Oddly we decided to walk to "Mariebjerg Kirkegård". It is a big and beautiful cemetery in Gentofte about a 20 minute walk from our place. (Gentofte is one of the two towns we lived in our 1st time around) Now I must say we don't often walk to and around cemetery's for fun, but from time to time, we love to search them out while we are outside of the US. This one in particular was very peaceful and quiet.
The Entrance
The trees were SOOO tall. I should have gotten a picture with one of us standing next to them. The pictures doesn't do the height justice.
The trees were SOOO tall. I should have gotten a picture with one of us standing next to them. The pictures doesn't do the height justice.
One area of the cemetery had these cool unmarked plots. There was a map showing who was buried where. Each octagon had I believe 12 people each buried in them! The plot with all of the flowers on it only had 2 people.
A pretty pathway in the cemetery
We walked around a bit looking at all the marked plots and found some as old as 1889 and some as recent as last month. The four that stuck at the most for us were a husband and wife who both lived well into their 90's. They were buried with who we guessed was their son who died when he was only in his 30s. There were 2 plots we saw for babies. One was 3 months old, the other was 1 month old. The gravestones on both were so simple and beautiful. As we were making our way out, our eyes caught a flickering. There were 5 freshly lit candles inside little lanterns next to a glass box of stuffed animals and a Christmas wreath. The child buried there was only 10 years old. The area the family had decorated was precious.
We then stumbled into an area with big crypts in a almost jungle looking area! (I know, there are no jungles in Denmark) I took pictures of the crypts but it was so dark because of all the tall trees surrounding them, they didn't come out well.
Bad Crypt Picture
We left and enjoyed on our walk back home with our fresh reminder of how precious life is and how the small things we were worried about at the time (What can we do to rent a car for 10 days so Michael can stay in the highest level of membership in Avis), don't matter that much after all. :)
4 comments:
I like learning about "my" country from you! That is a very different cemetery from those I have seen!
Nis and I like going to cemeteries when we are in other countries too. There is one here in Manhattan which is usually closed to the public that we'll be going to see on Sunday! If it rains they won't let anyone in so I'm keeping my fingers crossed for clear skies!
If you're thinking about taking a longer trip while you have a rented car, I can suggest Skagen or Northern Germany (for example Lübeck) and for just daytrips there is, of course, Odense (H.C. Andersens house and cute neighborhood), Lolland/Falster, Køge, and, if they hadn't closed for the season, Egeskov. www.egeskov.com
I don't remember if you have been to Skagen but there are so many things to see in the area like a moving "desert" and a cemetery falling into the sea.
It looks like it was a beautiful day for a walk -- no matter where you went! We are happy you have time to enjoy the days and each other!
that entrance is BREATHTAKING! I have seen many of the "skove" in Jutland the last couple of days... and I just amazed! Makes you breathe better over here!! :o)
Next summer we can tour some of these places together... I can come to Sealland and you can come to Jutland... I cannot wait!
That sounds like a beautiful place.
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