This summer we all went to Denmark in a mobile-home. We rented this for two weeks and Toby & Terry were happy they could join us.
We started following the westcoast of Jutland (Ribe, Esbjerg, Thyborøn) all the way to the north (Skagen, Grenen, Sæby) and then back to the south through the center of Jutland (Hobro, Legoland Billund). Then we crossed Funen (Odense) to the east onto Zealand (Roskilde, Kopenhagen). After that we went southwards to the island Møn and then eastwards to Lolland where we took the ferry and left the country. A grand tour!
Toby & Terry were in high feather. They were all the time with us and there was a lot of time for walking. Sometimes they couldn't join us (ex. Legoland and citywalk Copenhagen), but these were grateful moments of rest for them. They also couldn't make the walk along the coast of Møn because we had to descent some hundred stairs for that. And climb them again too. They are too old for that.
Here are some pictures with a little explanation...
In Esbjerg we visited the monument "Mennesket ved Havet"
(Man meets the Sea) by the sculpturer Svend Wiig Hansen.
The 4 concrete figures are 9 metres tall.
The seashell house of Thyborøn is a real curiosity.
It is the work of the fisherman Alfred Petersen who, for more
than 25 years, decorated his house with thousands of seashells.
The Bulbjerg, the only bird cliff in Denmark, is a 47 m high
chalk cliff where the North Atlantic three-toed seagull mate.
We got a little lost during this walk.
Toby enjoyed the surroundings.
Grenen is the most Northwards point of Denmark. The beach forms a point
and it's possible to walk a lot further in the water.
Here the Skagerrak (left) and the Kattegat (right) meet. This can be seen clearly
when looking at the waves, they come from both sides and hit each other.
Some tourists were looking at Toby & Terry instead of the unique location.
At the entrance of the port of Sæby
we saw this lovely lady...
... who happended to be a mermaid at the back.
The statue is called "Fruen fra Havet" (Lady of the Sea).
Everywhere in Denmark these unmanned sell-points can be seen.
You pick what you want and pay the right price for it.
Close to Hobro we visited "Verdenskortet" (World map).
Toby & Terry are in Hungary on the picture above.
And here they are in Belgium. Close to Denmark.
Søren Poulsen, who made this world map, did this from 1944 until 1969.
The 'map' measures 45 by 90 metres.
In the harbour of Roskilde we saw some 'real' drakars.
It are not ancient boats, but recent seagoing replica's.
Elephants at the entrance of the Carlsberg brewery.
