Today was a highway day as we travelled from Copenhagen to Bremen, with many kilometres covered and being almost blown off the road by new Audis, BMWs and Mercedes as they zipped past us at what must have been at least 180 km per hour. There were 3 places of interest along the way. The first was Hans Christian Andersen's house in Odense in Denmark. His house is set in a gorgeous little village full of historic houses and cobbled streets. It was made even more authentic on this day with a street market. Then when we arrived in the central garden, we were delighted by a musical performance based on the most popular of his fairy tales.
H.C.Andersen's place was one of the more modest of the historic cottages.
There was a stage set up in the garden, which was decorated with characters among the flower beds.
The performance was in Danish, of course.
These were some of the old buildings set around a cobbled square in the older area of Odense, which would have been used as a market.
We stopped for lunch in Flensburg, which is a port city in northern Germany.
This was a tiny house in Flensburg - only one room wide. They look like doll's houses.
This is a windmill in Bremen, that is now a restaurant.
The old town of Bremen was a real surprise, with a huge, cobbled square lined with decorative buildings that looked very Flemish in style, which made it look a lot like Brussels, even though we were in Germany.
A highlight of course, was the statue of the Bremen Town Musicians, which is a fairy tale by the brothers Grimm. Click on the link below for the story.
Read the story of the Bremen Town Musicians here -
http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/grimm027.html
That was lucky being at HC Andersen's place at the time of a show. The buildings in Europe are fascinating. I remember the Bremen town musicians story. You sure are doing some miles but a good way to see the countries.
ReplyDeleteI went to teachers college with a girl who married a Dane and has lived in Denmark ever since. She learnt Danish and taught there too. She has children and grandchildren there but her own family are from the Sunshine Coast.