tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26030944407455296132024-02-20T22:12:26.037-06:00Canoe, Camp, Cook, Fish and TravelA Chronicle of adventures experienced during canoe trips, camping trips, fishing trips and other travel excursions by a member of the "geritol set" or as some said, by an "old geezer", with occasional detours to my vegetable garden and to my kitchen because I like to cook.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04925769519628603168noreply@blogger.comBlogger99125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603094440745529613.post-45483336152668831472015-06-11T07:47:00.000-05:002015-06-11T07:47:55.767-05:00Mexico - Veracruz - the second story This post has been a long time coming. A lot of water has gone under the bridge. I am again working full time after 6 years of retirement. Our Cardinal decided that I needed to be gainfully employed so I am in the Diocesan Chaplains Corp, assigned to the International Seafarers Center.<br />
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With Veracruz, VC, Mexico, being one of my favorite places in the world what better place to take my bride for our honeymoon?<br />
We were married on November 22, 2002 and after a small reception with family and close friends we were off to the airport for the 2 hour flight to Mexico City, a flight that is usually uneventful, as this one was, so uneventful that you are served a bag of peanuts, and of course a soft drink if requested. Our connecting flight to Veracruz departs Mexico City 35 minutes after scheduled arrival in Mexico City. In that short time span, 35 minutes, one has to go through immigration, then one has to claim luggage, then one has to go through customs, then one has to make it from ONE end of the airport to the OTHER ...<br />
We arrived and went through the formalities with immigration. The airport system announced that our luggage, based on our flight number would be at carousel # 13. We hurried to # 13 and waited and waited and waited and ..... No luggage. We inquired at a desk and was told that no, it would not be on # 13, instead it was rerouted to carousel # 23, some distance away, someone just forgot to post that on the electronic notice boards. Off we went, huffing and puffing, beginning to stress a bit because we have a flight to make. We got the luggage, went through customs and headed for Aero Mexico's flight to Veracruz.<br />
When we arrived at the gate a smug attendant told us that "<b><i><u>the flight is closed</u></i></b>!" "What do you mean the flight is closed, it doesn't depart for another 5 minutes, we have tickets and confirmed seat assignments!". "<u>Yes sir, but you are supposed to check in not later than 20 minutes before departure</u>".<br />
At this point I am, to put it mildly, getting a bit upset; this is simply an attempt to <i>grease my hands and I can make things happen</i>. "Your company sold us this ticket together with the ticket from Houston to Mexico City, knowing that there is only a 35 minute window between arrival, immigration, luggage claim, customs and departure. I strongly suggest you call your supervisor and clear this up and, while you are on the phone, make hotel accommodations for us here in Mexico City, at a hotel of our choice, as well as arrange for meals at restaurants of our choice, <u><i><b>at your expense</b></i></u>, and then book us on the early morning flight" ...."<u>But Senor, I can't do that</u>".<br />
"Then I strongly recommend that you get us on that plane now or I am going to make scene right here and now!".<br />
Magically, the flight was no longer closed and our luggage was loaded and we were escorted to our assigned seats. Since I have encountered this scenario on other occasions on the same flights on can only assume this is an attempt to extract a little cash for services rendered, in other words, mordida.<br />
The flight from Mexico City to Veracruz is a short flight, uphill one half of the way, and downhill the other half, clearing the peak of Orizaba. In the good old days when airplanes still served full meals, a full dinner would be served on this flight, all of about 45 minutes long, while on the Houston to Mexico City flight only peanuts were served.<br />
After arriving in Veracruz, at General Heriberto Jara International Airport, the luggage claim and process was a piece of cake. Then to a taxi to get to our hotel, "Hotel Emporio". Now in many parts of the world people pay good money for exciting rides, such as roller coasters and the like. May I recommend taking a ride in a taxi in any large city in Mexico, and in Veracruz in particular.<br />
The airport is located SW of the city, and the hotel is on the Malecon. The easiest route is on Mexico 150D. It does have a number of traffic lights on it (which are only suggestions to slow down and look both ways before running a red light); it has a number of stops signs (which are suggestions to look both right and left, but slowing down is not required); it has lane stripes which are only considered to be a method of measuring the width of the road, since the lane stripes are equi-distant from each other (it has nothing to do with maintaining the lane one is driving in). On my many trips along that road I do not recall seeing speed limit signs, and if there are any, they are not being obeyed.<br />
Arriving at the hotel, hearts in our throats, blood rushing in the ears from the drive, we check into Hotel Emporio and I was greeted as a regular; "Welcome, Capt Frederiksen, glad to see you are back with us". Introducing Norma she received a warm welcome.<br />
We had a nice dinner in the hotel restaurant, which is first class. Then we went out to see the sights on the Malecon for a bit before calling it the day. Here are a few photos from Vera Cruz, the Malecon, from Los Portales and other areas.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the hotels at Los Portales with the sidewalk cafes.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">El Palacio Municipal - City Hall at Los Portales</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another view of City Hall</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A general view of Los Portales, hotels and sidewalk cafe's on the left,<br />
City Hall tower in the center.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Norma smiling while we enjoy the strolling musicians.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yours truly smiling for the same reason.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the many vendors selling trinkets.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the markets. This one on the Malecon.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An early morning view from the Malecon toward Los Portales.<br />
The tower on the left is on the Cathedral.</td></tr>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04925769519628603168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603094440745529613.post-47640044121235485272015-05-06T14:46:00.001-05:002015-05-06T14:46:18.661-05:00A family adventureAlthough I can't say that I did this I have great admiration for the family that is doing it.<br />
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http://www.paddling.net/articles/feature.html?show=175&utm_source=FBfeed&utm_medium=socialfeedsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04925769519628603168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603094440745529613.post-243240205147216862015-01-15T08:11:00.000-06:002015-01-15T08:11:23.463-06:00Mexico - Vera Cruz - the first story. I began writing this post in October of 2014, but was interrupted by a tremendous amount of work, which continues. It is now the middle of January 2015 (Happy New Year to all). Post will continue as time allows.<br />
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My first time in Mexico, sometime in 1963, was in the industrial city of Coatzacoalcos in the State of Veracruz. I have to admit that I was not impressed. My perspective was that of a North European and I clearly recall thinking, what a dumpy place this is. In the same breath I have to share that my first impression of the United States was in like manner.<br />
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First to the first impression of the US. Arriving for the first time, sometime in late 1961, in the Port of Boston, passing by Logan Airport and then what I believe to be East Boston. Here is what I saw; houses built out of wood, some in sore need of painting, trash cans on the streets, trash on the streets, a general look of neglect and poverty. Surely that can't be true in this country where Hollywood is telling the world, through movies, that everyone is well off, and where Radio America is telling the world the exact same thing. This is during the days of the "cold war" and we knew of course that the Russians (Soviets) were lying because the rosy pictures painted by their propaganda radio broadcasts of the Soviet Union was what we believed the US to be like, and here, in front of my, as we sailed slowly by East Boston, was a stark contrast to what we had come to believe.<br />
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Now back to Coatzacoalcos which means "where the snake hides".<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coatzacoalcos">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coatzacoalcos</a><br />
As with all ports in the world, except one, it is located in an industrial part of the city. But the city had the smell of raw sewage about it. The waters in the port were full of trash and had a very heavy sheen of oil floating on the surface. Going ashore all the buildings looked like they were in need of some serious repair, probably not having been maintained since the last Spaniard in the area died.<br />
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From Coatzacoalcos we sailed to the City of Veracruz, meaning "True Cross", from which the State of Veracruz takes its name. What a contrast to Coatzacoalcos!!<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veracruz,_Veracruz">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veracruz,_Veracruz</a><br />
The port is located downtown; one walks out the gate and after just a block or two one is in the historical center of the city. The Palacio Municipal at one end of the square, <br />
<a href="https://es.foursquare.com/v/palacio-municipal-de-veracruz/4d3d93cafb4c54813e49de14">https://es.foursquare.com/v/palacio-municipal-de-veracruz/4d3d93cafb4c54813e49de14</a><br />
the Cathedral on one side <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral_of_Veracruz">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral_of_Veracruz</a><br />
and hotels and restaurants on the other two sides (the link below is in Spanish). This area is called the Portales.<br />
<a href="http://aguapasada.wordpress.com/2012/02/29/los-portales-de-veracruz-fundados-en-1595/">http://aguapasada.wordpress.com/2012/02/29/los-portales-de-veracruz-fundados-en-1595/</a><br />
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Over the next 1 1/2 years I was in Vera Cruz about every 8 to 9 weeks, sailing on the same ship. Over time I feel "in love" with the place, its history and its "alma" (soul). In those days there were no McDonalds, Papa Johns, Office Depot, Wallmart or similar in Vera Cruz. South of the city was a nice area of beach with a number of restaurants and clubs. One of those clubs catered to the elite of the area and every Friday and Saturday night one of, or perhaps back then, the only radio station in the area transmitted live the dance music played by the big orchestra in this particular club.<br />
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Further down the down coast is the community of of Boca del Rio (Mouth of the River). In the early 60's it was a fishing community. I remember seeing fishermen in dug outs fishing along the river. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boca_del_R%C3%ADo,_Veracruz">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boca_del_R%C3%ADo,_Veracruz</a><br />
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When we were in port the evenings consisted of taking a taxi to the beach, going swimming in the warm waters. Having a "cuba libre" in one of the places along the beach and then going to Los Portales to listen to the musicians there, or take in one of the performances on the open air stage with groups like "Alma de Veracruz". A group that played old music particular to that region of Mexico.<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danz%C3%B3n">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danz%C3%B3n</a><br />
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Now, when travelling from Vera Cruz to Boca del Rio, one can't tell where one ends and the other begins.<br />
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Other attractions in Vera Cruz include the Paseo el Malecon, San Juan de Ullua, Veracruz Aquarium, the house of Agustin Lara (a famous composer)<br />
<a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g150804-d273690-i78453051-Malecon-Veracruz_Central_Mexico_and_Gulf_Coast.html">http://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g150804-d273690-i78453051-Malecon-Veracruz_Central_Mexico_and_Gulf_Coast.html</a><br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Juan_de_Ul%C3%BAa">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Juan_de_Ul%C3%BAa</a><br />
<a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g150804-d153488-Reviews-Aquarium_of_Veracruz-Veracruz_Central_Mexico_and_Gulf_Coast.html">http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g150804-d153488-Reviews-Aquarium_of_Veracruz-Veracruz_Central_Mexico_and_Gulf_Coast.html</a><br />
The following link is in Spanish <a href="http://www.acuariodeveracruz.com/">http://www.acuariodeveracruz.com/</a><br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agust%C3%ADn_Lara">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agust%C3%ADn_Lara</a><br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96NzAzGIWoI">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96NzAzGIWoI</a><br />
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When we return we will have some photos of the places visited. Happy 2015 to all.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04925769519628603168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603094440745529613.post-73215943190107710332014-10-07T10:33:00.001-05:002014-10-07T10:33:54.406-05:00ROOTS - not the movie - 19 The last couple of days in Denmark have been busy; my niece Nina is getting married so Nina and her parents are busy with plans and getting things together. Finally the big day arrives and we all drive to a hotel in the town of Randers<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randers">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randers</a><br />
<a href="http://www.globosapiens.net/travel-information/Randers-1770.html">http://www.globosapiens.net/travel-information/Randers-1770.html</a><br />
and check into Hotel Randers <a href="http://www.hotels.com/ho194372/hotel-randers-randers-denmark/">http://www.hotels.com/ho194372/hotel-randers-randers-denmark/</a> where the dinner and dance will take place tomorrow evening.<br />
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After unpacking and doing away with the "dust" of the journey at the hotel bar we go around town a bit to sight see. My last time in Randers was the spring of 1962 while I was on the good DFDS ship Oklahoma. It is an old city with a lot of history.<br />
<a href="http://www.visitranders.com/ln-int/randers/visitranders">http://www.visitranders.com/ln-int/randers/visitranders</a><br />
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Among the points of interest is Saint Mortens (Martin) Church <a href="http://www.spottinghistory.com/view/3125/st-mortens-church/">http://www.spottinghistory.com/view/3125/st-mortens-church/</a><br />
<a href="http://urd.dk/sct-morten/short.htm">http://urd.dk/sct-morten/short.htm</a><br />
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We came across an old pharmacy, or should I say a really old Apothecary, and there are very few of those around in the modern world today. In this country, the US, they are generally known as Compounding Apothecaries. It is a good example of history on that side of the Atlantic and history on this side of the Atlantic. Here the news casters on Television will use phrases like "Way back in August ..." and now it is almost October. This apothecary is 380 years old, really from "way back .."<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was actually directly across the street from the hotel.</td></tr>
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As can be seen the apothecary was founded in 1634, and 142 years later the American Colonies declared independence from British rule.<br />
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Some participants in the wedding plans were getting their hair done, others were buying last minutes needed stuff.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the stores where we shopped.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He just had his hair cut and fixed up really nice.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A crucifix made of driftwood. This is located inside of Saint Mortens Church.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The bride Nina and the groom Carsten after the wedding. And it began to rain.</td></tr>
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So rain drops are falling from the sky, well, why not add a little challenge to the situation;<br />
The antique automobile hired to transport the newlyweds to the hotel wouldn't start but eventually it was persuaded to do what it was asked to do.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Make sure they do not get wet.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The cranky old engine "cranked" up.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The newlyweds and well wishers.</td></tr>
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Just a few more photos from the wedding.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The flower girl.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Groom and Bride</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The young lad enjoying the day.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Max on the left, Frank in the middle and yours truly to the right.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The bride and her sister.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Berith, Nina and Carsten</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The children with their mother.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The obligatory shot of the newlyweds cutting the cake.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Proper table settings, no paper plates or pastic ware.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A tender moment between Uncle (Farbror) and the bride.</td></tr>
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Thus endedth the wedding. Tomorrow is departure day and we had a nice brunch in the home of the young couple. Then it was time for a few last photos and off to the airport for the flight to Copenhagen (København) where we will spend the night until our early flight back to New York and then Houston.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Norma enjoying a bit of rain, the first we saw in our three weeks in Denmark.<br />
The Gudenaa (Guden River) can be seen in the background.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My brother Max (on the right) and yours truly (on the left).<br />
This is the last photo taken in Denmark.</td></tr>
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A great trip to my roots comes to an end. The memories will always be there.<br />
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In the near future we will go to Mexico.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04925769519628603168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603094440745529613.post-10008652230927847312014-08-23T14:56:00.001-05:002014-08-25T10:36:04.352-05:00ROOTS - not the movie - 18 Today, again a bit more than 7 years ago, was a day of leisure, without planned activities during the day. It was also a typical Danish summer day.<br />
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We mostly just cooled our heels but did walk around the little town of Nr. Nissum Seminarie By. My brother and his wife were busy running around getting stuff ready for Saturday, because on Saturday my niece Nina is getting married. I recall going with Max to the local car wash where I purchased the DK stickers that are on my car. DK is the internationally recognized abbreviation for Danmark. Remember, it is Danmark, not Denmark, the people are Danes, not Denes. I did purchase a fair supply of them knowing they are made for the North European climate (see temperature gage above) and not the Texas sun and heat. In this heat they do not last more than a year or so, and I only have two left.<br />
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Later in the day we went to my niece Beriths house and spent a little time there, and walked around the bay which is on the Limfjord. Here we encountered an authentic replica of a viking ship, as well as a play area for the kids made like a viking ship.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Authentic descendants of the Vikings</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The viking ship in silhouette as the sun is almost setting.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The finely carved figure head.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The interior of the hull with the thwarts clearly visible.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Imagine crossing oceans in something like this!<br />
All the way to New Foundland and back!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mast and rigging detail.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This gives whole new meaning to the term "to go in Vik",<br />
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This particular boat was used in a trip across the North Sea to England and back, and I am sure the present residents around Lindisfarne had a much better understanding of the panic that gripped the area a bit more than 1000 or so year ago when they saw a fleet of viking ships come up over the horizon. Below are a number of links of those historic events as well as more information.</div>
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This evening I also got to enjoy another "Jolly Cola", the first coke type drink I ever had, at about the age of 9 which means it had to be sometime in 1954.</div>
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There is a ferry landing right where my niece lived, and the little park was made for people waiting for the ferry. </div>
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Notice the correct color fishing boat far left.</td></tr>
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One of the hazards of living near the ocean, especially when it is almost on your doorsteps, is the fact that you will have the constant company of seagulls, and their droppings on just about everything.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This almost looks like a mad artists rendition of an island with sandy beaches, on the left,<br />
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A walk along the beach of the North Sea and another Viking grave were the last activities of the day.</div>
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In the next post will be a few pictures from our last two days in Denmark.</div>
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First to Mønsted Limestone Caves, bring a coat, as it is a bit on the chilly side underground. All of the links are in English unless noted otherwise.<br />
<a href="http://www.monsted-kalkgruber.dk/en/attractions/the-great-caves">http://www.monsted-kalkgruber.dk/en/attractions/the-great-caves</a><br />
<a href="http://www.monsted-kalkgruber.dk/en">http://www.monsted-kalkgruber.dk/en</a><br />
<a href="http://www.strahlen.org/vp/dk/monsted/monsted.php">http://www.strahlen.org/vp/dk/monsted/monsted.php</a><br />
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The articles following here is copied from www.gearthacks.com<br />
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<b>Description: </b>When the Danes became Christians more than 1000 years ago, a new extra source of income was created, "Limestonework and limeburning". With the new religion churches followed which were built of stone. The stone was held together using burnt limestone slaked to mortar, a new building material in Denmark at that time.<br />
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Under Mønsted a limestone mountain was found. The limestone which was earlier a useless stone now became a source of income. In the space of 200 years more than 2000 churches were build, equalling 10 a year. This building activity gave Mønsted it's start in the limestone industry, which ended finally in 1978.<br />
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Mønsted is only 14 kilometres from the town of Viborg, which in the middel ages was known as the "Capital of Jutland". Along with it`s cathedral there were 12 churches, convents, monasteries and many houses. A bishop who was willing to build and rich citizens meant that Mønsted always had costumers for the burnt limestone, which meant a steady production from the mine. In the sixteen hundreds when Viborg experienced a depression, the limestone production carried on. Mønsted had long before found new markets elsewhere. In 1860 when production was at it`s peak, there were about 3000 loads of burnt limestone delivered to customers all over Jutland from Mønsted and Daugbjerg.<br />
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In 1872 the farmers sold all the rights of limestone to the industry "Mønsted Kalkværker" which later became a part of "De jydske Kalkværker". The limestone was no longer only used for mortar. The metal industry and the chemical industry also bought the limestone and the agricultural industry used the limestone for the fields. Even the worst limestone was for sale, and the once before useless rocks of flint were used as fillings in streets, foundations and brickwork. The limestoneproduction was now full time work throughout the year. During winter people worked in the caves and during summer in the open limestone quarry. Despite the use of wagons and hoists, the limestone was still hewed with hoes.<br />
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In 1953 the work in the caves ended and two years later also in the limestone quarry, but the limekiln continued to burn limestone from Djursland untill 1978.<br />
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There are 200 tons of cheese in Mønsted Limestone Caves. The cheese is from a small dairy in the town of Vellev. After being brought here the cheese spends 8 weeks maturing in the caves. The cheese is turned once every week. The air humidity of 98% and a temperature of 8 degrees create perfect conditions for the maturing of the cheese. Most of the cheese is exported to Germany where it can be bought as "Cavecheese". You can also buy the cheese in the kiosk here in Mønsted Limestone Caves. This is perhaps the best souvenir you can get from a visit to Mønsted Limestone Caves. <b>end</b><br />
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<b> </b> It was definitely on the cool side, but not just temperature wise, in the caves. It was very interesting to see these massive man made tunnels underground. This work took place over almost 900 years. Unfortunately, the section where the cheeses were stored was closed to the public due to some maintenance work, so we didn't get to sample.<br />
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Here are our photos from that "under the earth" excursion.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Norma and I in one of the cave sections.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In another section</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My niece Nina and Norma</td></tr>
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With the average temperature under ground being 8 deg. C / 46.4 deg. F the camera batteries bit the dust, and we were not able to take any more photos. I have always chuckled at the requirement to wear hardhats in such places. If the caves were to collapse the hats would be of no use whatsoever, not even for body identification purposes, however, they do offer a bit of protection in case of small pieces dropping off of the ceiling.<br />
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Back out into daylight and then on to Aarhus and the Old Town of Aarhus. Back in my seafaring days I had been to Aarhus, or as it is also spelled in Danish <b>Århus, </b>a number of times but that was back in the early 60's, in other words, about 45 years ago.<b> </b>Århus is the second largest city in Denmark. Here are a number of links with good information; </div>
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aarhus">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aarhus</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.visitaarhus.com/ln-int/denmark/tourist-in-aarhus">http://www.visitaarhus.com/ln-int/denmark/tourist-in-aarhus</a></div>
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<a href="http://denmark.dk/en/quick-facts/map-of-denmark/aarhus/">http://denmark.dk/en/quick-facts/map-of-denmark/aarhus/</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.au.dk/en/">http://www.au.dk/en/</a></div>
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<a href="http://wikitravel.org/en/Aarhus">http://wikitravel.org/en/Aarhus</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.world-guides.com/europe/denmark/central-denmark/aarhus/aarhus_attractions.html">http://www.world-guides.com/europe/denmark/central-denmark/aarhus/aarhus_attractions.html</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.thesunchronicle.com/vip/features/stories/rick-steves-aarhus-denmark-s-second-city/article_4d70cbec-175a-11e4-bff2-0019bb2963f4.html">http://www.thesunchronicle.com/vip/features/stories/rick-steves-aarhus-denmark-s-second-city/article_4d70cbec-175a-11e4-bff2-0019bb2963f4.html</a></div>
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and there is a lot more available so just google Aarhus.</div>
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Aarhus is also famous for its Cathedral and it dates back to the beginning of the 13th century, or from a time about 290 years before Christopher Columbus arrived in the New World, just to put things into perspective.</div>
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aarhus_Cathedral">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aarhus_Cathedral</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.visitaarhus.com/ln-int/danmark/aarhus-cathedral-gdk653433">http://www.visitaarhus.com/ln-int/danmark/aarhus-cathedral-gdk653433</a></div>
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Unfortunately we didn't make it to the cathedral.</div>
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The Old Town was a surprise to me, a welcome surprise I must say. It was delightful to see history restored and preserved in such a fine fashion.</div>
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Old_Town,_Aarhus">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Old_Town,_Aarhus</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.motorbikeeurope.com/en/meet-with-aarhus-denmark">http://www.motorbikeeurope.com/en/meet-with-aarhus-denmark</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.adenmarkattraction.com/denmark-attractions/tour-of-old-city.htm">http://www.adenmarkattraction.com/denmark-attractions/tour-of-old-city.htm</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=old+city+aarhus&qpvt=Old+City+Aarhus&FORM=IGRE">http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=old+city+aarhus&qpvt=Old+City+Aarhus&FORM=IGRE</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.erantis.com/guide/denmark/aarhus/dengamleby.htm">http://www.erantis.com/guide/denmark/aarhus/dengamleby.htm</a></div>
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Again a google search for Old Town Aarhus or Old City Aarhus will provide many links.</div>
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Here are some of our photos from that afternoon. This was also the first time, after almost three weeks in the Denmark, that we saw a piece of trash on the street, in this case an empty cigarette pack.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nina and Norma posing in front of an impressive three story building.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Norma on the second floor balcony.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A close up</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Interesting style, a balcony with a turn in it.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Do you think that is enough firewood for the winters?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Norma say she likes the second floor better.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Danish ancestors were a welcoming people.<br />
The sign on the wall says (translated)<br />
Outpouring of Beer and Wine</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Inside a wood working shop.<br />
Here oak barrels are made.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In the grocery store</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Taking a needed rest in the Old Harbour were the<br />
Viking ships used to tie up.</td></tr>
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We stopped into one other little shop in the Old Town but for some odd reason I do not have any photos from that one. We were greeted by a young lady in period costume who handed us each a glass of water and a piece of Danish pumpernickel bread with lard and salt, which was the custom in the old days.<br />
Since were were speaking English among ourselves I made the comment that this is really good for the arteries, particularly if one suffers from a bad cholesterol problem. The young lady, representing her time period which was probably in the middle 1600's said to us, in English "We don't have that problem". I am sure she was right since in those days people did hard physical work and burned off the fat, and in those days no one had ever heard of cholesterol.<br />
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At the end of the day we meet my brother Max, my sister in law Mariann at a restaurant for dinner after waling along the North Sea (Nord Soen) a bit. It is here that we have another restaurant situation;<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Max, Mariann, Nina and Norma</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yours truly.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Norma enjoying the cool waters of the North Sea.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Come on in, the water is fine.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Once a farrier, always a farrier.<br />
He is actually removing stones from the shoe sole.</td></tr>
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So we had a nice dinner and when it came time to pay I paid, with my American Credit Cards, which was accepted. When the ticket was brought to the table I mentioned there was not place to add a tip to which the waitress replied "I don't need your tip, Sir. In this country we receive proper pay for the work done and do not have to depend on the handouts of others". Well, excuse me - I find the statement very much to the point but also a bit ironic as a large percentage of the Danish population receive very generous benefits under the "welfare" system in place, which is in fact "handouts of others" , albeit mandatory handouts since the funds are generated in the form of taxes.<br />
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Another good day comes to an end.<br />
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More to follow in the next post.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04925769519628603168noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603094440745529613.post-63780707532950191162014-07-26T09:42:00.000-05:002014-07-26T09:42:58.313-05:00The summer is almost over (not on the calendar) The summer is almost over and it is time to start posting again. The "Roots - not the movie" series will resume in about three weeks. In the meantime, enjoy what is left of summer.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04925769519628603168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603094440745529613.post-78300372950895704922014-05-27T08:56:00.001-05:002014-05-27T13:38:12.324-05:00ROOTS - not the movie - 16 Today we are on our own and will head north to "lands end", to the point where the North Sea, the Kattegat and the Skagerak meet and create confusion. We have borrowed sister in laws Jeep Cherokee which has a nice diesel engine in it (<b>US Automakers - listen - we want cars with diesel engines</b>).<br />
Since we have all day to complete this excursion we have leisurely drive across the Limfjord (Limfjorden)<br />
onto what is now the island of Vendsyssel, which was not at first an island but is now because of a North Sea storm in 1825.<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limfjord">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limfjord</a><br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aalborg">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aalborg</a><br />
<a href="http://www.factbites.com/topics/Limfjord">http://www.factbites.com/topics/Limfjord</a><br />
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Somewhere along the way we encounter an un-excavated viking grave, and there are several of these in that part of the country.<br />
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We drive along fertile farmland and then the landscape changes to sand dunes. It is a really nice tour. Our first real stop is the small village of Klitmøller<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klitm%C3%B8ller">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klitm%C3%B8ller</a><br />
<a href="http://www.surf-forecast.com/breaks/Klitmoller">http://www.surf-forecast.com/breaks/Klitmoller</a><br />
<a href="http://www.landezine.com/index.php/2012/11/klitmoller-the-good-life-at-the-sea-by-preben-skaarup-landscape/">http://www.landezine.com/index.php/2012/11/klitmoller-the-good-life-at-the-sea-by-preben-skaarup-landscape/</a><br />
This is a live webcam link and as I write this in May 2014 there appears to be quite a bit of fog. <a href="http://www.waves4you.com/index.html">http://www.waves4you.com/index.html</a><br />
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Here are a few photos from that interesting stop.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A commercial fishing boat on the hard.<br />
This one is now a sort of museum piece and there is a sign<br />
with its history but I do not remember the history.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As you can see from our dress it is a typical Danish summer day.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Norma on deck trying to be out of the wind.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The fish boxes stacked on deck.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It is a bit stormy out here so "one hand for the ship and one hand for me".</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These old wooden fishing boat have a lot of character.<br />
See the Hundested controllable pitch propeller.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It would appear that people are still enjoying fishing based on all the boats<br />
up on the beach.</td></tr>
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The next stop is the town of Hanstholm, a fishing community on the western end of what is called Jammerbugten (the bay of wailing) as of the result of the many ship wrecks that occured here over the centuries during fierce storms.<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanstholm">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanstholm</a><br />
<a href="http://aroundguides.com/Hanstholm">http://aroundguides.com/Hanstholm</a><br />
<a href="http://www.maplandia.com/denmark/viborg/hanstholm/hanstholm/">http://www.maplandia.com/denmark/viborg/hanstholm/hanstholm/</a><br />
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<a href="http://venturedenmark.com/jutland/visitjammerbugten#.U3YwMyxOWM8">http://venturedenmark.com/jutland/visitjammerbugten#.U3YwMyxOWM8</a><br />
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We still had quite a way to go to Skagen and a few more stops along the way we didn't spend much time in Hanstholm but here is a photo or two.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A glimse of the town which is based on commercial fishing.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The port.</td></tr>
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Now we are off to the church which is buried in the wandering sand dunes.<br />
<a href="http://www.kulturarv.dk/1001fortaellinger/en_GB/the-sand-covered-church">http://www.kulturarv.dk/1001fortaellinger/en_GB/the-sand-covered-church</a><br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sand-Covered_Church">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sand-Covered_Church</a><br />
<a href="http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/Europe/Denmark/West/Nordjylland/Skagen/photo58447.htm">http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/Europe/Denmark/West/Nordjylland/Skagen/photo58447.htm</a><br />
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This is a very interesting site. The sand dunes "wander" depending on wind but have been "tamed" somewhat by growing a heather like vegetation with a good root system.<br />
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Then it is off to Skagen, the tip of the country and the tip of the Jylland (Jutland) peninsula.<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skagen">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skagen</a><br />
<a href="http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=skagen&country=DK">http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=skagen&country=DK</a><br />
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First we had lunch at a little restaurant but there are no photos.<br />
As for Skagen itself I will let the photos speak for themselves except to note that an interesting phenomena occurs here. Waves from the North Sea and the Skagerak meet waves coming from the Kattegat. The undertow is one of the strongest in this part of the world.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The "end of the world" or Lands end. At least it is not a sudden drop off.<br />
The Skagerak on the left and the Kattegat on the right and they kind of meet in the middle.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">If I keep going this way Denmark will become drier and wider.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Norma looking back to where there is more land.</td></tr>
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One of the few pictures where we are together.<br />
There is one more ship on the horizon and it is a busy place.</td></tr>
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The blue "haze" in the sky is of course the result of all the sand and water and artists have flocked to Skagen for centuries to paint in this particular light.<br />
<a href="http://video.denmark.dk/video/4292659/skagen-light-paint-and">http://video.denmark.dk/video/4292659/skagen-light-paint-and</a><br />
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I think it is worth noting that these photos were taken in the month of July, at the height of summer on the "grenen", or translated "the branch", <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenen">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenen</a><br />
<a href="http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=grenen&qpvt=grenen&FORM=IGRE">http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=grenen&qpvt=grenen&FORM=IGRE</a><br />
<a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g285705-d547796-Reviews-Grenen_Skagen-Skagen_Frederikshavn_Municipality_North_Jutland_Jutland.html">http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g285705-d547796-Reviews-Grenen_Skagen-Skagen_Frederikshavn_Municipality_North_Jutland_Jutland.html</a><br />
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After we headed to the town of Skagen which is a fishing community.<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skagen">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skagen</a><br />
<a href="http://www.skagenhavn.dk/en/welcome_til_the_port_of_skagen.htm">http://www.skagenhavn.dk/en/welcome_til_the_port_of_skagen.htm</a><br />
<a href="http://www.toppenafdanmark.com/ln-int/north-jutland/welcome-skagen">http://www.toppenafdanmark.com/ln-int/north-jutland/welcome-skagen</a> on the link at left there are several photos and on one you will see a ferry, yes, it is a ferry, not a passenger vessel.<br />
<a href="http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=skagen+havn&qpvt=skagen+havn&FORM=IGRE">http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=skagen+havn&qpvt=skagen+havn&FORM=IGRE</a><br />
<a href="https://marinas.com/view/marina/11742_Skagen_Havn%2C_Fiskehuskajen__Denmark">https://marinas.com/view/marina/11742_Skagen_Havn%2C_Fiskehuskajen__Denmark</a><br />
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While in Skagen we s hot a few photos and they are below.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Norma taking a break on the stone jetty.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A close up of the lighthouse.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A fishing trawler in port.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A typical Danish North Sea trawler of years past, in the proper color.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Norma enjoying a bit of sunshine.</td></tr>
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Here is a link to the Vippe Fyr. (The light that can be tilted)<br />
<a href="http://www.skagen-tourist.dk/denmark/vippefyret-gdk642658">http://www.skagen-tourist.dk/denmark/vippefyret-gdk642658</a><br />
I have taken the liberty of translating the page as it is in Danish.<br />
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"It was Denmarks first Vippe Fyr built in 1627 and features an open burn basket.<br />
<span lang="en">The many shipwrecks by Skagen branch was the cause of a shuttle to the lighthouse was built. </span><span lang="en">The lighthouse was supposed to help lead shipping free of the branch and the dangerous reefs out there. </span><br />
<span lang="en">The principle is simple, it lashes curve down to the ground, fill it with combustible material and turn up when fired, it can be tilted up burning basket can be seen from a long distance. </span><br />
<span lang="en" style="background-color: #f0f0a0; color: #0f0f5f;">Tilting fired lights were in use well into the 18th century. </span><span lang="en">The last Danish vippefyr was decommissioned at Anholt in 1788. </span><span lang="en">Tilting lighthouse in Skagen is a 100% faithful copy of the old vippefyr- </span><br />
<span lang="en">reconstructed for the first time by Carl Locher in 1913 on the occasion of Skagen town's 500 year anniversary. </span><span lang="en">Latest reconstruction is from 1958 made under the assistance of Rotary Skagen." </span><br />
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Then it was time to call it the day and head back to Nr. Nissum but along the way we had to stop and take two photos of a fantastic sunset, about 11:00 PM.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking West.<br />
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On the next post we will go into a cave and see the old town of Aarhus.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04925769519628603168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603094440745529613.post-64565712533348344782014-04-29T16:53:00.002-05:002014-04-29T16:53:39.674-05:00ROOTS - not the movie - 15 We have arrived in the little town of Nr. Nissum (Seminarie by) in Jylland and it is a Sunday afternoon.<br />
<a href="http://www.kulturarv.dk/1001fortaellinger/da_DK/nr-nissum-seminariebyen">http://www.kulturarv.dk/1001fortaellinger/da_DK/nr-nissum-seminariebyen</a> (This liink is in Danish so use Google Translate).<br />
Just up the road a very short bit is Nr. Nissum Kirke by<br />
<a href="http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissum_Kirkeby">http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissum_Kirkeby</a> (this link is also in Danish)<br />
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We spent time with my brother Max, his wife Mariann and their daugthers Berith and Nina as well as two grandchildren.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Berith about to make a goal.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Max is looking at the lay of the land.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Max is giving me pointers on how to hold a golf club.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">About to swing but I had to ask if they had their windows insured.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Silje looks very serious in this photo.</td></tr>
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The following day we were on our own as Max and Mariann own a very successful business which they had to tend to. <a href="http://www.allflex.dk/">http://www.allflex.dk/</a> (again the link is in Danish). </div>
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So what to do? Check out their bikes and go bike riding in the area, which we did. How far did we ride, quite a bit, according to Google Earth we did about 12.5 miles / 20.1 km. The tour took us up to Nr. Nissum Kirkeby and a stop at the church, then on to the village of Fultrup with a beautiful old church, </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The cemetery at Fultrup Church</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The cemetery at Fultrup Church</td></tr>
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Lemvig is not immune to storms although it is not on the North Sea Coast</div>
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Here we toured the harbor, I have to look at all the boats, it is in my genes. There were sailboats and fishing boats and powerboats, and I didn't take single picture, which I do not understand. After touring the little harbor it was time to tour the church which is an attraction in itself. And then it was time for lunch. We found a nice little cafe with tables outside and were deciding what to order. On a white board they had listed the lunch special of the day as well as the beer of the month which was<u style="font-weight: bold;"> BB.</u> Since I consider myself reasonably well educated on the beers of the world this one I had never heard of so I called the waiter and asked him what it was. His reply is rather funny "Oh, that means much better than Budweiser". In reality this is a beer from the land of the original pilsner Czechoslovakia and the name is BB. I must admit it was a good beer. The it was time to head back to Nissum Seminariby. On the way into Lemvig we had descended a rather large hills at great speed, now it was time to go up the hill, and the Danes that bicycle this on a regular basis just whizzed by us while we were huffing and puffing and finally had to get off the bikes and walk up the hill. It was a nice ride all together in fantastic Danish summer weather, temperatures in the mid 70's and very few clouds in the sky.</div>
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That evening we went out to eat somewhere, I can't remember where, but along the way my brother suddenly stops the car and says "Everybody <b>get Out</b>". He wanted show us the view. I took a series of photos which if spliced together would from a panoramic with the first frame being on the left of the photo, so use your imagination.</div>
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I have tried to find the restaurant on Google Earth but have not had any luck. It is somewhere on the western side of Lemvig Bugt (Lemvig Bay) but it may have been at Hotel Norre Vinkel, I can't be sure. I did not take any pictures, too bad.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04925769519628603168noreply@blogger.com0Denmark56.562509485960348 8.344116210937556.283416985960351 7.6986692109375 56.841601985960345 8.9895632109375tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603094440745529613.post-5325666431237594862014-04-18T20:51:00.004-05:002014-04-18T20:51:33.209-05:00Kayak Ocean CrossingFor all of you paddling enthusiasts out there.<br />
Try this for size.<br />
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<a href="http://www.news-journalonline.com/article/20140417/NEWS/140419501?Title=Ocean-crossing-kayaker-could-arrive-Friday">http://www.news-journalonline.com/article/20140417/NEWS/140419501?Title=Ocean-crossing-kayaker-could-arrive-Friday</a><br />
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May all of you and your families have a Most Blessed Easter.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04925769519628603168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603094440745529613.post-71607232751066979452014-04-06T21:52:00.000-05:002014-04-06T21:52:10.233-05:00ROOTS - not the movie 14 As I begin to write this post (April 2014) I have to remember that what I am writing about took place almost 7 years ago.<br />
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We have now completed two weeks in Denmark and it is time to move on the next brother on the list, who was born second, with me being the oldest. This involves a car ride to Odense, a train ride to Stuer, with a lot of nice countryside along the way.<br />
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Odense is the 3rd largest and also one of the oldest towns in Denmark, dating from about 988, celebrating its 1000th anniversary in 1988 as an incorporated township. Think about this for a moment; Odense dates from 463 years before Christopher Columbus was even born. So when we in the US say "way back when, we are usually on talking in months or at best a few years". When in Odense they say "way back when, it has real meaning".<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odense">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odense</a><br />
<a href="http://www.odense.dk/welcome">http://www.odense.dk/welcome</a><br />
<a href="http://wikitravel.org/en/Odense">http://wikitravel.org/en/Odense</a><br />
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Odense is also the home of the famous author Hans Christian Andersen<br />
<a href="http://denmark.dk/en/quick-facts/map-of-denmark/odense/">http://denmark.dk/en/quick-facts/map-of-denmark/odense/</a><br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Christian_Andersen">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Christian_Andersen</a><br />
<a href="http://hca.gilead.org.il/">http://hca.gilead.org.il/</a><br />
<a href="http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/contributor/hans-christian-Andersen">http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/contributor/hans-christian-Andersen</a><br />
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Odense is the location of the famous Lindo Shipyard<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odense_Steel_Shipyard">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odense_Steel_Shipyard</a><br />
<a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=lindo+shipyard+denmark&rlz=1T4ADRA_enUS364US364&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=e0pAU6fSC8ulsQTe3oCgAw&ved=0CD0QsAQ&biw=1583&bih=670">https://www.google.com/search?q=lindo+shipyard+denmark&rlz=1T4ADRA_enUS364US364&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=e0pAU6fSC8ulsQTe3oCgAw&ved=0CD0QsAQ&biw=1583&bih=670</a><br />
<a href="http://www.shipsandharbours.com/manufacturers.asp?id=27">http://www.shipsandharbours.com/manufacturers.asp?id=27</a><br />
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Our destination today is the train station where we will board the train bound for Stuer, at least some it is bound for Stuer, some of is bound for Germany, we discovered.<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odense_station">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odense_station</a><br />
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Tickets are purchased and we say our good byes and board the train in car number # 4. The train leaves the station and is suddenly moving at a high rate of speed. This is an all electric train. At one point I am standing with my head out a window trying to take pictures and the conductor politely states "You should really pull your head in". About 15 seconds later there was a <b>WOOOOSSSSSHHHH</b> - we went under a bridge and the space between the railcar side and the bridge support was probably not more than a hand width. Lesson learned, keep head inside and forget about pictures.<br />
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The route takes us from Odense to Middelfart (here we go again with the jokes - see previous post), across the Little Belt, to the town of Fredericia.<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredericia">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredericia</a><br />
<a href="http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/217713/Fredericia">http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/217713/Fredericia</a><br />
<a href="http://www.danishnet.com/info.php/travel/fredericia-50.html">http://www.danishnet.com/info.php/travel/fredericia-50.html</a><br />
<a href="http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=fredericia&qpvt=fredericia&FORM=IGRE">http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=fredericia&qpvt=fredericia&FORM=IGRE</a><br />
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Just before arrival it is announced that cars three and four will be diverted to a train bound for Germany. Oppppps, we gather our luggage and huff it up through those cars all the way to car one.<br />
Then it is on to the town of Vejle.<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vejle">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vejle</a><br />
<a href="http://wikitravel.org/en/Vejle">http://wikitravel.org/en/Vejle</a><br />
<a href="http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=vejle&qpvt=vejle&FORM=IGRE">http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=vejle&qpvt=vejle&FORM=IGRE</a><br />
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Here there is a change of train - talk about precision and team work. We pull in to the station on say track 6, those passengers continuing north cross the platform to track 5, which takes about two minutes, the doors close and off we go, even before we are seated. Up through the beautiful Grejsdal (Grejs Valley) and onward.<br />
<a href="http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grejsdalen">http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grejsdalen</a> This link is in Danish so ask Google Translate to translate.<br />
<a href="http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/Europe/Denmark/West/Vejle/Grejsdalen/photo75873.htm">http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/Europe/Denmark/West/Vejle/Grejsdalen/photo75873.htm</a><br />
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Shortly thereafter we pass through the official birth place of the united kingdom of a christian Denmark - the small village of Jelling famous for the mounds (graves) of the king and queen. King Gorm den gamle (Gorm the Old) and Queen Thyra. Their son, Harold Blaatand (Harold Bluetooth) brought Christianity to the country in 965 AD, and although still officially a Christian nation in the fold of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, with the reigning monarch as the head of the church (a trick learned from King Henry the VIII of England), Denmark is now, for all practical purposes, a land of agnostics or atheists. We only catch a glimpse of the mounds as the trains speeds through. Here are some links, some of the links have additional buttons for more information.<br />
<a href="http://www.visitvejle.com/ln-int/denmark/the-jelling-monuments-gdk607895">http://www.visitvejle.com/ln-int/denmark/the-jelling-monuments-gdk607895</a><br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jelling_stones">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jelling_stones</a><br />
<a href="http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jelling_Kirke">http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jelling_Kirke</a> < use google translate for this link.<br />
<a href="http://www.panoramio.com/photo/28310171">http://www.panoramio.com/photo/28310171</a><br />
<a href="http://www.fortidensjelling.dk/jelling32.htm">http://www.fortidensjelling.dk/jelling32.htm</a> < use google translate for this link<br />
<a href="http://jelling.natmus.dk/om-jelling/tradition-og-historie/aosmann-isfron-1797/">http://jelling.natmus.dk/om-jelling/tradition-og-historie/aosmann-isfron-1797/</a> < use google translate for this link.<br />
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We continue on our journey, passing through verdant pastures, through small villages to the town of Herning, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herning">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herning</a>,<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herning_Municipality">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herning_Municipality</a>,<br />
<a href="http://wikitravel.org/en/Herning">http://wikitravel.org/en/Herning</a><br />
where the doors of the train open, people scramble off and on, and about 90 seconds later we are rapidly increasing in speed. Then it is on to Holstebro, another fair size town which could be Kansas City KS of Denmark.<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holstebro">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holstebro</a><br />
<a href="http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/269666/Holstebro">http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/269666/Holstebro</a><br />
<a href="http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/Europe/Denmark/Ringkoebing_Amt/Holstebro-162876/TravelGuide-Holstebro.html">http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/Europe/Denmark/Ringkoebing_Amt/Holstebro-162876/TravelGuide-Holstebro.html</a><br />
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And then finally to our destination Stuer on the Limfjord, where my brother Max, his wife Mariann and their daughters' and 2 grandchildren pick us up.<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Struer,_Denmark">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Struer,_Denmark</a><br />
<a href="http://www.struer.dk/webtop/site.aspx?p=15312">http://www.struer.dk/webtop/site.aspx?p=15312</a><br />
<a href="http://www.struerhavn.dk/">http://www.struerhavn.dk/</a> < use google translate for this link.<br />
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In order to fortify myself during the trip on the train I purchased two "h<span class="mw-headline" id="Hvidt.C3.B8l">vidtøl" before leaving Svendborg.</span><br />
<span class="mw-headline">They were enjoyed on the trip and brought back memories of my childhood and an occasional "sneaked" beer. At one time or another every Danish town with any self-respect had a brewery and each brewery made a great variety of beers. As a boy, when others collected stamps or coins, I collected beer bottle labels, and had a large collection. Here is a link to some information about Danish beer.</span><br />
<span class="mw-headline"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer_in_Denmark">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer_in_Denmark</a></span><br />
<a href="http://www.beermerchants.com/denmark.html">http://www.beermerchants.com/denmark.html</a><br />
<a href="http://denmark.dk/en/lifestyle/food-drink/danish-microbreweries/">http://denmark.dk/en/lifestyle/food-drink/danish-microbreweries/</a><br />
<a href="http://www.beerindanish.com/">http://www.beerindanish.com/</a><br />
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<span class="mw-headline">Since the incident with the head outside the railcar window it appears that only one photo was taken during the rail trip and that is of Norma enjoying a cold coke and the view out the window.</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04925769519628603168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603094440745529613.post-21446014741015241122014-03-14T10:09:00.000-05:002014-03-14T10:09:51.986-05:00ROOTS - not the movie - 13 Today, which again was almost 7 years ago, Norma and I are off on an excursion to the city of Varde on the Jylland peninsula, the only part of Denmark attached to Europe proper. The reason for this excursion is two-fold; my brother Max belongs to a group that plays hunting horns and they are in a competition in Varde. In addition, Varde is well known for its miniature city. So off we go across the island Fyn to Lillebælt which means "Little Belt" and is the sound or narrow "belt" between the island of Fyn and the Jylland Peninsula. The last town or city on the Fyn side is the city of Middelfart - yes, you can imagine the jokes about that particular town - they just can't do a real fart, just a middle one. So in order to understand the meaning of the name follow the link attached: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middelfart">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middelfart</a><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Note on European highways, the exit name is in blue and the exit in green.<br />
Here we are just 1000 meters from the Middelfart exit.</td></tr>
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Then it is across one of two bridges which are interesting; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Belt">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Belt</a><br />
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First is a link to information about the new bridge: </div>
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<a href="http://www.visitdenmark.com/en-us/denmark/the-new-lillebaelt-bridge-gdk614479">http://www.visitdenmark.com/en-us/denmark/the-new-lillebaelt-bridge-gdk614479</a></div>
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If one drives the new bridge during high winds one can be in for a surprise. This is a suspension bridge and as such it will sway considerably in high winds, enough to at times reduce traffic to one way.</div>
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Then a link the old bridge which was actually a work brought about by the great depression which not only hi t the US but also Europe and most of the rest of the world, and because of it, the depression, Hr. Hitler of Infamy came to power:</div>
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<a href="http://www.visitdenmark.nl/nl/denmark/the-old-lillebaelt-bridge-gdk614471">http://www.visitdenmark.nl/nl/denmark/the-old-lillebaelt-bridge-gdk614471</a></div>
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And a link to some images of the bridges: </div>
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<a href="http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=lillebaelt+bridge+denmark&qpvt=lillebaelt+bridge+denmark&FORM=IGRE">http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=lillebaelt+bridge+denmark&qpvt=lillebaelt+bridge+denmark&FORM=IGRE</a></div>
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After driving some time across Jylland <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jutland">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jutland</a> we arrive in Varde</div>
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varde">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varde</a> <a href="http://aroundguides.com/Varde">http://aroundguides.com/Varde</a> and find the location of the </div>
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hunting horn blowing competition. Via one or two phone calls we meet my brother Max and his wife Mariann and find a place to sit. Here are a few photos of the horn blowers. They played tradition hunting notes as well as a number of jazz pieces which surprised me as the horn has no keys or valves as does most musical horns, meaning that every note must be made by the mouth and the amount of air passed through the horn (middelfart?)</div>
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<a href="http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=hunting+horns&qpvt=hunting+horns&FORM=IGRE">http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=hunting+horns&qpvt=hunting+horns&FORM=IGRE</a></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My brother Max is the seventh head from the right, he is the tall one.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Again Max more or less in the center, and he is the tall one.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Max playing his hunting horn.</td></tr>
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Then it was time to visit the other attraction in Varde, the miniature city. This is a most interesting place; everything is 1/10th scale, brick by brick, door by door, window by window, roof tile by roof tile, house by house, building by building, of the City of Varde. One feels like a giant in a very small place. In Danish it is called "minibyen" or translated "mini town". It is a reconstruction of Varde ca. 1866 after most of the town was destroyed by arson. The reconstruction is made by a number of very good craftsmen.<br />
<a href="http://goscandinavia.about.com/od/denmar1/qt/minibyenvarde.htm">http://goscandinavia.about.com/od/denmar1/qt/minibyenvarde.htm</a><br />
<a href="http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=varde+miniature+by&qpvt=varde+miniature+by&FORM=IGRE">http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=varde+miniature+by&qpvt=varde+miniature+by&FORM=IGRE</a><br />
<a href="http://goscandinavia.about.com/b/2012/10/24/minibyen-varde.htm">http://goscandinavia.about.com/b/2012/10/24/minibyen-varde.htm</a><br />
<a href="http://www.visitdenmark.it/it/denmark/minimurerne-i-varde-gdk609623">http://www.visitdenmark.it/it/denmark/minimurerne-i-varde-gdk609623</a><br />
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So we took off looking at this little wonder of nimble fingers.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The invasion of the giants.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The church, which is still standing (the real full size one)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A street view of the buildings.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And to give it perspective.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An aerial view</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Norma in the middle of town</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A close up of a balcony. Also note the roof tile.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My brother Max and his wife Mariann in front of the church.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An aerial view over one of the streets.<br />Norma is in the background.</td></tr>
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Then it was time for a nice dinner, and since it was a nice Danish summer evening we decided to eat outdoors at a little cafe named "Sillasens Hus" on the city square which is located right next to City hall (Raadhuset). It is said that this is the oldest original building in the city of Varde but I have not been able to find any history on the building. Had we known that it is also one of the models in the mini town we would have photographed it there as well.</div>
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It was a fantastic meal with three courses and three bottles of wine and, and, aaaand, hold on to your seats now, a rather hefty price tag. When the waiter brought the bill to my brother I happened to see the total; Danish Kroner 1,900.00 or about US $325.00</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here we are waiting for the dessert.<br />Notice that I have managed to make the flagpole grow out of the back of my brothers head.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sillasens Hus restaurant in the town of Varde, Denmark.<br />Well worth the visit, especially if someone else is footing the bill.</td></tr>
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The it was time to head back to Svendborg, about 105 miles / 175 km away.<div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04925769519628603168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603094440745529613.post-3743800878971188222014-03-04T09:29:00.000-06:002014-03-04T09:29:21.361-06:00ROOTS - not the movie - 12 Today, which was almost 7 years ago, is a day of relaxation without actually going anywhere or having a specific agenda. We had a leisurely breakfast, sat around the house and talked, we walked the neighborhood and we went to the grocery store for some needed items and to the bank to change traveler checks into Danish Kroner. While at the store we were in for a surprise, as we found some TEX MEX hot sauce, and there is a big but attached; this stuff was made right next door in Sweden and the price in US dollars at that time was about $4.50 per jar not including OMS and MOMS, which we call sales tax. The direct translation of OMS and MOMS would be a "transaction fee" and "more transaction fee" - isn't that what our current president proposed to raise revenue - whenever currency changed hands he wanted a piece of the action for the federal government, in addition to the taxes already being assessed.<br />
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Denmark is a land of old and ancient windmills and some are decorative pieces only and my brother has one in his backyard. They seem simple enough to build out of wood. This particular model is of the windmill at EGESKOV MØLLE, which means Oak Forest Mill. Here is a link to the history of the mill and there is a button on the page where one can get the information in English.<br />
<a href="http://www.egeskov-moelle.dk/page3.html">http://www.egeskov-moelle.dk/page3.html</a><br />
<a href="http://www.sologstrand.com/holiday-denmark/buildings/egeskov-moelle.htm">http://www.sologstrand.com/holiday-denmark/buildings/egeskov-moelle.htm</a><br />
and here is a link to a short youtube video, but the language is Danish<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7NFiUEgBmY">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7NFiUEgBmY</a><br />
This particular mill was even depicted on the 10 Kroner note<br />
<a href="http://www.tomchao.com/eu/eu14.html">http://www.tomchao.com/eu/eu14.html</a><br />
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There are many other windmills in Denmark and I have added a few links below.<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_windmills_in_Denmark">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_windmills_in_Denmark</a><br />
<a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=danish+windmills&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=Ie4VU-TODKb22AX2vICYAw&ved=0CCQQsAQ&biw=1455&bih=691">https://www.google.com/search?q=danish+windmills&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=Ie4VU-TODKb22AX2vICYAw&ved=0CCQQsAQ&biw=1455&bih=691</a><br />
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Then we had a nice dinner, BBQ, but not Texas style. The meat was Crown Deer from Australia. Crown Deer are also referred to as the "Red Deer". It was very good. The dinner and company was enjoyed. At this dinner we met my sister in laws son and the son's wife, but I must admit I can't remember their names.<br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_deer">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_deer</a><br />
<a href="http://50mmfromtheworld.blogspot.com/2011/02/kronhjorten.html">http://50mmfromtheworld.blogspot.com/2011/02/kronhjorten.html</a><br />
So the obvious question is this; why would one buy crown deer meat from Australia when the deer is in Denmark? I have not found the answer.<br />
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Tomorrow we are off on another excursion so we have to get up early to rent a car.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04925769519628603168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603094440745529613.post-12780830641517147072014-02-26T16:48:00.001-06:002014-02-26T16:48:51.117-06:00A short diversionWhile the issue of photo posting seems to have been solved and as I work on my next installment of "ROOTS - not the move", please enjoy this interesting paddling story.<br />
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2013 is history and 2014 is here.</div>
I get frustrated when people, on the 1st of January, ask "How was your New Year?", it is a stupid question and I usually reply in the following fashion, "How the hxxx would I know, today is the first day of it.". The conversation usually goes downhill from here because they will reply, "What I mean how was yesterday evening?" and I answer "It was fine <u><strong>and it was last year</strong></u>."<br />
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Sorry, had to get that off my chest.<br />
<strong><em><u>And I wish all of you a blessed New Year.</u></em></strong><br />
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Note, when I began to write this post on January 5th, 2014 BlogSpot would not post photos, so a few <a href="mailto:X@8@88)*$">X@8@88)*$</a> were said.<br />
The same applies to January 9th, January 12th and we shall see what happens today January 15th -It is still a problem so I will try add photos as html though that can create a whole other set of headaches)<br />
Here is another attempt to post photos and that attempt isn't working. X*_@)&* #hs &*&^$#@!;<br />
<span id="goog_310233179">Today is January 24th, and here is another attempt. %$#%^&*@#</span><br />
Today is January 29th, here is an additional attempt.<br />
It is now February 1st, 2014 ---<br />
February 3, 2014 ---<br />
Today it is February 4, 2014 ---<br />
February 5, 2014 --- in other words, the problem has persisted for over one month at this point.<br />
February 8, 2014 ---<br />
February 10, 2014 --- there is still a problem with the downloading of the photos which Google claims it is working on very feverishly.<br />
Please accept my apologies.<br />
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February 12, 2014 and it is be working, but not using Windows Explorer, only using Google Chrome, and having grown up with Windows Explorer I am much more comfortable with it. (Old people do not take to changes very well).<br />
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Back to the 2007 trip to Denmark. We are on the Island of Funen which is correctly named Fyn.<br />
Today we plan a short boat trip across the waters to the Island of <span dir="auto">Ærø (Aeroe) which is famous for its ship building and the great many seafarers it produced. </span><br />
<span dir="auto"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86r%C3%B8">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86r%C3%B8</a></span><br />
<span dir="auto"><a href="http://aeroeisland.com/">http://aeroeisland.com/</a></span><br />
<a href="http://www.ricksteves.com/plan/destinations/scan/aero.htm">http://www.ricksteves.com/plan/destinations/scan/aero.htm</a><br />
<a href="http://www.scantours.net/products/location.php5?id=56">http://www.scantours.net/products/location.php5?id=56</a><br />
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On the island are two principal towns and a number of villages; <span dir="auto">Ærøskøbing</span><br />
<span dir="auto"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86r%C3%B8sk%C3%B8bing">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86r%C3%B8sk%C3%B8bing</a> </span><br />
<a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g800487-Aeroskobing_Aero_Funen_and_Islands-Vacations.html">http://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g800487-Aeroskobing_Aero_Funen_and_Islands-Vacations.html</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59wsaozjFOI">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59wsaozjFOI</a><br />
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<span dir="auto">and the town of Marstal</span><br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marstal">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marstal</a><br />
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<a href="http://smilingglobe.com/Visit.aspx?Visit-Smiling=Marstal&Go=Southern_Denmark&Visit=Denmark">http://smilingglobe.com/Visit.aspx?Visit-Smiling=Marstal&Go=Southern_Denmark&Visit=Denmark</a><br />
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In the maritime world Marstal is the best known of the two towns and that is our destination across the waters by a 26 foot long boat powered by a small 3 cylinder Volvo diesel engine. The weather was pleasant, sunny and probably in the mid 60's F (about 18 C) for a temperature and a nice breeze blowing. So off we go or rather sail or rather power.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The captain of the boat, my brother Rene, keeping a good lookout.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Norma enjoying the view from the deck after arrival in Marstal</td></tr>
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After arrival it was time for a good danish lunch which my sister in law Vivi had concocted in the small galley of the boat. We ate this lunch in the cockpit.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The cockpit table set, lunch served. It was very good.<br />
The hatchway to the aft cabin is open.<br />
Note the old sailing vessel in the background.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Close up of the famous Danish "open face sandwiches".<br />
That is actually a misnomer. If it is without a piece of bread on top<br />
it cannot by definition be a sandwich. Civilized people eat these<br />
with a knife and a fork, not by picking them up in their hands.</td></tr>
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Then it was time to go ashore to visit the Maritime Museum.<br />
<a href="http://www.marstal-maritime-museum.dk/">http://www.marstal-maritime-museum.dk</a>/ When you open the link it is in Danish, so just hit the "translate button" to go to whatever language you are comfortable with. The museum has a lot of interesting stuff, including a full scale wheelhouse (bridge) of a small freighter with the controls and the motion of the sea while sailing at night, including the sound of the engine and a typical crew member cabin on a ship of that type.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A playground for the young and one assumes that includes the young at heart.</td></tr>
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After the museum it was time to have a beer and then walk about town with its wonderful old homes which at one time or another were the homes of ship captains and mates and engineers and ...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Norma in front of a house; note the interesting position of the "drawers" under the windows.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another old home with crooked walls.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here we are in front of that house and the harbor is in the background.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The figures in the window give this house away. It belongs to a fisherman and his wife.</td></tr>
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Since Marstal is a seafaring town it must also be remembered it is a fishing town; being a fishing town it is no wonder the gulls look so well fed.<br />
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It is time to head back to our "home port". This time "little brother" lets the former ship captain steer the "ship". Along the way we met another ferry and we saw a great deal of sailboats, mostly flying the German flag since Germany is only a few miles away and Denmark is a wonderful cruising destination.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He looks very relaxed while showing me how this is to be done.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"No sweat, this is the smallest thing I have steered in many years".</td></tr>
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Another great day comes to an end, after tying up, tidying up, and headed to the house for dinner and a glass of wine.<br />
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<span id="goog_1072918123"></span><span id="goog_1072918124"><br /></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04925769519628603168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603094440745529613.post-84353787812028134482014-02-01T09:44:00.000-06:002014-02-01T09:44:01.572-06:00A rather long kayak trip Is this fellow going to make? He has made it most of the way ----<br />
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<a href="http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2014/01/25/solo-transatlantic-expedition-kayaker-declines-rescue/">http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2014/01/25/solo-transatlantic-expedition-kayaker-declines-rescue/</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04925769519628603168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603094440745529613.post-70840730303747001902014-01-29T15:16:00.004-06:002014-01-29T15:16:32.122-06:00I Promised ... In the last blog I promised that I would resume in January, and now that month is almost over, with only two days remaining and I haven't resumed. Here is why; it appears that BlogSpot is suffering from some sort of software problems.<br />
I began writing the blog that was supposed to be posted this month more than three weeks ago and when I attempt to post photos the whole thing just locks up. In going the forum I find I am not the only one with that problem and hopefully it will be resolved soon.<br />
I will be back as soon as it is.<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04925769519628603168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603094440745529613.post-66303879092494717312014-01-19T15:54:00.003-06:002014-01-19T15:54:39.565-06:00Another interesting paddle story.This takes a great deal of determination and planning.<br />
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To all who visit this blog A Merry and Blessed Christmas.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04925769519628603168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603094440745529613.post-6929036544863281122013-12-09T09:40:00.000-06:002013-12-13T10:57:08.565-06:00Roots - not the movie - 10 Since the actual events are now 6 years in the past I may mix up the chronology of events by a day or two now and then, which is not really important.<br />
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We have arrived in the town of Svendborg at the home of my brother Rene and his wife Vivi. They offer a restaurant dinner and I remember a restaurant from way back when, when I was in Svendborg on the good ship "Oklahoma" in either late 1961 or early 1962.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">M/V "Oklahoma" of the DFDS company in Copenhagen.<br />
She was built in 1956, a modern diesel cargo ship with a crew of 31.<br />
I was on her from September 1961 to about the same time in 1962.</td></tr>
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The M/V "Oklahoma" was on a generally fixed trading route between Northern Europe (Poland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Scotland and England - then across the Atlantic to the US East Coast - starting in Boston and port hopping South (New York (actually Hoboken foot of 7th street pier, New Jersey), Baltimore, Camden, Philadelphia, Newport News, Norfolk, Savannah), back up to New York and then across the Atlantic again, to repeat, more or less, the same voyage itinerary again and again, always full of cargo. <br />
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So off we are to the restaurant and I ordered a dish I had not had in a very long time, smoked eel.<br />
<a href="http://www.therural.co.nz/hunting-and-fishing/how-to-prepare-and-smoke-an-eel">http://www.therural.co.nz/hunting-and-fishing/how-to-prepare-and-smoke-an-eel</a><br />
I would encourage those of you who may not have tried this dish to give it a try. It is very good when prepared correctly. It is still very good if not done quite correctly, but the eel will be a bit greasy (Omega 3's which is good stuff). I do not remember what Norma, my brother and wife ordered, but regardless, my plate had way too much food on it, and my stomach was way too small.<br />
And here occurred one of those "situations" that makes one realize that although you may be in the country of your birth, you are no longer home.<br />
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Being conditioned by almost 50 years in the US I asked for a "doggie bag" for the leftovers and everyone looked at me, except Norma, as if I had just arrived from another planet. "<strong>What do you want that for?</strong>" was the question from the waitress and my sister in law. "I want it so I can give it to some poor hungry homeless soul on a street corner" was my reply. The answer came back, and it shouldn't have surprised since we are in the "from cradle to grave welfare state", but it did. "<strong><em>There are no homeless hungry people in Denmark!!!! What gave you such a crazy idea?</em></strong>" Oh well, live and learn. But this little event was the first of several small cultural shocks to come in the next couple of week, but I should have suspected that after the incident with the credit card a few days ago.<br />
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In that restaurant hangs a platter of the good training ship "Georg Stage", a full rigged square rigger, on which I was a junior officer in 1963.<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Stage">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Stage</a><br />
<a href="http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=georg+stage&qpvt=georg+stage&FORM=IGRE">http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=georg+stage&qpvt=georg+stage&FORM=IGRE</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.apparent-wind.com/georg-stage-visit.html">http://www.apparent-wind.com/georg-stage-visit.html</a><br />
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The original "Georg Stage", which was built in 1882, is now the "Joseph Conrad" and can by found at Mystic Seaport Museum in Connecticut. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Conrad_(ship">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Conrad_(ship</a>)<br />
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The next day, after a good breakfast, we went to the island of Taasinge which, in Old Danish, means Thorsbed or Thorsmeadow (Thor in this context is the Norse god) , which we crossed yesterday on the bus. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%A5singe">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%A5singe</a> <br />
Here are several points of interest; The Taasinge Museum among them which I visited in 1989 <a href="http://sights.dk/english8x6/skipper.asp">http://sights.dk/english8x6/skipper.asp</a>. Today we are off for Valdemar Slot (Valdemar Castle). <a href="http://www.valdemarsslot.dk/">http://www.valdemarsslot.dk/</a><br />
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We do not drive over the bridge and to the castle, rather we take an old "passenger island packet" that roams between the string of islands just south of Svendborg. This little vessel is named "Helge" and may have been steam powered in her past based on the size of the stack, she was built in 1924. <br />
Here are a few links with information on this antique vessel, some of the information is in Danish so translate using Google Translate. Some of my photos are below.<br />
<a href="http://www.geolocation.ws/v/P/23570584/ms-helge-af-svendborg-bygget-1924/en">http://www.geolocation.ws/v/P/23570584/ms-helge-af-svendborg-bygget-1924/en</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.svendborg.biz/veteranskibet-ms-helge">http://www.svendborg.biz/veteranskibet-ms-helge</a><br />
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After an enjoyable ride we arrived at the landing at Valdemar Slot. There is quite a bit of history attached to this castle and working farm, but as with all "landed gentry" in Europe, the farm is no longer able to pay the bills so other sources of income exist.<br />
The castle has an interesting history; <span title="Valdemars Slot er opført 1639-44 af Christian den 4.">Valdemar's Castle was built 1639-44 by King Christian IV for</span><span title="til sønnen, grev Valdemar Christian fra hvem slottet har sit navn."> his son, Count Valdemar Christian from whom the castle takes its name. </span><span title="Kongens store byggeri på Tåsinge indledtes, da Valdemar Christian var 17 år, og kongen sparede ingen anstrengelser for at give sønnen en fyrstebolig af rang.">The King's construction on Taasinge began when Valdemar Christian was 17 years old , and the king spared no expense to give his son, the prince, an abode of great significance. </span><span title="Med Hans van Steenwinckel som bygmester rejste kongen et prægtigt renæssance-slot i stil med og større end hans eget Rosenborg.">With Steenwinckel as the architect and builder, the king built a splendid Renaissance chateau in the style of and larger than his own Rosenborg. </span><span title="Men Valdemar Christian fik aldrig gavn af sit slot - han foretrak at drage rundt i Europa som feltherre og slog sig aldrig ned på Tåsinge.">But Valdemar Christian never got the benefit of its castle - he preferred to go around Europe as a commander and never settled on Taasinge. </span><span title="I 1656 døde han på en slagmark i Polen, 34 år gammel.">In 1656, he died on a battlefield in Poland, 34 years old. </span><span title="Under Svenskekrigene (1658-1660) blev Valdemars Slot besat og slemt beskadiget, og det var søhelten Niels Juel, der reddede slottet fra ruin.">During the wars with Sweden (1658-1660) Valdemar's Castle was occupied and badly damaged, and it was the naval hero Niels Juel, who saved the castle from ruin. </span><span title="I 1678 indledte Niels Juel en omfattende istandsættelse af slottet og ombyggede det i barokstil, som tidens mode foreskrev.">In 1678 Niels Juel began an extensive renovation of the castle and rebuilt it in Baroque style, as the fashion prescribed.</span><span title="Søhelten Niels Juel´s sønnesøn af samme navn, Kammerherre Niels Juel boede på slottet fra 1723 til sin død i 1766, var en meget energisk mand."> Naval hero Niels Juel 's grandson of the same name, Chamberlain Niels Juel lived in the castle from 1723 until his death in 1766 , he was a very energetic man . </span><span title="Han hidkaldte den holstenske arkitekt G.D.">He summoned the Holstein architect G. D. </span><span title="Tschierscke, som skabte det smukke slotsanlæg, vi kender i dag med de statelige porthuse, den kunstige sø foran slottet, vogn- og staldlængerne langs søen og den kønne tepavillon som point de vue ude ved stranden.">Tschierscke who created the beautiful castles that we know today with the stately gatehouses, the artificial lake in front of the castle, carriage and shed wings along the lake and the pretty tea pavilion which is the focus point from the beach.</span><span title="Siden 1974 har slottet været åbent for publikum."> Since 1974, the castle has been open to the public. </span><span title="En stor del af året kan man gå i de smukke sale, beundre indretningen og alle de historiske detaljer, og samtidig glæde sig over, at dette vidunderlige, kulturhistoriske sted stadig er fyldt med liv.">For most of the year one can walk the beautiful halls, admiring the decor and all the historical details, and also welcome the fact that this wonderful, historical place is still full of life. </span><span title="At ejerne lever i huset, og lader de besøgende opfatte sig selv som husets personlige gæster, gør besøget til en særlig oplevelse.">The owners live in the house, and let visitors see themselves as the house's personal guests, making the visit a special experience.</span><br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niels_Juel">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niels_Juel</a><br />
<a href="http://www.admiralnielsjuel.dk/index.php?page=4">http://www.admiralnielsjuel.dk/index.php?page=4</a><br />
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The public road goes right through the buildings.</div>
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Note the speed limit 15 km / just a bit over 9 MPH</div>
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One of the barns.</div>
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This building is 22 years older than the United States.</div>
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The actual castle - the servants lived up in the 3 story attic.</div>
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<span title="At ejerne lever i huset, og lader de besøgende opfatte sig selv som husets personlige gæster, gør besøget til en særlig oplevelse.">One of the gate houses.</span></div>
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<span title="At ejerne lever i huset, og lader de besøgende opfatte sig selv som husets personlige gæster, gør besøget til en særlig oplevelse.">My brother Rene (left) and I</span></div>
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It is now time to get back on the "Helge" and head back to Svendborg, a city steeped in maritime history. Here are a few photos from the harbor.</div>
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In a shed where someone is building a Viking ship replica</div>
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A look inside the hull of the Viking ship</div>
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A two masted schooner entering port</div>
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This boat, the "Hjortø", was the "mailman's / postman's" means of the delivering the mail, as well as a few passengers, to all the island south of Svendborg. On the youtube video you can hear the reliable old slow turning single cylinder diesel just "chuck" away, but you wont see much of the boat.</div>
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The video on the link below is of new noisy twin diesel boat on the same run, this run in the winter. The video is 9 minutes long and all the conversation is in Danish.</div>
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Two schooners in port.</div>
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Yesterday evening we had the "doggie bag" episode. This evening we arrived at another culture shock. Knowing that Europe is expensive and that for Europeans to come to the US is like for them to come to a giant "dollar store" we knew that from time to time we would be surprised by the prices; as in when I filled up my sister in laws little Toyota, but there was more to come.</div>
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Yesterday I had seen a little Italian restaurant and I suggested we go there for dinner and my brother said that place is way too expensive; why don't we go to this "hamburger" place just opened up by a former ships cook. So we did and ordered 4 cheese burgers, french fries, 2 beers, a glass of wine and a softdrink. A young man brings the order to the table together with the bills, Danske Kroner 456.00. I almost fell out of the chair, that amount is roughly $84.00 US / EU 61.00. I had to ask what in the world made these burgers so expensive, since in the US we could have had 4 burgers with fries and soft drinks for about $40.00. They replied; "The young man who brought these to our table is making about $16.00 per hour, not the $5.85 as the minimum wage was in the US at the same time. That explains it.</div>
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Then it was time to drive back to the house for a nightcap but on the way we drove by a "historical" building; the building where the worlds largest shipping company, Maersk Line, can trace its humble beginning. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Maersk">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Maersk</a></div>
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A short walk along the waterfront before calling it the night.</div>
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More to follow in the next post, which will be in January so here are the wishes for a Blessed Christmas and a Most Happy New Year.<br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%B8n">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%B8n</a><br />
<a href="http://www.denmark.net/denmark-guide/places/mon.html">http://www.denmark.net/denmark-guide/places/mon.html</a><br />
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and across the island of Bogø <br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bog%C3%B8">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bog%C3%B8</a><br />
<a href="http://www.visitdenmark.com/denmark/bogo-stubbekobing-ferry-gdk615162">http://www.visitdenmark.com/denmark/bogo-stubbekobing-ferry-gdk615162</a><br />
<a href="http://www.stad.com/index.php?city_id=2623847">http://www.stad.com/index.php?city_id=2623847</a><br />
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through the town city of Stubbekøbing<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stubbekobing">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stubbekobing</a> <br />
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to the "big" city of Nykøbing<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyk%C3%B8bing_Falster">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyk%C3%B8bing_Falster</a> ) (<a href="http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=nykobing+falster+denmark&qpvt=nykobing+falster+denmark&FORM=IGRE">http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=nykobing+falster+denmark&qpvt=nykobing+falster+denmark&FORM=IGRE</a> ) <br />
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on the island of Falster <br />
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It is at the bus station in Nykøbing that the time to say good bye comes - we have had a great visit for a long time - though not often; the last time being in 1989 and the time previous to that in 1975. <br />
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The tickets have been purchased, the luggage loaded on the bus, and we are off across "Guldborgsund", which literally translated means "Gold Fortress Sound", <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guldborgsund">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guldborgsund</a><br />
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to the island of Lolland and across that same island, on highway 9.<br />
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On we go through the town of Sakskøbing with its humerous water tower, in the photo below,<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakskobing">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakskobing</a><br />
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Then through the towns of Maribo,<br />
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followed by Stokkemarke, Halsted which has a nice old church, skirting the town of Nakskov and finally on to the small village of Tårs, where the bus is driven on the ferry which is the next part of the journey - the ferry between Tårs on the island of Lolland to the village of Spodsbjerg on the island of Langeland (Longland), so named because this island is long and very narrow. <br />
<a href="http://highways-denmark.com/ferry-spodsbjerg-taars/">http://highways-denmark.com/ferry-spodsbjerg-taars/</a><br />
Being a former ship captain and always interested in thing maritime (ships, cargo capacity, etc..) I had a good look at this little ship but did not find any capacity charts. There were quite a few auto's as well as two or three trucks and one bus on this trip. On the upper deck is a snack bar and lounge.<br />
The crossing of the Langelands Belt takes about 45 minutes, and there is a departure every hour.<br />
We met the sistership going in the other direction; the photo below.<br />
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In Denmark there is a little "joke" that one can always recognize people from Langeland because they are pigeon toed, otherwise they would get their feet wet with all the water on each side of the very narrow island. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langeland">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langeland</a><br />
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Then it is across Langeland, skirting the "big" city of Rudkøbing on Langeland, cross a small bridge onto the island of Siø, population about 20, <a href="http://ipicture.mobi/?c=da&UN=-3816726&DG=ISL">http://ipicture.mobi/?c=da&UN=-3816726&DG=ISL</a><br />
then across another bridge to the island of Tåsinge, which is rich in history;<br />
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The only one more bridge and we are on the island of Fyn (Funen) <br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funen_County">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funen_County</a><br />
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where my brother Rene and his wife Vivi lives in the town of Svendborg. Since we are four boys and I am the oldest and Frank is the youngest Renee is number three in the line.<br />
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Norma, Vivi and my brother Rene who is even taller than Frank.</div>
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We almost missed getting off the bus in Svendborg because the bus did not go to a bus station, but continued on the highway, and I just happened to see someone at a bus stop that looked like Rene and called for the driver to stop.<br />
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This was an interesting day - we saw a lot of Denmark - and perhaps we suffer a bit from impression overload.<br />
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More to follow in the next post.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04925769519628603168noreply@blogger.com0Guldborgsund Municipality, Denmark54.778902865679463 11.72415990382432954.632386365679466 11.401436403824329 54.92541936567946 12.04688340382433tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603094440745529613.post-82266750615264812832013-11-16T15:02:00.005-06:002013-11-16T15:02:53.898-06:00This is very GUTSY - Would anyone care to follow in this man's footsteps, kayak wake?<br />
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Man paddles kayak from Minnesota down Mississippi River, to Key West, up US East Coast, across Northern Shore of Lake Superior to return to his starting point.<br />
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He even paddled a section of river I was at this past summer, the Kaministiquia River, in Ontario, Canada.<br />
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This short article is a good read.<br />
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<a href="http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/231690841.html">http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/231690841.html</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04925769519628603168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603094440745529613.post-45791409579899867512013-11-01T07:23:00.004-05:002013-11-05T08:33:49.481-06:00A quick aside - paddling the Mississippi RiverThis is a most interesting story .<br />
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This resulted in a humorous experience and a bit of a surprise as well, though the two experiences are not related. The restaurant is or was in what was a house. It didn't look like much on the outside, but once inside it looked like one of those places where one needed coat and tie and a reservation, assuming the maître d' is willing to give one a reservation. But it was not; the whole place had maybe 10 tables all of which were occupied so there was a wait. While waiting I commented on the piece of equipment sitting in the lobby and the owner of the restaurant stated that it was a "flad fisk maskine" or in English, a "flat fish machine", in other words, if there are flat fish, such as flounder or halibut on the menu, but none available, then they take whatever fish they have and run it through the rollers and it will be come flat. The machine in question was an old clothes wringer / pressing machine.<br />
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Since we had this above conversation I decided to order flounder, not the machined kind, and it was very good. I can't remember what everyone else ordered but we had a very good meal and it was time to pay. Considering that my brother and his wife had been "supporting" us for the past several days I thought it would be appropriate for me to pay the bill and handed my American issued Visa Credit Card to the proprietor, and I quote her words, which were rather loud for everyone to hear; "An <strong><u>American Credit Card!</u></strong> I want no part of it. First of all they make us wait 8 weeks for our money and then they charge us an astronomical fee for processing and handling." Then she gave me one of those "what planet did you arrive from" looks and continued; "Do you not have a Dankort or some other debit or credit card that is readily acceptable in Europe", sheepishly I had to reply "Well, I thought I did, but I guess I was wrong". <br />
The situation now presented a dilemma in that I didn't have enough cash on me to pay the bill and had to rely on my brother to pay for the meal we invited them to have, however, I must say the meal was great, but if you encounter this place have cash on hand. That situation has since been corrected, not in that I paid for a meal for them here, but in that he was reimbursed.<br />
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The following day it was time to go to <span dir="auto">Møns Klint (the cliffs of Møn) which are made out of chalk, the skeletal remains of ancient shellfish from millions of years ago, with Frank and Lone as tour guides. As a child, and Frank was way too young then for him to remember, we did visit the cliffs with our parents one summer, back when Sommerspiret (the Summer Spire) was still standing; erosion by wave action took its toll and the spire collapsed in 1988. </span><br />
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However, along the way we had to make a short stop at Klintholm Harbor because of my love for small ports, commercial fishing boats and sailboats. We found that seagulls are the same the world over, they call for food and these actually look like they eat pretty well. For some odd reason we did not take any other pictures at Klintholm.</div>
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Klintholm Havn is also know for one other reason but you have to click on the link to read about the work of the inhabitants of the village at the close of WWII.</div>
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Along the way we also stopped at a Museum Farm but it appears that we only took one picture, actually we had someone take a picture of us (below). Considering the coats it is hard to imagine for those of us living in much warmer climates that this is late June.</div>
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Off to <span dir="auto">Møns Klint which really isn't that far but then nothing in Denmark is very far, except the Faroe Islands and Greenland. The cliffs are impressive, as white as ever, and as tall as I remember them. The links below are full of information and photographs.</span></div>
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mons_klint">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mons_klint</a><br />
<a href="http://famouswonders.com/mons-klint/">http://famouswonders.com/mons-klint/</a><br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeoCenter_Mons_Klint">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeoCenter_Mons_Klint</a> (this center opened a few weeks before our visit so Queen Margaret II, who officiated at the opening, missed us, too bad.)<br />
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Here are our photos from the trip to the cliffs, and the many steps down (easy) and back up (not so easy).</div>
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A view of the cliffs, note the "chalky" color of the water.</div>
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And even in this pristine natural environment mankind's </div>
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from a fast food restaurant (you can name them on one hand)</div>
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A view from above, again note the "chalkiness" of the</div>
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One last note on the cliffs; if one opens Google Earth and zooms in on Møns Klint near 54 deg. 58 min N and 12 deg. 33 min 10 sec E one can actually see the chalkiness in the suft along the shoreline. We also made a stop at the Geocenter which was very interesting and then we were off to visit Liselund Slot ( Lisa's Grove / Liselund Castle). During the cold war years the Danish Air Force had a radar station situated nearby which kept a very vigilant eye to the east and south for the communists that could come out of what was then East Germany, Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and of course the USSR itself. My mother's brother, our uncle who is / was only a few years older than Max and myself was in the air force and was stationed here and met his wife, Jonna, at Liselund.</div>
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The history of the place is interesting, but what really draws visitors is the landscaping, the beauty of the nature and the architecture. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liselund">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liselund</a> One should not confuse the original Liselund Slot with Liselund Ny Slot (Liselund New Castle) which is of much younger origin.</div>
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The park is fantastic <a href="http://www.moenia.dk/liselund/liselund.html">http://www.moenia.dk/liselund/liselund.html</a> (this link is in Danish so copy and paste the text into Google Translate to read it in your language). Here are a few photos from that afternoon as well as additional links; <a href="http://www.insula-moenia.dk/liselund.html">http://www.insula-moenia.dk/liselund.html</a></div>
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Liselund Castle with some hopeful residents in front.</div>
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A view across the reflection pond.</div>
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A reflection in the pond.</div>
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"Have you seen a tree with a long nose around here?"</div>
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It is like being in the Pacific NW with what is </div>
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Giant ferns, nice steps on a hill.</div>
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Another small lake in the park.</div>
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Norma, Frank and Lone with a duck flying by.</div>
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Little brother (the youngest) and Big brother (the oldest)</div>
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Another house in the park.</div>
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Another eventful day comes to a close; day 6 in Denmark, not counting arrival date. Tomorrow is departure day and we have to move on, but not before we have a nice dinner and more conversation about the past and the future, often joined by the supersized dogs.</div>
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Lone and the two English Mastiff's.</div>
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First we drive to Jungshoved Kirke and find it looking as it did when I was 14 / 15 years old. The attached link has quite a bit about the history and the architecture of the church, although the English is not the best and there are a few other links.<br />
<a href="http://thyrashm.blogspot.com/2013/09/jungshoved-church-jungshoved-kirke.html">http://thyrashm.blogspot.com/2013/09/jungshoved-church-jungshoved-kirke.html</a><br />
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This is the church in which I was confirmed together with my brother Max and our friends from school. Each Saturday for what seemed like an eternity we would have to go to the Praeste Gaard (The priests farm) for catechism classes. Since I was a Lutheran at the time we were taught Luther's Little Catechism so we could recite it in our sleep. For the Catholics out there, of which I am one now, this catechism was similar in structure and context to the Baltimore Catechism; that is to say we learned stock replies to stock questions, we just didn't learn the why of the answer.<br />
At the time of our confirmation we joked about how narrow the aisle in the nave was, and at that time pointed shoes were the in style (1960) and we were wondering if the aisle would be wide enough for us to turn around when it was time to leave the church. I know I have a group photo somewhere of the confirmation class but can't seem to find it; if I do, it will be posted here. Here are some photos from the inside of the church.<br />
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Norma is not preaching to me, she is posing.</div>
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in this case Saint Matthew.</div>
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Just outside of the church grounds and grave yard is a little hill and a moat. This was once the defenses of a large manor house called Jungshoved Castle, which is a bit misleading. It was apparently the source of defense of a fairly large section of that part of the country when raider would come in the cove from Sweden, but the defenses were also to keep the local citizens at bay, who at that time were serfs, which was much worse than being a share cropper or slave.<br />
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The cove outside the hill and moat, full of swans, </div>
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Norma by the information post and the Church and Praestegaard in the background.</div>
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One of my memories from this hill is the celebration of Midsummer Fest, which is a big deal in Denmark, which is always celebrated on the Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year and in Christian terms in honor of Saint Hans. Large bonfires are built and a witch is burned in effigy, a fair amount of beer is consumed while people picnic on the grounds. I was not able to find a direct link to the celebration at this location, but found a link for the same celebration in Skagen. </div>
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<a href="http://www.visitdenmark.nl/nl/denmark/midsummer-fest---sankt-hans-gdk640849">http://www.visitdenmark.nl/nl/denmark/midsummer-fest---sankt-hans-gdk640849</a><br />
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We drive to the little village of Stenstrup and find that there is nobody home in the old farmhouse mom and dad rented before they built a house in Praestoe (Præstø), which by the way, if translated literally means "Priest Island". Well, let us walk to the farm next door and see if there is anybody home there, the home Egon and Eleanor (their last name escapes me) and their 3 children, (2 boys and 1 girl). The children were a bit younger than I but we were good friends. <br />
When we entered the yard we found a little Vietnamese girl, about 5 or 6, playing. That was for some odd reason a bit surprising. We asked her, in Danish, if her parents were home and she said yes, her father was home and she calls in the door for him to come out. A man comes, looking just like his father did, and there is no doubt in my mind, so I say "You are Michael", and he said, yes I am. This is 2007 and I had not seen him since he was a little boy, in 1961, so a period of 46 years had passed. We talked about when we were children. He told me that his parents had both gone to their eternal rest. He had spent quite a bit of time in Vietnam and married a Vietnamese woman and brought her to Denmark where she learned Danish. Michael inherited the farm from his parents, but do not farm. All the land is leased out and all the animals are gone. He has his own business specializing in central heating.<br />
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After visiting with Michael for a bit we take off for Jungshoved By, which is a stretch of the imagination. Jungshoved is another small village, but it did or does have a grocery store and did have a school. The school no longer functions as a public school but is used for the area population to take courses of enrichment. The links are in Danish so you will have to use Google or similar translater to figure out what is being said. Again we didn't take any pictures but did have one humorous incident.</div>
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We stopped at the little grocery store for some Danish Licorice (salmiak pastiller, salmiak staenger, piratos) <a href="http://www.nordiskimport.com/category/Licorice-and-Candy-3">http://www.nordiskimport.com/category/Licorice-and-Candy-3</a> and when it was time to pay I said to the young person at the counter, who could not be more than say 20 years old, "You keep remodeling this place and it is hard to find one's way around in here". He gave me kind of a "blank look" and said "What do you mean?", I replied, "When I was here last, in 1962, (way before this kid was born) the entrance was over there!"</div>
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Off to Praestoe (Præstø), the small city, but nevertheless a city, through the little villages of Oen (Island) Smidstrup and Lundegaarde. I always rode my bike this route when I worked at Nielsen d.y and efterfoelger, a true hardware which was almost at the corner of Adelgade and Torvegade. Right on the corner was a grocery store. Præstø is where my parents built a house after I went to sea, a house I got to visit a total of 5 times between what would have been early 1963 and 1989. After my mother died and my father could not longer care for himself the house was sold. I was tempted to go and knock on the door but decided not to, since the people now living there would probably say "Who?" when I told who I was. I regret that I didn't take any pictures, but then that house was never really home to me, it was the place where my parents and two younger brothers lived. </div>
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We toured the town, including the cemetery where my parents ashes are, main street, the hardware store where I had a job after school for one year, and my favorite place, the little harbor. Again, we must have been unfocused because there are no pictures. At the little harbor we saw a nice 40 or so foot long sailboat from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and a couple sitting in the cockpit. I asked them, kind of jokingly if they had perhaps made a wrong turn to the right coming out of the Panama Canal and they laughed and said yes. He was Canadian but his wife was from a small town just outside of Præstø. Here are a few links to information about Præstø.</div>
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<a href="http://www.maplandia.com/denmark/storstrom/prasto/praesto/">http://www.maplandia.com/denmark/storstrom/prasto/praesto/</a><br />
<a href="http://www.visitmoen.com/ln-int/denmark/praesto-kirke-gdk615873">http://www.visitmoen.com/ln-int/denmark/praesto-kirke-gdk615873</a><br />
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Præstø is also know as Gøngernes By - the City of the Gønger, which was a group of Danish rebels that defended the eastern coast of Denmark against raiders from Sweden. Their chief was from Præstø.<br />
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Now it is time to go along the coast of Praestoe fjord <a href="http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pr%C3%A6st%C3%B8_Fjord">http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pr%C3%A6st%C3%B8_Fjord</a> and have a quick look at Nysø Slot (Castle). <a href="http://www.panoramio.com/photo/64579899">http://www.panoramio.com/photo/64579899</a><br />
<a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Nys%C3%B8_(Pr%C3%A6st%C3%B8_Sogn">http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Nys%C3%B8_(Pr%C3%A6st%C3%B8_Sogn</a>)<br />
Since we also drove by Lindersvold, which in my young age was a convalescent home for boys, and I was there twice, receiving all of its funding from the sale of Easter Seals, <a href="http://www.panoramio.com/photo/11146738">http://www.panoramio.com/photo/11146738</a> (in the photo on the link is the mainbuilding. To the right of entrance door was the apartment of the Headmaster, his wife and two lovely daughters. To the left was the large dining room. Upstairs were dormitories for the boys. In the wing to the left were classrooms and teacher apartments.) Later it became a school for troubled children of broken marriages, and now I do not know what it is.<br />
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Those two stops out of the way we have to look at Vindbyholt Kro (Vindbyholt Inn) in the village of the same name, not including Kro. The earliest written reference to the village appears to be in 1387. The inn received its royal charter 1584 (almost 200 years before the American Colonies declared independence). It burned a number of times and was rebuilt in the original style. From what I can gather on the internet is that it is now closed and the buildings were sold at auction. With the kro gone a piece of Danish history is gone.<br />
<a href="http://www.evas-postkort.dk/Faxe?ElmPhotoID=480560">http://www.evas-postkort.dk/Faxe?ElmPhotoID=480560</a><br />
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And now on to Faxe, the city of my birth and the home of a old friend from school, Bent and his wife Anne. Bent and I became good friends and have remained in semi contact over the years. He was one year ahead of me in school and completed school earlier but started working on a farm very near to where we lived so we kept up the contact. For the young people reading this post you have to remember this was long before cell phones, the internet, facebook, twitter, and other social media. In the village of Bregninge where I grew up there were probably less than ten homes with telephones; the carpenter shop had a phone, the school had a phone, the grocery coop had a phone, the kobmand forretning had a phone, the butcher shop had a phone, and a few of the farms. So in order to reach someone it was by mail or by, in my case, getting on the bicycle, to go see them. Later Bent went to work as an apprentice to learn the baking trade, but said he couldn't handle the flour dust and was tempted to eat his wages in the Danish pastry that was being made. Eventually he went to work for and retired from Faxe Bryggeri (Faxe Brewery).<br />
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Bent claims that he was never tempted to drink his wages in the good beer being brewed but didn't mind the discounts being offered to the employees.<br />
Over the years we would correspond from time to time, and each time I returned to Denmark we would make met just to catch up. In 1975, in 1989 and now in 2007. We find the house and have a great time just talking and once again catching up. <br />
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First a few links to Faxe, also spelled Fakse, is a very old town. The name means "horse mane" in Old Norse. I know there is a very old school building in Faxe, dating to sometime in the early to mid 1500's but I can't find link to it.<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fakse">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fakse</a><br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faxe_Church">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faxe_Church</a><br />
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Then it is off together to sightsee; first to Faxe Kalkbrud, a very large limestone quarry, which I only saw once as a child on a school trip. <br />
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From Faxe Kalkbrud we are off to Stevns Klint which is a cliff on the Baltic with a church, or the remains of a church, at the edge. A large piece of the church plunged into the Baltic in 1928 when a piece of the cliff collapsed. </div>
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The link below this line has some before and after photos.<br />
<a href="http://www.bibliotek.stevns.dk/Kulturliv/Det-store-skred-paa-Stevns-Klint-fredag-den-16-marts-1928/Billeder-af-Hoejerup-Kirke-foer-og-efter-det-store-skred.aspx">http://www.bibliotek.stevns.dk/Kulturliv/Det-store-skred-paa-Stevns-Klint-fredag-den-16-marts-1928/Billeder-af-Hoejerup-Kirke-foer-og-efter-det-store-skred.aspx</a><br />
Here are our photos from the same location;<br />
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The "balcony" to the right is out over the cliff.</div>
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We are enjoying the view in what used to be the sanctuary.</div>
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The rescued remains of the altar piece.</div>
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The upper portion of the altar piece.</div>
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The hymn on the day that the end of the church fell down the cliffs.</div>
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Mosaics or wall decorations from the Catholic period.</div>
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The nave of the church looking out into space.</div>
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Notice the curve worn in the floor over the centuries.</div>
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The intricately carved entrance door.</div>
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Again the curve worn into the stone floor.</div>
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The steps leading to the bottom of Stevns Klint.</div>
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The end of the church building right on the edge.</div>
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Anne, Norma and Bent on the step of Stevns Klint.</div>
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Norma looking out over the Baltic.</div>
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At the waters edge at Stevns Klint.</div>
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A neat little restaurant I can't remember where but the view is fantastic; one can see Sweden and the bridge that goes to Sweden, so I am going out on a limb here and say that it must have been "Restaurant Udsigten" (Restaurant the View) located at Kystvejen 238, Stroeby 4671, Denmark, but I could be wrong.</div>
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The food is superb as is the beer, the Danes are as good as the Germans when it comes to beer making. The company is the greatest.</div>
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Bent and Anne</div>
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Yours truly and Norma</div>
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After dinner in the court yard of the restaurant.</div>
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The time has come to head back to Frank and Lone's house, and we are worried that they may be thinking we are only using their house as a "pit stop", a place to sleep and hang our clothes. Since the last few days have been very busy we have to do nothing tomorrow and spend the day with them.</div>
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Another fantastic day has come to a close. More to follow in the next post.</div>
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