Denmark Trip - Part 4
After visiting Henning and Bodil, we went to visit Mette and Søren who live on the island of Møn--about 2 hours from Copenhagen. They just finished building their new house there--they had started moving in about three weeks earlier. We also saw Mathies, Kristen, L. and R. again, because L. was coming to stay with Mette and Søren for a few days.
We went to Møns Klint--the cliffs of Møn--and the kids looked for interesting stones and fossils. Waveboy found a piece of fossilized squid tentacle. We came back to the house, and the kids ran through the wheat field right next to Mette and Søren's yard. Often, the only way we knew where they were was by the unusual bending of the wheat.
The next morning was Waveboy's birthday, and he started off the day with a swim in the sea. At breakfast, Mette placed little wooden Danish flags around his plate--a Danish birthday custom. Mette gave him a glass fish she had made (she's a glassmaker.) Later, he made a dinosaur picture out of glass pieces, and Mette told him she would fire it for him. We also looked around at Søren's studio--he's a photographer and painter. Their studios are in part of the barn from the original farm, and the views are lovely.
Unfortunately, we don't have pictures from this part of the trip, because we used Waveboy's camera, which we appear to have lost. Not his fault.
From Mette and Søren's, we went directly to Legoland. Legoland was a big hit with both Waveboy and Waterboy.
Waveboy took the Legoland Driving Test. He drove carefully . . .
filled up the car with expensive Danish benzin [gas] . . .
and got the car washed at the Bilvask [Danish for "car wash"].
He drove well enough to pass the test and get his Legoland Driver's License.
One of the interesting things about this ride is that all of the children put a lego flag of their home country in the windshield of the car so that the people running the ride know what language to use when talking to the children. It was interesting listening to the attendent with the microphone give instructions and encouragement to the children in at least six different languages--things like "Good job car 14!", "Watch out for the stop sign, car 22!"
We went to Møns Klint--the cliffs of Møn--and the kids looked for interesting stones and fossils. Waveboy found a piece of fossilized squid tentacle. We came back to the house, and the kids ran through the wheat field right next to Mette and Søren's yard. Often, the only way we knew where they were was by the unusual bending of the wheat.
The next morning was Waveboy's birthday, and he started off the day with a swim in the sea. At breakfast, Mette placed little wooden Danish flags around his plate--a Danish birthday custom. Mette gave him a glass fish she had made (she's a glassmaker.) Later, he made a dinosaur picture out of glass pieces, and Mette told him she would fire it for him. We also looked around at Søren's studio--he's a photographer and painter. Their studios are in part of the barn from the original farm, and the views are lovely.
Unfortunately, we don't have pictures from this part of the trip, because we used Waveboy's camera, which we appear to have lost. Not his fault.
From Mette and Søren's, we went directly to Legoland. Legoland was a big hit with both Waveboy and Waterboy.
Waveboy took the Legoland Driving Test. He drove carefully . . .
filled up the car with expensive Danish benzin [gas] . . .
and got the car washed at the Bilvask [Danish for "car wash"].
He drove well enough to pass the test and get his Legoland Driver's License.
One of the interesting things about this ride is that all of the children put a lego flag of their home country in the windshield of the car so that the people running the ride know what language to use when talking to the children. It was interesting listening to the attendent with the microphone give instructions and encouragement to the children in at least six different languages--things like "Good job car 14!", "Watch out for the stop sign, car 22!"
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