Off again
24. kesäkuuta 2019, Australia ⋅ 🌙 6 °C
Leaving Melb tonight
Dubai then Denmark.
25. kesäkuuta 2019, Yhdistyneet Arabiemiirikunnat ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C
3 hour stopover in Dubai airport
Roskilde
25. kesäkuuta 2019, Tanska ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
After 24 hours in planes and an airport, we make it to Copenhagen. We have slept a bit so not too tired.
We take train from the airport to Roskilde where we stay at a Danhostel backpackers on theLue lisää
Roskilde Viking Museum
26. kesäkuuta 2019, Tanska ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Truly amazing museum.
Steve didn't want to go but was very pleased he did.
6 Viking ships were recovered from the fjord mud and have been reconstructed. They were scuttled around 900 years ago toLue lisää
Odense
26. kesäkuuta 2019, Tanska ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Odense is the home town of Hans Christian Andersen, the author of all the famous fairy tales.
I saw the H C Anderson museum 2 years ago, Steve wasn't interested so we explored the town on foot, had aLue lisää
Odense Street Art
26. kesäkuuta 2019, Tanska ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Food and drink
26. kesäkuuta 2019, Tanska ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
We found a street food place-it was great. Storms Pakhus is an old warehouse converted to undercover food hall.
We also found an Aussie bar.
Danish Railway Museum
27. kesäkuuta 2019, Tanska ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Very interesting museum
Catching up with Ruby
27. kesäkuuta 2019, Tanska ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Next stop was Vejle where Ruby, our niece, is living on a student exchange program. She's been here since January and leaves in December.
She met us in town and showed us around then we had dinner atLue lisää
Legoland
28. kesäkuuta 2019, Tanska ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Just a small sample of the original Legoland in Billund, Denmark.
Steve and Ruby did all the rides.
Some amazing creations
Legoland critters
28. kesäkuuta 2019, Tanska ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Back with Thor
28. kesäkuuta 2019, Tanska ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
After Legoland we go back to our hotel to pick up our gear and train to Aarhus where Thor and Karen pick us up.
For Maree, it's like coming home, this is my 3rd time back.
As usual Thor's familyLue lisää
The Mill
29. kesäkuuta 2019, Tanska ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Thor drives us to Visloft where the family own and are restoring a mill.
On the way we stop to visit a castle ruin and have an ice-cream.
Karen and Ib and 2 grandsons, Hugo and Albert, are alreadyLue lisää
Moesgaard Museum
30. kesäkuuta 2019, Tanska ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
A very impressive museum. Lots of interactive exhibits. The Big Man, a preserved body found in a bog.
Part of one exhibition, how we honour and remember our dead, are the Australian Aboriginal mobLue lisää
Hanging out with Thor
30. kesäkuuta 2019, Tanska ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Today Thor took us to Moesgaard Museum and then a lovely lunch close by. Then for a swim. It is 28 degrees, very much a heat wave here. I've swum in Denmark! The water was a similar temperature toLue lisää
Jelling
1. heinäkuuta 2019, Tanska ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Steve and I go for a walk along the walk/ride track while Their sorts out his plumbing problem.
We pick up Ruby so she can stay with us for a few days.
We visit the Jelling history museum. TheLue lisää
Exploring Aarhus
2. heinäkuuta 2019, Tanska ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Walked into town, 5 km, this morning along the stream past "home".
Met Thor at train station where he had picked up a hire car for 2 days. He used Gomore, which is a platform where you can hireLue lisää
Aarhus street art
2. heinäkuuta 2019, Tanska ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Birthday tea with Malte
2. heinäkuuta 2019, Tanska ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
We went to Thor's brother, Malte's place for tea tonight. He and his wife, Mia, have a 3 week old baby, Mice (pronounced Mesa) .
Mesa was born at home, with little birds chirping. The birds are MiceLue lisää
Happy Birthday Thor and Steve
3. heinäkuuta 2019, Tanska ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Ebeltoft
3. heinäkuuta 2019, Tanska ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
We revisited Ebeltoft for lunch. We saw the ship museum, walked the old town and had lunch at the same place we had Thor and Steve's 18/50th birthday 7 years ago. It was lovely
Farewell Danish meal
3. heinäkuuta 2019, Tanska ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Last supper, as I called it.
The Dane's celebrate most events with their flag, and they included ours as napkins. It was a lovely Danish meal
Berlin by Flixbus
4. heinäkuuta 2019, Saksa ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
9 hours on a bus. Wasn't too bad actually. You must take your own food though.
Thor and family suggested we try the bus as it's cheaper and more scenic than the train.
HOHO bus and boat
5. heinäkuuta 2019, Saksa ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
East and West Berlin are now one city but you can still see the difference. Old vs new.
There looks to be a lot of gold featured on the statues and old buildings too.
We did the Hop on hop off busLue lisää
Walls and Gestapos
5. heinäkuuta 2019, Saksa ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Disturbing but interesting side to Berlin