Hotel Hesselet Nyborg

... 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.

... 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 ...

This is the little village that Stee's great-great grandfather lived in before he immigrated to the United States. Him and his parents departed from Copenhagen aboard an emigrant ship in the 1860’s set for New York's immigrant base, Castle Garden. He was only a young man during the voyage and his father died, age 46, while at sea. Him and his mother continued the voyage, and the trip to the American West without him.

What an incredibly different story the two men have had.

... br>Here’s a shout out to my mother, Carol… After the sale, more rest was required (I’m telling you, it was crazy!). Then Bernie and Steph decided to go play some bingo. It was a good thing they did. Steph won 2 games in a row! Bernie was worried that the players who have been with bingo the whole cruise may hurt our little Steph when she was getting rather close to winning the jackpot, but alas that did not pan out. With Steph’s ...

... I thought about inclusion and schooling; my American bias and understanding of inclusion contributed to my feeling of uneasiness with their deliberate segregation of the two populations of people. There are no right or wrongs in educational practices but I did feel as though it was rather limiting to stay in such a self-sustaining community.

While this aspect of Danish schooling might conflict with my beliefs I am impressed by the ...

... horas com "El Comandante". Muito bom por sinal. Recomendo para todos que queiram entender um pouco mais da historia dessa ilha. Eh sempre bom ter um pouco de informacao vinda do outro lado. Praticamente tudo que eu ouvi ate hoje sobre cuba vinha do ponto de vista dos Estados Unidos que, por sinal, eh o mesmo que a midia brasileira (e consequentemente a maior parte do povo) reflete. O outro livro eh sobre o fim da era do "livre mercado". A ideia eh debater a falta de ...

... today. The Nyborg railway station, unlike those in other Danish towns I had visited before, not only wasn't in the town centre, but wasn't in the town at all. When I got off the train and left the railway station building, I found myself on a car park behind which on all sides were - meadows. Except where a road cut through them. Only in the northern direction, at least one kilometre away, one could see woods, not too tall, and behind it a steeple. It was my ...

... We asked them if we could take their picture and all of a sudden they all wanted to be in the picture. They all spoke perfect English and told us that this was a day of celebration since school was over for the year. They had completed 9th grade and this was like a class picnic. We took note of how open and joyful and expressive young people are and how they radiated it so that we were uplifted to ...

... I recommend a listen to her music. After a long drive to Denmark we had a couple of days in Kikhavn, a very old farming village on the coast. We had a great couple of days walking along the coast, swimming and exploring - I feel in love with the old thatched cottages and rural landscape. The beach was not too bad (of course never as good as Ozzie beaches) and we swam with these clear jelly fish which were harmless (unlike the stingy red ones in Norway).

... rock bands, the same flyers for shows we went to together, the same stacks of comics and photos and books on movie making. His sister Kit visited, and she is sweet and humorous, and I am glad to see her. I am "one of the family," Fred says, "and always will be." I spoke with Peter on the phone about meeting in Copenhagen. He has only a few days before he leaves to the US ...