretty town, about 1/3 the size of Canberra, and more to come tomorrow as we go looking for Viking history in the museums.
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Annella Wheatley
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Love the blog!
Love Kebabistan! Very brave of Vicki to get a haircut so far from home, but it looks terrific. Great photos and the weather looks fantastic for you. Looking forward to the next installment!