I had a fun journey to the airport to get him. There are a few commuter rails here. The Regional trains, the S-tog and the metro. The metro opened up while we were living here the first time, so it is still new. Friday, a few new stations on one of the Metro lines were opening with the final destination being the airport. I thought I would take it for a change from taking the Regional Train. I got off at Nørreport station where I needed to run to a store for something and change from the S-tog to the metro line. When I got down into the track area I got a free ticket to ride half of the lines all day long and a cup of coffee given to me by people dressed in airport clothes, advertising the new line to the airport. I got as far as the end of the line before the new stations opened. So, I got off, and then had to wait a bit (about 40 minutes)for the metro train to come. I did not realize it at first, but I quickly figured out I was going to be on the very first public passenger car on this line to the airport ever! I just figured the line opened in the morning, I didn't realize it wasn't going to open till, right then! So, I was lucky enough to get on on of the cars and it was a lot of fun. While the train was above ground the streets were lined with people taking pictures of the metro passing, there were cameras flashing and people waving. I could see in many buildings lots of people were looking out their windows waving as well. Needless to say, the car I was in was jammed packed crowded! When we reached the airport, there was a band playing and lots of food and champagne. The crown prince had opened the line just moments earlier. If I hadn't have already seen him, I would have been bummed that I missed him, but since I already crossed off "see the royal family" from my list, it was no big deal! Oh, and I got a free key chain too!
A couple and their dog watching the new Metro pass by.
They took some pictures and waved as we drove off. It was the only picture I had enough wiggle room to actually take in the Metro car.
They took some pictures and waved as we drove off. It was the only picture I had enough wiggle room to actually take in the Metro car.
Waffle and Pancake breakfast was fun, and after Daniel and Jason left we went for a big long walk. The weather was lovely. It was overcast, but not rainy. It was cool, but not cold and the air was fresh. We wondered through the local Lyngby flea market that happens every Sunday and headed into the forest. We stopped for a bit in Brede Park.
Michael walking in the forest
We sat and rested here for a bit
An old factory
We then wondered back and hopped into Frilandsmuseet (Open air Museum). It is a pretty interesting museum. It sits on 86 acres and contains a bunch of old houses from around Denmark, Southern Sweden, and even Northern Germany from as early as 1650. Most of the houses are farms, cottages, and mills. I had been back in 2002, but Michael had not. It is not very far from us and I had been telling Michael we needed to go. When we walked though the entrance and back outside and his eyes saw some sheep grazing, I saw a smile pop on his face. The farmer in him will for the rest of his life, light up when something reminds him of his farming life. It's cute.Sheep
Then, when we saw a bunch of old farm houses, he got a little more interested, but when we stumbled upon the blacksmith area, and walked away after spending a little time there, he said, ok, that made this whole thing worth it...and even suggested coming back sometime and spending more time there. He insists the things I see that I know he will love are crazy, but he really does always enjoy then. Silly man. ;)
This is an old farm house from Germany. All of the buildings you can go into. This was one of the few we actually went inside.
This was the basement. It was so tiny, and made Michael look like a giant!
Cute truck
Cute truck
Michael watching wood get cut in half
If you look you can see Michael sitting on a bench
Michael
Oh and we saw pigs too!
Holy cow, that was long. I probably should have made that two separate posts. Oh well, too late now! if you made it to the end...CONGRATS! and thanks :)
6 comments:
Made it :-) Sounds like a nice walk. I went on a long walk with my family along the coast the same say - unfortunately the rain caught up with us a we got pretty wet. That is the wonderful thing about the weather here ;-)
That is pretty neat about your train ride. I have never heard of an open air museum, that was all pretty interesting!
I cannot wait until my Sunday afternoons are spent that same way......just exploring the land around me and learning all I can about my new home!! :o) Won't be long now!! Have a great week!
How fun that you got to be on the first train on the new metro line!
I was at Frilandsmuseet when I was very young. I don't really remember it.
We have an open air museum like that in Odense, "Den Fynske Landsby". I don't remember if we talked about that before.
http://museum.odense.dk/Den_Fynske_Landsby.aspx
It contains houses that would be found in a village in the 17th to 19th century. In Århus there's a museum with city houses from that period.
You should have told Michael that the big to-do at the airport trainstop was to welcome him home. :-P
I loved seeing sheep in England and Wales. Maybe because I never see sheep over here. But Europe and sheep are perfect together!
Sounds like you had a fun time just going to the airport. We loved the pictures of the countryside, and the sheep. You could almost see Michael thinking about his future as a farmer. It is fun to think about retiring to tend a farm as long as you don't need much income to live. You two have such a good life. We know you appreciate it.
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