Skibhus Bed & Breakfast Odense

Only 30 minute trip from Copenhagen. Nice little place to spend the night. Did alot more than I expected. Saw the museum on H.C Anderson, which had his original manuscripts. A very interesting man and very ugly- that is what inspired him to write the Ugly Duckling. Saw Sankt Knuds Kirke which is a ...

OK so there's only 8.3 Danish krone to the pound & and we had 3 kids so we always new Denmark was going to be punishingly expensive. However it was worth going, most museums have either cheap entry or low price for kids. Just returned from the Viking open air village in Ribe (Jutland) & the buried ship museum at Ladby in Funen (Fyn). Also the viking ship museum in Roskilde (Sealand).All places were very ...

... We thought it was really neat how a very smart parent started the tradition of helping children to get rid of their soothers by taking them to the park and tying them to a tree. The tradition must be quite popular as the tree was overflowing with soothers.

When we arrived the Kristensen’s showed us around the cottage and lake. We’re guessing they must have been reading the blog as we were greeted with ...

Today we spent most of the day relaxing at the cottage. Luc and I went for a nice canoe ride in the morning - the water here is unbelievably clear! We saw crab and fish! we then went for a quick swim with dad too! We read our books, went shopping at a bakery -- yes, I am sure they have never seen a few people buy so much, but their pastries are so darn good!! we went a bit out of control!!

We have again, never eaten so many pastries/breads/cheeses in our life!

We went ...

... 40 minutes away. It was a beautiful castle to visit, with a moat and all! There were gorgeous gardens of all kinds. We visited the Castle, and also the adjoining museums (veteran car museum, motorcycle museum, grocery museum, etc.) We also did a maze made of hedges which was surprisingly very difficul! Then the four of us walked through a tree top path! It was really fun! :)

I forgot to mention earlier ...

... dressing up in the costumes!

Staying here really has solidified our decision to swap houses. You really get to meet some great people and live in communities that give you a sense of how people really live. We love hearing what people have enjoyed about Canada and the funny stories about the differences between our countries. We have gotten many laughs at our own expense trying to figure out certain things that are different ...

... 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.

When I woke up *nd opened the hotel room window, it w*s r*ining outside. P*ssers-by under their umbrell*s, r*indrops on the surf*ce of the w*ter c*n*l *long Abulev*rden, th*t w*s wh*t I could first see on Mond*y morning. However, by the time I h*d my bre*kf*st *nd checked out, the r*in stopped, so I didn't need to worry if I would get wet on my w*y to the r*ilw*y st*tion. For the first time *g*in *fter twenty five ye*rs, I w*s in * possession of *n Inter-R*il tr*in ticket. R*ilw*y network in ...

... Then, at a very very public party, the girl toasted to him something along the lines of, "To Andersen, whom I love like a brother." After the Andersen museum, we went to a town....constructed to look like a town in Andersen's time. It would have been more interesting had I not just been to the Open Air Museum which was much more well done and interesting. Then we went on a guided walk through ...

... for Nurnberg, Germany where we visited the original and largest Christmas market in Europe. We also went to the Nazi Documentation Museum which is in the Nazi Party Rally Grounds. That night we took a night train to Denmark from Nurnberg. We shared a compartment with a Dane, an Indian, and a Dane-English-German. It was a fun train ride and a nice way to travel through the night. We arrived in Odense, Denmark ...