Brobyvaerk Kro - Brobyvaerk Odense

... speaking is something that many fear more than death itself. Up With People wants us to become strong, confident leaders and that includes speaking with conviction and pride. We had a prepare a 2-minutes speech: either instructional or message-based.

I taught my group how to make an origami ship :)

It was great to see the huge, obvious strides that those ...

... great Danish sweets, and I bought my wonderful sister her Christmas present (or at least part of it!). See Alyson? I didn't forget about you! :)

After regional learning, we returned to our show facility and rehearsed for our Friends and Family show. We had over 300 people in attendance including many alumni! And our lone Danish student, Katrine, attracted quite a crowd as well! :)

The show was absolutely hilarious. For us anyway. It started off ...

Hello from Odense, Denmark!

We are only here for about 2 days. We just arrived, have shows on Thursday and Friday, and then leave on Saturday morning for Sweden! Woah! What a whirlwind of travel! 3 countries in one week!

AND I have some great news! My travel blog received an award from TravelPod.com as one of the top ten best travel blogs on the network! Yes! I just got the email today!

Today (Wednesday ...

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 ...

... for both adults & kids. Enjoyed the working Viking village with actors living in Ribe very much. Including a working Viking Blacksmith & potter. Its all done very well & not over priced. Reenactments of Viking skirmishes were very good & they really go for it! kids always love that bit. Sailed out on the fiord at Roskilde & even got to help rowing the boat as crew. saw the Jelling stone ...

... we thought was interesting is that there are over 200 places in Copenhagen where you can use a free bike to travel around the city. You just put in a 20 Krone deposit which you get back when you return it to any of the cities bike racks. Over 35% of the population of Copenhagen use their bike as their main transportation. That’s a lot of bikes on the road!

We are embarrassed to admit our children ...

... ball. The fairway has obstacles you kick your ball through before you try to kick it into an oversized golf hole. Here we found another example of the trusting Danes. There is no one is take your money, just a stand with info., scorecards, and an envelope to put your money in. Not knowing this was how it worked, we had to find someone to get change for us which she left in the stand before we had even paid. The Danish have been very kind ...

...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 :-)

... n. A Cophenague llegamos gracias a un tren que cruza Dinamarca de punta a punta, puesto que su capital se encuentra en la isla más grande y a la vez más próxima de Suecia. Esta isla la llaman Sjaelland. Técnicamente no es la más cercana a Suecia, hay una mas cercana como es Oresund, que da nombre al puente que une estos dos paises, el cual se trata del segundo más largo del mundo (16 kilómetros).

... resembled Odense the w*y it once must h*ve been. From there, it w*s not * long h*ul to Overstræde, *nd then right behind the corner one of the most signific*nt, but on the f*ce of it *lso most inconspicuous houses in Odense w*s situ*ted - the house where Mr.H.C. w*s born. Or H*ns Christi*n Andersen hus, *s the D*nes put it. P*inted in yellow, I would pl*ce * bet th*t it looks much better tod*y th*n it did b*ck then, two hundred ye*rs *go, when H.C. w*s born. By the time I *rrived, it w*s ...