Odense Pt. 2

Sunday morning we woke up and Marianne went to get us some delicious 7 grain bread from the bakery. After filling our tummy's Michael and I left for the day leaving Nis, Marianne and Viggo to rest and nap.

The first place we went to was Skt. Knuds Kirke(St. Knuds Church). The church is Protestant, but was formally Catholic. It was named after St. Knud who was a former king of Denmark from 1080-1086. We got there just as the visiting hours started at noon and we had the church to ourselves. By the time we were walking out we were far from alone. I was glad we got there when we did!

Skt. Knuds Kirke

Looking Towards the Alter

H.C. Andersen plaque on the church wall saying he was confirmed here

The reason we wanted to visit here was because of something I knew we would find in the crypt. Behind the alter we found the steps to take us down where we found some old books and two cases that contain the remains of two men. The first case contained St. Knud, former King of Denmark. The second contained his brother, Bendick. They were killed while kneeling at the alter inside the church down the street during a peasant rebellion, where they had taken shelter. Apparently St. Knuds death is said to have been the end of the Viking Era!

Michael looking at St. Knud St. Knuds Remains

St. Knuds Remains

Writing about Benedikt

Benedikt

Literally down the street sits St. Alban's Church, which is Catholic. We thought about going in, but they had masses going on all day, so one church was enough for us. But it was pretty from the outside.

St. Alban's Church

The two chuches covered in trees

From the Church we walked around, looked in stores and window shopped. There is an obscene about of amazing looking wine and whiskey stores in Odense. We were in awe and wondered why we haven't found that many that were that big and so incredible looking in Copenhagen!! We also looking at housing prices and realized that if were were to ever buy a house in Denmark, we would have to move to Odense. The prices were so much more reasonable! We found lunch in a cute cafe where we had some nice warm coffee and tapas. YUM.

Cute Street

My Favorite Little Street in Odense
Notice all the lights in the air

Al Pacino's Pizza and Grill - This made us laugh.

Lovely Danish Buildings

Park in Odense

Cafe where we ate

Our train didn't leave until 9PM so after spending the day exploring we went back to Nis and Mariannes and talked for a little while before we packed up everything and left to do a little more walking, find some dinner and make it to the train station for our train ride home.

Marianne and Me

Nis Marianne and Viggo
Such a good looking family!

Pedestrian Street at Night

Odense at Night

We ate dinner at "El Torito" which was pretty good, the atmosphere made the restaurant. We had some Negra Modelas and tacos and sat for a long time to keep us warm and to pass the time. Our train ride home was pretty uneventful. It was dark but it was fast. We made back to Lyngby about 11pm and went straight to bed!

Odense was a cool town. It wasn't big, it wasn't small either. The perfect size actually. It was fairy tale saturated, but if you don't live there, it is pretty cute. I can see how it might get old after awhile though. Even a lot of the bars and restaurants are named after something of H.C. Andersens. Most of the time I forgot I was still in Denmark even though it seemed so very Danish and everything was written in Danish and people were speaking Danish. As we were leaving to come home Michael was talking and said, "When we get back to Denmark...." We laughed, and about 10 minutes later, he did it again.

Thanks again Marianne and Nis for letting us stay with you and showing us around town! We had a great time!