Travelog for: Jack the Cat

Today we had a lazy day at home. The weather wasn't that brilliant, so we read, played games and just hang around.
For dinner we had some scambled eggs with sweet corn and onions.

It wasn't really a big surprise, that our hosts told us in the morning, that we would stay at home again. Petra's knee hurts too much. She limps from her bed to a chair and on the terrace and has her leg rest on another chair. We didn't want to only hang around, so we searched to house for some activity. We found a nice jigsaw puzzle from James Hamilton with 1000 pieces, which Petra had taken with her on the trip. Here you can see, that we did it rather well, but I can tell you, that we needed hours for it.






While we worked at the puzzle, Petra went outside to play football (English or German) with her family. She came back limping and sat down on the balcony.


Later I read a bit more in the "Eclipse" book - it's English, so I understood everything. Petra helped to hold the book open.




Although she was limping, she didn't want to miss the sunset at the beach. This time we watched it at the beginning of the pier.

Another lazy day at the house, because Petra can't walk more than from her bed to the chair and back.
So here is only a photo of our dinner - a slice of bread, cooked ham and cheese.

Hi Mum,

finally a day to go on a trip again. This time we drove to Silkeborg to Labyrinthia. Petra comes with us: on crutches. It's funny to see her with her backpack - and us- and her photo and then the crutches. She puts them everywhere to take photos. I'm not sure, if that's the best for her knee, though. Oh yes, in the car she sits in the third row with a little stool in front of her for her leg - really comfortable.

At first we climbed out of the backpack and started to run through this wooden labyrinth. We had a lot of fun and Petra had to hurry to take the photos with each of us. Everyone wanted to be the first with all six stamps on the paper for this labyrinth.






She asked me to have a short rest for this photos, so you can see more of the different labyrinths of this park.




Behind our first labyrinth you can see the water labyrinth, where wanted to go at next.








Which way should I choose?




After several wrong ways we reached the middle of the maze. Did I tell you, that the flowers smelled so fine?








After all that walking Petra could hardly walk any longer. So her daughter took us to go to the next maze: The Trojaborg Labyrinth






We wanted to walk the way too, but we chose the stones

Back at Nørre Vorupør again we decided to go to Klochs spisested, a restaurant. My hosts' family was invited by friends to have dinner with them there and we were allowed to join them, too.

I had 26 Fiskefilet............................................................75,-
2 stk. med pommes frites, remoulade og citron
2 Fischfilets mit Pommes Frites, Remoulade und Zitrone

It was yummy

Hi Mum,

today we drove to Fjerritslev and visited the best preserved brewery of North Europe. During the years 1897 to 1968 they made thousands of litres of malt beer. It seems, that there will come one of the men to start brewing again the next moment.




I sat down on a scale.




Look at all these beer bottles.




Then we sat down ON the table - not to Petra's joy











Later we played the organ.




Then we went into the private rooms.






I found an old dollhouse and of course we had to play there

On our way home we decided to stop at the Hanstholm fortress spontanously. It belongs to the saddest part of Danish and of course German history and you shouldn't miss to inform you there about the cause, why you find bunkers everywhere along the coast. The Germans used this part of the North Sea during World War II. The bunker museum covers about 3000 sq m.It is one of the largest bunkers, which the Germans built in Denmark.

It's a really very depressing place. We stayed outside, because dogs weren't allowed to go inside, so I'm sorry, that there are no photos of the inner part of the museum.

And we had a last stop at Klitmøller to take a look at the kite surfers and surfers. Okay, you're right. It seems like a bird in the sky, but it was a kite surfer.

Today we drove to Grenen, the northmost tip of Jutland, north of the town of Skagen, thereby the northmost point of Denmark. Grenen was given its name for its shape like a tree-branch (Danish: gren). It's the meeting point of the Skagerrak (North Sea) and Kattegat (East Sea).

For me it just is one of the most beautiful points on earth.

Before we walked to the promontory (I'm not sure, if it fits well to the place I mean), I had a cup of cappuccino.




I'm not sure, if you can see the top point on the right side of the horizon. That's the point to which I walked then.




Petra walked with her crutches, but still enjoyed taking a photo with me at the beach.




Finally we were here. It was just fascinating  to see the Kattegat and Skagerrak flow together - for everyone except myself, because I  hid myself in the backpack -. So here is a photo of my friend Mandy Sheep, who told me, that I really missed something and I didn't want, that you can't see this place, too.




Then we walked all the way back again and took another two photos at the same place, where we took the first one. Here you see ships waiting in the Kattegat to be allowed to enter the waterway and of course you see the lighthouse of Grenen.

After visiting the most spectacular part of the land of light - that's how they call the northmost tip of Jutland too, we decided to stop at the lighthouse located at Rubjerg Knude. Petra and her family were there in 2008. You need to see an old photo, so you can understand, what happens here.


(photo by one of my host's sons)


On the first photo you can see the dune wandering and the sand flying, too. It hurt in my face.






Although this wikipedia theme is written in German, the photos are interesting for you and me, so you should take a look here.
Rubjerg Knude is a wandering sand dune, the highest point of the steep coast of Lønstrup with a length of about 1900 metresand width of about 400 metres. We stood nearly at the same place like in 2008 and you see, that the shape of the sand dune changed a lot. The entrance of the lighthouse was nearly full of sand. Some people crawled into it, because they could have a rest from the strong wind outside, but it was somehow creepy. It had been so windy there, that Petra and I had to hide behind her son's back to take this photo. Even if you can't see the sand flying - we had sand everywhere, even in my ears and in my eyes - and in Petra's camera, too.

Today we decided to a place, where my hosts had been three years ago already. This time they wanted to explore other parts of this little island called Fur (alternative older spelling Fuur). It is a small Danish island in the Limfjord at the northern tip of the Salling peninsula. Fur has under 900 inhabitants. The island covers an area of 22 km².

The crossing of the Fursund with the ferry takes only 3/4 minutes.




Then we drove on by car. The weather wasn't that great, but we found a nice place near the beach and we decided to walk a little.




I hope, you can see the little path, which we followed down to the beach. The erosion gorges, Langstedhuller, were formed after the Ice Age. The area is one of the most beautiful nature areas on Fur. In early spring, the slopes are covered by cowslips and nodding pasqueflowers. 








This flower is really lovely. I would have liked to pick it for you, but Petra said, that it wouldn't make it well until it reaches you. You I just want to send this photo.




The whole beach was covered with shells. Do you see me?




Then we drove to Stendal Høje, which is the hightest point of the island (75 m above sea level). From here you have a view of most of the island and the northern part of Salling and Livø, the coast Himmerlandskysten and Mors. Stendal Høje are also called “Bette Jenses Hyw” stemming from a mound situated further to the north. The island’s largest active moler pit is located towards the north beneath “Stendal Høje”.
















At last we visited the church. For us it seems like a part of Greece in Denmark. Here comes some information about the church: The church Fuur Kirke is called Sankt Mortens Kirke, and it was erected in 1126 by three nobles Gutchi, Atti, and Agli together with the vicar Bo. It is extemely rare that written sources are so precise about the origin. The present appearance of the church is of a later date. On the western side of the tower you will find a carved face at 13 metres’ height in memory of a builder who fell down.

In Denmark there are flags on the graveyards and also on many houses. They run it through daytime and hoist the flag to half-mast, if there is a funeral.

On our way back we stopped at Sjørring Volde. I think, the best idea is to upload a photo of a part of a big sign next to the place. It would be too much to write






When we looked up to the sky, we saw a strange sun. There was a large circle around the sun. It is called Halo 22°. My hosts already had seen another Halo 22° back in 2008, when they were at Grenen at the meeting point of North and East Sea. They and of course I were happy to see the optical phenomenon (again). It was a bit difficult to take a nice pic with me. When we arrived at Nørre Vorupør, we still saw this Halo 22° above our house.

Back at our house we only wanted one thing: Jump into the water! Petra, can you please leave the camera in the living room? We don't want to be photographed now.




Emmh, Petra. Please don't take photos here! We want to relax a bit now.




Seems, she doesn't hear us. Maybe we should look at her and not at the water, but it is just too exciting to be allowed to jump into the water today. We can't turn around to face her. So, Petra, even if we don't look at you and seem to talk to the water - we mean you, who should put down the camera now.




Okay, okay! One last photo, but then this is it!




Ahh, was that fun! Sorry, Mum, that we all didn't want photos of us in the water. But afterwards Petra was really thankful, because we splashed around a lot and maybe her camera would be broken now. Because she stayed calm, we allowed her to take two photos of us relaxing in the sun, after we all had been under the shower.

After a one and a half hour drive we arrived at Randers. There is a rainforest - I only believed it after I've seen it. There are three big big domes with three different rainforest themes: Asia, Africa and South America. Click on the link, if you want to know more about it. You will find more information, if you go to THE EXPERIENCE. I can tell you, it was hard for the camera - so sticky hot and humid. Not only the camera had problems, but I too. It was so hard to breath and you know, I have a fur, so it was even more hot to me than to the others maybe except the other toyvoyagers, of course.










Of course rainforest means a lot of forest




But we also saw many beautiful fishes.






I also met a really big crocodile. I had been safe - there was glass between me and the crocodile.




Here we are in the South American part.







From here we drove to Graceland. Yes, you've read it right. But I mean Graceland Randers, which of course isn't the real Graceland, where Elvis lived. Nevertheless I enjoyed to be here. Petra told me, that it maybe is the only chance for many people in Europe to see something similiar like the real Graceland. So I tried my best to understand it and I really liked the exhibition there.






This is an original phone, which was down in the jungle room.









There's also a cinema, where the show Elvis movies. This one maybe was "Elvis by the Presley's".



After the movie we've left the building.

At 6 pm we were back at our house in Nørre Vorupør. We were really tired.