Wednesday July 11, 2007
We found ourselves in Denmark today, at the northernmost tip of the Danish peninsula, where two seas (the Skagerrak and the Kattegat) meet.
We’d dropped anchor off the lovely little town of Skagen (pronounced ‘Skayin’), famous for its squat yellow houses capped with orange tile roofs … its multiple lighthouses … and its migrating sand-dune (the Rabjerg Mile, which is being blown eastward at a rate of some 50 feet a year). Half-buried under all this drifting sand is a 14th century church. (The congregation had to dig their way into the church during the 18th century, and eventually gave it up as a bad job.) Today only the tower is left – and this morning, after clambering over the sand-dune, we did some photo-taking at the ancient site.
Then, for a bit of madness, we all packed into a tractor-driven bus – the ‘Sandormen’ (sandworm) for a bumpy ride along the beach to the sandspit where those two oceans (Atlantic and Baltic) collide. Some of us even braved the chilly water to put a foot in both currents – great fun!
TOMORROW: “Wonderful, wonderful Copenhagen, friendly old girl of a town.” So stay tuned …
Yours bloggedly – JOHN
Sounds like you’re having a good time. Weather here has been interesting with even more wind than usual coming from the east. Lost the trailer off the end of the drive as well as one of the big pittosporums by the wood shed. Apparently even Luby could hear the storm and spent the night puffing the house out.
Other news, Briar can run now as well as say “hey, dont”.
TTFN
dear grandma and gtrandpa have you had a lovely time i time i went to a lightouse and i went to the museum birar has been too love fmom macauley.
Hi John& Robyn ..A Big HELLO To Bev,Claire & Dave….. Well u people sound as though your having a great time. You are now in my family history time…. Oh! How I wish I was sooooo there…..The weather is not being kind tooooo people up in the North Island….. So…. Please Bring back WARM WEATHER…. Yes I know I keep asking for that…..GREAT PHOTOS John and keep the stories coming….Its so good to blog on and catch up with your travels….. Hope Bev & Co are not giving you toooo much grief????????? Travel well and have heaps of FUN……………..
Ta Ta for Now…..Karen in Christchurch
Bev Ryan, Hi friend, been following your epic journey and boy am I envious especially as our weather is the pits. Hope you are having the time of your life and watching the waistline mind you how anyone in their right mind could resist all that lovely food and drink beats me.
Cheerio for now love. Myra
Brrrrrr looks cold I have to say … Mind you tis not that great here either – cold, wet & very gray today – eeeeeek. Need to hop in the spa and heat up the bones. No complaints though – life is sweet – Rons adorable as usual – although he did nearly kill himself surfing the other day – landed on his board, but with his face instead of his feet. Got his ‘F’s muddled I think. Smashed his nose and upper lip and is going to look a bit black & blue for a bit I suspect. No permanent damage though – thankful for that. Taj is happy – still eating and sleeping for the majority of the time – but soooo cute. Looking forward to your home coming. Luv & Hugz me xx