Motel 59 Danmarks Transport Center
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Ready to take off..........
Så er det ENDELIG blevet tid til afrejse - bagagen er tjekket ind, pungen er fyldt med frisktrykte dollarsedler og morgenmaden er indtaget på behørig vis i den super flotte business lounge i Billund Lufthavn (man har vel forbindelser). Nu er der bare tilbage at glæde sig til turen og slappe lidt af - heldigvis forventes flyveren til Frankfurt ...
Exploring more of Denmark
... the town and along the waterfront, enjoying the architecture and flash waterfront houses on our way to the next design museum.
The Trapholt Design Museum is set on a hill overlooking an expansive lawn towards the harbour. The museum laid out different artist's work in each room. The best piece was by Annette Meyer, called 'Icon Dressed’. The work was 14 haute couture dresses from different periods made out of traditional Danish paper. The paper ...
Post-wedding lunch
Lots of food! I've met some neat people -- Jan and Helle, Lene's sister, Anders and Christina. Jan is a German teacher here in Denmark. I'm here at Lene's mum's place now, at a BBQ. We're off to Copenhagen tomorrow, heading straight to the airport. We fly out to London ...
Wedding
... in the floor, but there were nice wooden floorboards between them. The reception was a lot of fun. The dinner was very spread out; starters, then a speech, then a song, then a break, then the next course. The whole evening was in that same format. We didn't get to dessert until about 11:30. The songs were very good, very entertaining. There seem to be more traditions in a Danish wedding than a kiwi one: when the guests rap their ...
Old friends
... to the hotel room for a while. Later on, I went to dinner at Lene's parents' house. It's a lovely big place with a huge garden. The food was good -- lots of summer salads, and very slowly-cooked venison -- and we played a neat game of wooden sticks. They called it the Viking game, I don't remember the Danish name. I'll make a set when I get ...