Monday, 24 June 2013

Sun 23rd - Mon 24th June - Kerteminde and Odense


It was wet and windy when we left Korsør …

We motored under the outer pillars of the suspension bridge – it hardly looks high enough, but it is …

… then set the sails – here’s Becca on the helm …

… and relaxing in the sunshine which started to appear from time to time …

We arrived in Kerteminde and went off to explore the town …

… walk along the lake …
… past some pretty little houses …

… and back to Kerteminde marina …

By this time the sun had come out and it was shaping up to be a lovely evening – just as well, as it was Midsummer’s Day and there were celebrations planned in the town – bonfire, barbecue and beer … plus singing along to an accordion and guitar …

There was a lovely sunset over the marina …

… and a beautiful moon rising over the sea – perfect for Midsummer's Night …

The following day we went to Odense on the bus.  It’s where Hans Christian Andersen spent his childhood – not a happy one, with an impoverished, alcoholic mother.  This is the street where he lived in the house on the right hand side – it looks like something out of a fairy-tale …

… and they sometimes give performances in the fairy-tale castle which is part of the museum …

Odense has plenty of nice old streets with interesting houses too …

We saw Rebecca off on the train to Copenhagen airport, and took the bus back to Kerteminde, where we enjoyed a delicious meal on the terrace of the marina restaurant – the evening turned out calm and sunny again …

1 comment:

  1. Lovely old buildings. Why don't we seem to have anything like that left in the UK?

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