Home again.....

Yes, we are back home again after a lovely week away.

We were at a summer house on a wee island way up in the north of Denmark. 

We arrived at the summer house last Saturday afternoon. We had been making our way up to the house over a two day period. We had been staying in a few different hostels while travelling towards our main goal - the summer house.

Saturday morning saw us up bright and early. We had to be out of our room at the hostel by 10am. We drove up to the town centre and bought our breakfast. The weather was gorgeous! We sat in the sun and enjoyed freshly baked bread from the baker. 

We then were on our way further north. As we drove north we found ourselves suddenly in Paris!! Was there something wrong with our GPS?? Nope we were still in Denmark. A little later we came to a place called Rome. It was raining too much for us to stop and take a picture of the sign for Rome.

We had to collect the keys to the summer house on the ferry to the island. Before we drove to the ferry we thought it might be a good idea to stock up with some food, just in case there were no supermarkets on the island. We found a supermarket and bought enough food to last us a few days.

It was then off to the ferry. We were literally on the ferry about 3 minutes!! It is such a small piece of water between the mainland and the island.

When we arrived on Saturday afternoon it was rather cold. There was a stove fire in the house, but there was no wood. We found a wee shop at the harbour, which literally was wee! They sold only a few essential things and only one or two items of each thing. They had no firewood and they had no idea where we could buy fire wood. I asked everyone we met about firewood, but there was no firewood to be found. There was one small electric radiator in the living room but it gave hardly any heat. So Saturday evening found us all wrapped up in our duvets trying to keep warm.

Sunday was a bit of a warmer day. The sun was out when we woke and so Kristian and I decided to go and explore the island. It is only 7,5km long and 1,5km wide. We walked from our side to the other. The nature was beautiful. I found loads of wood on the other side of the island, now we were ready for the cold and rain if it came again.

 

Sunday afternoon was spent watching TV, reading, talking and just relaxing. Late afternoon we went a walk again. This time the kids came along.  After a good long fresh walk it was home to watch Friends, eat some good food and watch a film. 

  I was so glad that we bought food before we arrived on the island. There was nothing on the island. In a way it was just a bit too remote for us (or should I say me!). There was only that one  shop at the harbour. There was one restaurant but it was a little too expensive for us. I really thought there would be a small seaside town there. I missed having small shops, cafes and restaurants to visit.  I really thought there would be a little bit more life about the place but there really was nothing but nature! Now there is nothing wrong with nature, the nature there was beautiful but maybe I am just a city girl at heart! 

 Tuesday saw us on the mainland again. We needed more food. We visited a few different towns and as a treat had dinner at a local Italian restaurant which was more in our price range. We had a lovely evening out. 

The rest of the holiday we just enjoyed relaxing together, eating, chatting, playing games, and I enjoyed reading my 4 books! (No one else reads in this family!)  We watched loads of films too. All in all it was a lovely relaxing holiday, just being together as a family.