Last Couple Weeks In Denmark

Our family in front of Egskov castel on the island of Fyn. The castel is privatly owned - a rich guy actually lives in it! - but the grounds, nine museums and a portion of the castle are open to the public. There were three labyrinths there and we got quite lost in them! Sadly I also lost our new camera at this castle although we still had Mira's camera to use.

The climb (238 steps to the top) up a nearby lighthouse was incredible - especially crawling out through a shoebox sized door at the top to go out onto a tiny balcony overlooking the sea and only being guarded by a 4 foot high rail! I held onto the girls tight up there!

Shane, my sister Lissa and the girls begin the walk back down.

We enjoyed visiting Hjerd Hede, a nearby living museum with people in costume and getting to experience what a Danish village was like long ago. Our favorite part was the Stone Age settlement. While in Denmark we've visted a Middle Ages living museum, a viking living museum, and an 1800's and stone age museum.

The girls in the Tasinge church tower.

Mira on the street where Tirza lived as a child in Tasinge.

Tirza and Annah picking raspberries in the same garden where Tirza enjoyed picking peas as a three-year-old!

Fishing on Kirsten's (my dad's wife) family lake. Shane caught two rainbow trout! We had a wonderful picnic here and also picked cherries in their orchard.

The last couple weeks have been busy with lots of day trips to castles, beaches, lighthouses, farms, living museums and nearby towns. We also spent a couple days on a tiny Danish island called Tasinge and stayed in the same home where Tirza lived with her parents as a young child - an old timber framed house built in the 1800's. We stayed in the guest cottage in the back garden and "enjoyed" being woken by the garden rooster at 3:30 am each morning (it starts getting light early in Denmark and the sun doesn't set until after 10 pm).

We leave on Friday to return to Oregon. It has been a very eventful yet relaxing trip and we are so grateful for the opportunity to spend an entire month here!