Tues 25th - Thurs 27th June - Grey Grenaa

We’ve spent a couple of grey, blustery days in Grenaa, on Jutland, and in fact had a grey and uneventful passage up here from Kerteminde, part sailing, part motoring with the wind against us.

However, we have seen a shark …

… and seals …

… and a whole load of other fish in the famous Aquarium in Grenaa!!

I also got out the trusty fold-up bike again and went for a 5 mile cycle ride along the river …

… to the centre of Grenaa …

… which, like all these small Danish towns, has some nice old buildings …

We are planning to leave tomorrow for Sweden, so went out for a Danish Smorgasbord dinner.

In a final gasp, the sun – which we've hardly seen for 3 days – came out beautifully over the marina …

… and produced quite an encouraging sunset – ‘red sky at night’ …

Living in Denmark seems very pleasant and easy-going if you are content with not too much excitement in life (with the exception of Copenhagen and the bigger cities, like Århus perhaps).  The Danes seem to have embraced modern conveniences and technology without losing their old values and way of life.  Everything seems to work and it’s a clean and tidy place.  There seems to be a lot of trust and not too much crime – bicycles left unlocked for instance.  All the small towns we visited seemed nice places to live, but not a lot was going on, especially in the evenings, and often there seemed to be very few people about.  We’ve enjoyed visiting Denmark and think we’ve got a feel of the place, and now we’re ready to move on to Sweden.