Showing posts with label WEEK 4. Show all posts
Showing posts with label WEEK 4. Show all posts

Sunday, June 15, 2008

15 June 2008: MAP


A scenic drive through Denmark.

Beautiful Denmark

A more direct drive from Juelisminde to Alborg could have been a quick drive on the Danish motorway. Instead, I decided to take a meandering route on local roads through the Denmark countryside. The weather was cool with a mix of sunshine & showers. The scenery was a mix of marshland, forests & fields.

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Denmark fields, forest & sky.

Denmark, stairs to a view.

Denmark clouds.

Denmark bridge.

Denmark Mooooooooooooo

Denmark cows, windmills & clouds.

Wildlife sanctuary.

A thatched roof building at a wildlife sanctuary.

Danish marsh bird.

A Danish cemetery in Alborg.

Saturday, June 14, 2008

14 June 2008: MAP


Dreilenden, Germany to Juelsminde, Denmark.

I've arrived in Denmark


Today was a driving day. I spent time on the internet this morning working on my itinerary for the next week. I want to go north into Norway to see the spectacular scenery of the fjords. I’m having difficulty finding hotels in the places I wanted to stay. It’s time to be flexible I have chosen alternate sites. It’s also a time for “sticker shock”too. It seems that hotels cost more in Scandinavia. After working at it this evening, I have hotels reserved up through June 20. I still had to deal with the “blitzen” German autobahn drivers, as I used these highways exclusively today. Funny though, when they get to Denmark, they are not so fast. The Danish police must enforce the speed limits here. I let my gas tank hit the empty zone because I did not have enough Danish money to fill it & I had some Euros I needed to spend before I left Germany. Usually there are many gas stations along the Autobahn, but I on a minor road near Hamburg wit none. Eventually, I found gas in a small town about 6 miles off the highway. I finally arrived in Juesminde a small town in Denmark.

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I’ve been staying in the Ibis Hotels when I can. They vary somewhat from location to location. The room in Fulda was exactly the same as the one in Berlin. It was like I never left Fulda.

This is a rare site in Germany now.
This old VW “Beetle”.
In fact I’ve rarely seen older cars of any kind in Europe.

My favorite German Highway sign.
“Ausfahrt” means exit.

Welcome to Denmark.
A “parking lot” traffic jam caused by road construction.

A clear highway under beautiful Danish sky.

Juelsminde, Denmark.

Juelsminde, Denmark.