The Odgaard summer house
Lunch with the Odgaards - herring anyone?
A Danish windmill, Susan and I
Oddenhavn fishing port
Oddenhavn fish market - it might be fishy but there is nothing odd about this
A Danish wetland - there are snipe here you just have to look harder
Deadlines to meet and places to goAfter my long trip into Copenhagen I did practically nothing the following day. Baun and Jette were at work so I relaxed doing only a small tour of the neighbourhood. Buller and Jette live about 20 km outside the centre of Copenhagen in a semi-rural called Væløse.
I did clean my bike (Jim take note), dry the tent out and I won´t mention laundry. The bike has a broken spoke so I need to get this fixed.
The next day I went up to North Zealand to stay a night with my other friends, Anders and Susan at their family summer (beach) house. It is on a penisular called Trundholm and located in a forested area. We did some wandering around of the local area including several beaches and some other tourist spots including a very old church, a windmill, a meeting place for Vikings before heading off on their marauding and a monument to some brave Danish sailors who stood up to the English attempting two steal naval vessels to fight Napoleon. Those dreadful English, that is the message I got from this. On the 2nd day we had a swim in the Baltic (well not strictly the Baltic but lets not make this too technical). We also visited a managed wetland (Mokoanites please note) and ate more fish with Carlsberg beer. It is such a hard life and added to this it was two days of glorious weather.
6 comments:
Great reading Bernie! Like all backpackers your journey is punctuated by good food and early starts! If you get to Holland tell them you're related to a Slotboom...
Toni, Grant & Albie x
Just relised you've been to Holland already... Don't worry about the Slotboom connection, probably wouldn't have got you anywhere anyhow... (weird thinking you're drinking Carlsberg and you're not in Hong Kong) Love TGA x
Hi Bernie. I need Edith to help me with things like blogs. Amazing trip and I am sure you will remember it forever, even after the bruises and aches are gone. I enjoyed your descriptions of Denmark the most because it reminded me of my trip. Did you not know the French smoked all the time? Glad you are enjoying all the food delights. I am in Melbourne to see Albie again He is just gorgeous. Enjoy the rest of the trip and stay safe. Kathy.
Bernie
A truly memorable achievement getting to Denmark - don't spoil it with weak jokes.
Your dryland-farming country-boy background seems to have taken centre stage on your journey with your fascination for 'granaries'. Where are the observations on dairy farms.
Talking about cows and greenhouse gasses, the Ross Garnaut report on climate change is making the headlines today - pray that the government matches or betters his recommendations.
What's your itinerary from here? People at work are asking me when you are returning, I just say in a couple more weeks.
Regards, Bill
Wow dad, sounds great! And well done on the addition of great pictures!
Quick update: house still erected, minimal fungal growth in the fridge...the fruit bowl on the other hand... and played netty for euroa today...we got smashed but I got best on ground for my efforts. Uni starts next week as does uni games. Keep up the amazing feats of riding!
That's interesting about the fridge Soph, how about the griller?
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