We have been traveling so much, that today, we decided to vacation!! There is a subtle difference between vacation and travel, but travel is definitely harder. Travel involves eating what is in the refrigerator, taking self-narrated walking tours, and carrying your own luggage. (The cold showers and unstable toilet facilities has helped us feel even more like travelers than usual:)
But today, we went on vacation!!! We sat in an elegant little cafe' in Aarhus, ordered a $30 sandwich, put chocolate pieces in our hot cappuccino and shared a double chocolate brownie muffin. Wow, it was luxurious. Then we strolled down the charming streets, window shopping and taking a little "vacate" from life.
It felt so good, that after a little serious travel, that included, taking a self-guided tour of Aarhus, climbing down into an 11th Century crypt, and searching out "Bog Man" from the Iron Age, we found a water-front town called Middelfart and continued our vacation with a huge burger (at a huge price) and a Corona, just like home.
Can you see Aarhus Bay behind me? The beautiful bridge and the outdoor eating,
reminded us of California, except for the 16 Degree Centigrade temperatures and rain. We took shelter inside.
Now for a little back-tracking...The town we are in is called Veflinge, I just realized it yesterday. Our house is visible from the main road to Morud and Odense, which are both bigger places than Veflinge. So it has been a bit of a mystery.
Also, we have not only exchanged houses, we have also exchanged cars, bugs, pets, plants and problems. So we have a great little car that takes us everywhere and we hope that Ulla and Lief are getting used to the hybrid.
They have Tango to bother them at night, we have the mosquitoes.
They have 100 degree heat, we have cool nights and a heating system that decided to take a short vacation. Just kidding, Brian and Martin have been great and all systems are go. We have been very, very comfortable here despite the little glitches.
We have spent most of our time touring around the island of Funin and today went to the island of Jutland. We feel like we have really had a great chance to get to know the lesser known, but more beautiful, parts of Denmark. I included a shot of Long Lake, this was yesterday and it could have been our last glimpse of the sun. This is just a few minutes from our Danish house.
We will definitely miss the luxury of schedule-less days and quiet evenings, but we look forward to packing up this weekend and visiting Tommy in Hamburg and Irene in Berlin. After that, it is anyone's guess. Gene and I will arm wrestle for first choice:)
Cheers from the travelers,
Carol
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