A Visit to Denmark

Jay and I took advantage of a four day weekend to visit the country of Denmark. We started our trip on the west side of the country. We were able to take some time looking at the North Sea. We saw lots of ships and busy ports. Unfortunately, it rained most of the time, so we didn't walk around a lot. On Sunday, we traveled across two islands to reach the capital city of Copenhagen. In order to get to the city, we had to cross a ten mile long bridge. Once we crossed it, we had to go through a toll booth. Jay pulled out his loose coins and much to our amaze, we ended up paying $40 to cross the brigdge. Yikes!!! The entire country was extremely expensive. We spent $25 at McDonalds. We were trying to go cheap and it didn't work. We also spent $30 on a medium pizza. At least it tasted good. In Copenhagen, we walked around looking at several of the canals. The city is full of them. Jay really enjoyed looking at all of the boats. We went through a Hans Christian Andersen Museum and were able to see several of his stories. We also went through the Guiness Book of World Records. The museum had a lot of hands on activities, so we had a lot of fun in there. We traveled to Odense on Monday, hoping it would get cheaper. Unfortunately, that didn't happen. This is the home town of H.C. Andersen. They had several museums for him here. We took off for home on Tuesday morning. After an eight hour drive, we finally reached our apartment. It was a long trip, but we are glad we had the chance to go!

H.C. Andersen statue

Jay being a race car driver.

One of the many canals.

The 10 mile long bridge.