A brilliant

couple of days.


On Wednesday Kristian and I decided to go away for the day. We decided to go back to the place where  he grew up - the Island of Fyn. We packed a picnic and of the two of us set. (Again it was just us two, the kids had other plans. Sara was working and Andrew was hanging out with his friend Thomas. Leah was still at camp!) 

We had a great day. We started by having a picnic down in the southern part of the island. Then we drove up to the little village where Kristian grew up. We visited the special tree that´s in his village. When he was a wee boy he play underneath the tree, hopping from stone to stone. (Believe me nothing has changed, he was still doing that on Wednesday! haha) 

 

We went to see his old childhood home.....

 Then we walked across the playing fields to his granny´s house (which you can see below) There was an old couple sitting in the garden and we said hello to them. It turned out that Kristian knew them and so we were invited in to see his granny´s old house.

 Close to Kristian´s home there was a farm. When he was a boy he spent nearly every waking minute of the day there. He loved being with the cows, or riding the bulls (really!!) or driving the tractors (yes, even as a young boy he was driving tractors around the place!) You can see the farm below....

 We then headed to a place where he would go with his family to enjoy the beach. 

    Kristian´s sister Signe and her husband were staying in a summer house in this wee town so we arranged to visit them for coffee, but before that we fancied a Danish hot dog....yummie. We found a hot dog place and enjoyed our hotdogs while overlooking the sea. 

 We arrived at Signe and Kim´s around 8pm as planned and we had a really cosy evening with them. The summer house was old and cosy and the view from it was fantastic. 

 Kristian loves Fynsk Brunsviger, a special cake that you get over on the Island of Fyn. I have never been wild about it but Kristian always told me that was because I had never tried the REAL Fynsk Brunsviger, well he was right. Signe and Kim had bought some from the bakery and I am now also WILD about it. It was delicious. 

 We had planned to drive from Signe and Kim´s place around 10pm but Signe suggested that we stay the night as they had a couple of extra bunks, bedclothes, clothes, in fact everything we needed even down to two new toothbrushes. We took them up on the offer, we thought it was a great idea and so we stayed the night. That meant we could use Thursday to explore more of the island. 

Thursday morning we were up early.We had a lovely breakfast with Signe and Kim before heading out to see more of Denmark. We drove further north and went to a place called Fyns Head. We walked for about an hour around the place. The nature was wonderful. The weather wasn´t the best but we enjoyed the walk anyway.

 We drove around a bit just enjoying the scenery before ending in Odense, the third biggest city in Denmark. This is the city where Hans Christian Andersen was born so of course we had to go and see his house. We then spent the rest of the afternoon shopping.

 Around 8pm we decided it was time to head home. As we got closer to home it started to rain but the sun set was fantastic. There was a weird, but beautiful red glow on the motorway. We arrived home   tired but content. We really had a wonderful couple of days away.

Then this morning I had to be up early. I had arranged with my boss that I would go in and help with some things at work. I first start back to work on Wednesday of next week but there were some things needing done before the office people started back on Monday. I didn´t mind going in today, it now means I can use those hours sometime later on.

Leah´s music camp ended today. She had a brilliant time!  We went to her concert this evening....it was brilliant. They are really talented kids....all of them! 

There were all sorts of groups and bands. You could sign up for the group of your  choice. If you played an instrument you could bring that along and be a part of a band for the week.   Leah signed up for the gospel choir and solo group. She did well! She had a fantastic camp.  Not only did she have fun singing but she also had a great time spiritually. Her faith was built up.

Below is a video clip from the concert. They sang some really lovely quiet songs but there was also times when they rocked the place!! The video clip is mostly of Leah´s solo group and choir although the last few clips are of some of the bands......