Esbjerg
Travel Blogs from Esbjerg, Denmark
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Crisis averted - Kenny saves the day
The old van didn't want to start this morning. Over and over it kicked but she wouldn't fire. Eventually I flooded it. Years ago when we were broken down in a campsite in the Loire Valley in France (what a lovely place to break down in), we were talking ...
Last night of comfort
After our last british pub meal Dans parents dropped us off at Harwich ferry port for the overnight ferry to Esbjerg we had treated ourselves to a cabin for what was likely to be our last night of luxury for a while. Whilst drinking our extortionately ...
Day 7 - leaving Esbjerg
... then I got on the bus and waved goodbye to Alex and made my way to the airport to fly out of Denmark. I really enjoyed my time in Esbjerg, and my impression of Denmark is that it is a very clean, quiet and peaceful country, excellent for cyclists (there ...
Trip to Denmark
... Wittenberg. It was a real thrill, one she will never forget! On Monday we traveled toward Denmark and stopped in Schleiswig and then the small town of Gelding, Germany. Here we visited a church and ...
A hitch-hiking challenge starts... to Denmark
... ... it was nice to see her again and pretty enthousiatic too... I bought some postcard which I forgot to post anyway :( Back in Esbjerg we drove by the museum to see a Cachalot squeleton standing outside and after we went to the the 4 white men which ...
Day 3 - Deer park and town museum
... to the museum as entrance is free on Wednesdays. There are many interesting exhibitions in the museum showing what life in Esbjerg was like in the past, including reconstructions of streets and homes, and there is a reconstructed viking house and ...
The Start (Journey to Denmark)
... the next week. Upgrade also allowed us to have an exclusive cooked breakfast in a special section of the restaurant with no kids. In Denmark, leaving the boat was equally smooth - cars in front start driving, we drive and we're on dry land in another ...
Day 1 - Arrival in Esbjerg
Day One I arrived in Esbjerg at around midday. The airport is a small place with a shop and cafe. I took the bus into town from the stop outside, getting off at the train station (jernbane staion / banegård). There was an information post here with a ...
Day 5 - Esberg suburbs, Varde music festival
... get there as there is no access by foot along the main roads. Instead I walked through some of the residential areas of Esbjerg, looking at the homes, mostly single storey dwellings of interesting design. I met Alex again at the library and we took a bus ...
Day 2 - Art museum, water tower and Fanø island
... of binoculars to view the surrounding area from the top. I climbed the winding staircase, reading interesting information about water towers and Esbjerg along the way. From the top you can see far aroung, and inside the tower pictures point out sites of ...
Day 6 - Ribe viking town
... and a wood yard. Alex sat in a wooden tree-stump-seat in the woods and looked like an elf king! This was my last full day in Denmark. After looking around Ribe we all went back to Esbjerg and went our seperate ways and Alex and I made curry for ...
Day 4 - Big white statues, jazz club
... really smell!! Really fish oil pungent smell! I sat on the beach and looked out at Fano and some windmills (love wind power in Denmark) and saw a passing boat and did a couple of sketchy watercolours. That evening Alex took me along to a jazz club in the ...
Esbjerg/Harwich Ferry
... Esbjerg just in time to catch the ferry, maximizing our LegoLand time and following the advice of the tourist info folks in Veg that Esbjerg was to be missed. From what we could see, they appeared to be right. The overnight boat ride was a good change ...
Esbjerg
... spent at least half an hour in the shower each... it was heaven! And an extra bonus was the free internet!! Camping grounds in Denmark are remarkably set up and the people are just lovely! The next day we checked out Ribe, the oldest town in Denmark! ...
Vi mødtes lige udfor DFDS i Esbjeg havn
Vi pakkede Hanne & Lars's ting over i Vores bil og efterlod Lupo'en i ...
The beginning
What a funny start, we had our tickets and that was it when we landed we found a nice but very quite town or so we thought and went looking for a place to sleep.The underlying word to this trip was 'Cheep' (neather of us really had the money just the ...
First harbour
The days where long and full of chaotic sail maneuvers. The first harbour was Esbjerg but we only stayed there for a few hours to bunker some fuel for our ...
Back to the airport to leave
Probably could have spent some time here to explore more of the country, but had to get back for another company function and to prepare for my next trip to ...
The Statues on the Beach
One of the touristy things to see after business hours. Still haven't figured out exactly what these represent. They were built for the 100 year anniversary of the ...
Arrival in Denmark - picking up a new country!
Finally a new country to add to the list. It has been a while since I went somewhere new. Of course, I don't have time to spend extra days here on this short trip between London trips. And work is going to keep me busy. Hopefully I will be able to do ...
Some of the town on the walk back
I did actually go into a grocery store to see what things looked like over here. Of course, a lot of things looked different. The houses weren't exactly what I was expecting. Many more A-frame chalets than I ...
Sunset along the beach
At least there was a nice sunset, but it sure was a long walk back to the ...
Esbjerg
The Danish man that I shared my cabin with told me that the train station was no more than 1 Km from the ferry terminal so I wandered off towards the town once the ferry docked. I found a map but as it was in Danish and lacking the therefore essential ...
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