EuroTrip: August 2009

This is the area outside the church which has a park and statue of Hans Christian Andersen.
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The Church

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I don't know how well you can see this but this is the kings brother and the story of his death.
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The neighborhood near the HCA area. We walked through here and looked at shops. One was a dollhouse shop where you could buy the most amazing little furniture. We also have become fans of the things and stuff' shops which have the most fascinating trinkets in them. It would be like taking all of the fun things you find inside antique shops and putting them in one store. They are so much fun to look through. (the picture of a sign reads things and stuff)
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This is next to the HCA museum
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Hans Christian Andersen

This is the neighborhood that his house is in, the house itself, and Jorgen and I in front of it.
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The king
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Today's Events

Today we first went to the electronics store before doing anything else because I blew out my converter last night while trying to straighten my hair (and when I say blow out, I mean there was smoke and the entire converter melted...) after we had that all taken care of, Jorgen took us to downtown Odense, where we got to see Hans Christian Andersen's house (in case you don't know, he is the author of many favorite childhood stories ,such as the little mermaid, the ugly duckling, and thumbalina). We also visited the church which was built around 1400. In this church both the king and his brother were killed and their bodies are buried within the church. It was magnificent!

Today Jorgen also told me about how he loves lemon meringue pie and about how they do not sell it here, so of course I made him one for tomorrow's dessert. And speaking of sweets, I had the most amazing hot chocolate today! It was a cup of steamed milk with a chocolate (dark of course!) jabbed at the end of a stiring rod that you melted into the milk and a whole other cup full of whipped cream. Mmmmmm.
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At the beach

Jorgen took us to the place where Ruth used to work, which is on a beautiful beach overlooking the bridge from Fyn to Sjaeland. The bridge itself is the third longest in the world and we will be taking it later this week to visit the rest of the family.
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Next Stop, the Castle

Jorgen then took us to a castle in Nyborg, which translates to 'New Castle'. And of course he took us on the scenic route. Pictured below are the huge hay bales we saw that we lined up as far as you could see. Also pictured is the moat that surrounds the castle and village, the tunnel that you drive through after crossing the moat, the big doors that used to be closed to protect the village from intruders, the castle and lake, and pics of the village itself (which people still live in today). It was beautiful!
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Nyborg Castle Pictures

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More Pictures of the Nyborg Town that Surrounds the Castle

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A trip to Kerteminde

This was the first town that Jorgen took us to today. While there we enjoyed homemade ice cream with a meringue like mixture on top and a common danish pastry (which I can't remember the name of but it is the flaky long pastry with icing drizzled over the top and filled with marzipan and nougat pictured below in the pastry pics-it was amazing). We also visited a quaint little store that had all sorts of fun little knick knacks like doll house furniture, cabinet pulls, baskets, danish signs, etc. We also drove around the neighborhoods and drooled over the absolutely adorable rows of houses.
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