A few shots from my trip to Denmark this summer. I spent most of my time with my (extended) family while there: my mother had invited our '19 closest relatives' to share a week a vacation home on the Danish north sea coast with us, as her way of celebrating her 60th birthday. We were blessed with wonderful weather and lots of fun family times.
Enjoying a Danish Hot Dog during a brief Copenhagen stint - Note the Danes claim to have invented the Hot Dog, maybe that is why it has such a Danish name... hmmm...
The world famous canals of Nyhavn (Copenhagen) - My great grandfather had a restaurant (or bar, that is still debated among family members -- I am leaning towards the bar version...) just a few yards from here. If only he had kept it... (this place is now one of the most expensive places in CPH to own/run a business).
Danes love icecream - this is one of the favorites: three scoops of ice cream, smothered in whipped topping, jam and a cream puff thingy.
Copenhagen harbor navigation aid.
Danish Queen Margrethe's Yacht "Dannebrog" - this shot is from Sønderborg (close to where my parents live) which the Queen traveled to as part of her summer vacation. I did she her, however she was ant-sized in my pictures, due to the distance.
We've hit the beach in northwestern Jutland (Danish Northsea) - this is what a tiny, traditional Danish beach resort looks like.
Ahhh, beach.
Heading out for a sunset walk.
Shopping time - "Palmer" are my favorite Danish candies, and they are not easy to come buy. I found just one store selling them in the 3 weeks i was there, hence the photo documentation.
Mom chilling at the cabin.
The Møller-Hansen Family dressed up and ready for my mother's formal celebration dinner, which was a fish and seafood buffet, needless to say, it was delicious.
A tad bit of 'culture': on the way out of the country we made a brief stop a the Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde - this is (was) a real Vikingship, made around year 750-800.
More facts about the good old vikings.
Finally, this is Kronborg, the castle in Helsingør/Elsinore where (according to Shakespeare) Hamlet lived (the real princess Hamlet or Hamled, if he did in fact exist, most likely lived in Jutland, roughly 1000 years before this castle was build...)
Enjoying a Danish Hot Dog during a brief Copenhagen stint - Note the Danes claim to have invented the Hot Dog, maybe that is why it has such a Danish name... hmmm...
The world famous canals of Nyhavn (Copenhagen) - My great grandfather had a restaurant (or bar, that is still debated among family members -- I am leaning towards the bar version...) just a few yards from here. If only he had kept it... (this place is now one of the most expensive places in CPH to own/run a business).
Danes love icecream - this is one of the favorites: three scoops of ice cream, smothered in whipped topping, jam and a cream puff thingy.
Copenhagen harbor navigation aid.
Danish Queen Margrethe's Yacht "Dannebrog" - this shot is from Sønderborg (close to where my parents live) which the Queen traveled to as part of her summer vacation. I did she her, however she was ant-sized in my pictures, due to the distance.
We've hit the beach in northwestern Jutland (Danish Northsea) - this is what a tiny, traditional Danish beach resort looks like.
Ahhh, beach.
Heading out for a sunset walk.
Shopping time - "Palmer" are my favorite Danish candies, and they are not easy to come buy. I found just one store selling them in the 3 weeks i was there, hence the photo documentation.
Mom chilling at the cabin.
The Møller-Hansen Family dressed up and ready for my mother's formal celebration dinner, which was a fish and seafood buffet, needless to say, it was delicious.
A tad bit of 'culture': on the way out of the country we made a brief stop a the Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde - this is (was) a real Vikingship, made around year 750-800.
More facts about the good old vikings.
Finally, this is Kronborg, the castle in Helsingør/Elsinore where (according to Shakespeare) Hamlet lived (the real princess Hamlet or Hamled, if he did in fact exist, most likely lived in Jutland, roughly 1000 years before this castle was build...)
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Palmen von Hans Riegel Bonn?
Die wuerd ich auch gern probieren ;)
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