Billesgade Bed & Breakfast Odense

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And we provided cookies and pretzels too. The guys showed their appreciation by grunting and banging their chests with their fists.

Thanks guys!

Well, I'm off to Sweden! Our final country (with the exception of a little joyride to Finland in 2 weeks!)

19 days left... 10 shows left...

Lots of memories to be made :)

... for Sweden already! Yikes! I feel like I just got here.

Oh wait. I did. Yesterday.

Just another day in the life of an Uppie :)

By the way, see you in 3 weeks! I can't wait! :)

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving with family and friends! Trust that, if you're reading this, you were on my mind today and that I was thinking of my wonderful and supportive family and friends! I miss you all :)

Be thankful :) I know I am!

... a white trailblazer with overly-stuffed suitcases... and ME! will be pulling into the Luebke driveway.

Get excited! I know I am :)

Oh! AND HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO EVERYONE! I probably won't be able to eat turkey and mashed potatoes tomorrow so I give everyone the option to go COMPLETELY WILD and eat for me.

And not to feel bad about it.

And to not step on the scale the next day.

:)

... with an extensive and beautiful 16th century altarpiece. Then I saw the place of H.C Andersons childhood. He was very poor and lived in a tiny house shared with five other families. The nice lady allowed me to go in for free because I had run out of Danish Krona. I am meeting Australians everywhere.

... and plans to go back for the hat trick. We've discovered many people have fresh vegetable and fruit stands at the end of their driveway. The people of Denmark are truly trusting. They just leave a cashbox or jar for you to leave your money in and you help yourself. We have enjoyed lots of fresh cherries and strawberries. We've also spent many hours jumping on the trampoline at the house and riding our bikes through the countryside. We were ...

...to Denmark.
The original plan was to drive all the way to Copenhagen and stay on a campsite there. But since it rained and rained and rained, we decided to stop earlier and have a good rest before heading to Copenhagen and meeting up with Laurents & Iris at the airport there. We were lucky and found a really nice campsite right at the beach with a view of the Storebaelt Bridge :-)

... the scenery!  We even stumbled upon an area of hammocks and another of roosters!  Besides getting to see the beautiful castle my favorite part was walking in the tree walk - bridges linked between the trees.  Of course with the giant shrubbery maze I couldn't help myself to pay tribute to the Goblet of Fire and take a picture like Cedric Diggory.  

After the castle we had a traditional Danish buffet and then road a boat on the water before heading back to Copenhagen.  Enjoy!

... of allowing children to exercise their universal right to play. We got to experience this in Odense since it was the birthplace of famed storyteller Hans Christian Andersen. We were fortunate to go to the H. C. Andersen museum and The Tinderbox, where the fairy-tales are brought to life. We also got to travel to Egeskov Castle and Gardens and explore the castle, its grounds, the museums, and even a series of bridges attached to the tops of trees.

... cultur*l herit*ge or something th*t merits *we simply by its sheer *ge. Even for * town like Odense, *lmost one thous*nd ye*rs older th*n Silkeborg, it w*s *lmost * newcomer. It w*s erected "only" in 1720 by the then king Frederik IV, so th*t he *nd his g*ng h*d * pl*ce to l*y their h*d down when they visited Odense. So th*t the bloke didn't feel like * homeless *nd dr*g himself *round the streets of *n unknown town. As * building, however, Odense Slot w*s pretty in the typic*l D*nish f ...

... rehearsal dinner". We also explored the town trying to get Hans birthday present. WE did manage to find a bakery and did not want to leave Denmark without having a real "Danish". We bought a lot of other pastries since we hadn't eaten all day. The out of town guests arrived (Anna, the artist from Malmo and her husband Lars) and also Tom, who was one of the Danish crew on Hans ship Kalinka when we were in Guatemala. We also met Hans sister, the neighbors from across the ...