Off again
24 июня 2019 г., Австралия ⋅ 🌙 6 °C
Leaving Melb tonight
Dubai then Denmark.
25 июня 2019 г., Объединенные Арабские Эмираты ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C
3 hour stopover in Dubai airport
Roskilde
25 июня 2019 г., Дания ⋅ ⛅ 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 theЧитать далее
Roskilde Viking Museum
26 июня 2019 г., Дания ⋅ ⛅ 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 toЧитать далее
Odense
26 июня 2019 г., Дания ⋅ ⛅ 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 aЧитать далее
Odense Street Art
26 июня 2019 г., Дания ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Food and drink
26 июня 2019 г., Дания ⋅ ⛅ 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 июня 2019 г., Дания ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Very interesting museum
Catching up with Ruby
27 июня 2019 г., Дания ⋅ ⛅ 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 atЧитать далее
Legoland
28 июня 2019 г., Дания ⋅ ⛅ 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 июня 2019 г., Дания ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Back with Thor
28 июня 2019 г., Дания ⋅ ⛅ 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 familyЧитать далее
The Mill
29 июня 2019 г., Дания ⋅ ☀️ 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 alreadyЧитать далее
Moesgaard Museum
30 июня 2019 г., Дания ⋅ ⛅ 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 mobЧитать далее
Hanging out with Thor
30 июня 2019 г., Дания ⋅ ⛅ 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 toЧитать далее
Jelling
1 июля 2019 г., Дания ⋅ ⛅ 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. TheЧитать далее
Exploring Aarhus
2 июля 2019 г., Дания ⋅ ⛅ 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 hireЧитать далее
Aarhus street art
2 июля 2019 г., Дания ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Birthday tea with Malte
2 июля 2019 г., Дания ⋅ ⛅ 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 MiceЧитать далее
Happy Birthday Thor and Steve
3 июля 2019 г., Дания ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Ebeltoft
3 июля 2019 г., Дания ⋅ ⛅ 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 июля 2019 г., Дания ⋅ ⛅ 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 июля 2019 г., Германия ⋅ ⛅ 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 июля 2019 г., Германия ⋅ ⛅ 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 busЧитать далее
Walls and Gestapos
5 июля 2019 г., Германия ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Disturbing but interesting side to Berlin