This afternoon, we went to a grocery store and wandered all over talking about products, prices, and penge (money :-) (--had to have something that started with p) We spent a good hour inside doing a little shopping and a lot of looking.
Everywhere we went today, SK sat in the front passenger seat reviewing Denmark's traffic laws and helping Elder Blackham becoming accustomed to driving around here. On Wednesday, they will get into their car and head west to Odense...home of Hans Christian Andersen....or shall I say it used to be the home of Hans Christian Andersen.
After dinner, we headed out to the island of Amager, where we did an official taste test. We were told that the best ice cream in Denmark can be had there. We found the little shop...it looks about 50 years old or so. There were outside tables, a lot of bikes and a lot of people waiting to get a taste of that famous homemade ice cream.
We stood in line and each got a good helping of that delicious stuff. I am not a person to be judging ice cream (I think Dairy Queen is just fine.), but I must say it was delicious! Then we drove to a small town that has great charm, walked down the pier and a few side street and then came home.
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| Elder and Sister Blackham in front of a quaint cottage with thatched roof. |
We had purchased a large bakery goodie at the grocery store....their bakery counter is a thing of beauty.....so we came home to give that a taste test. Mighty fine.
Throughout the day we have been talking about their assignment as the YSA couple in Odense and ours in Copenhagen....and the differences. Sister Blackham is a cook....and I am sure she does it well. They will be much loved! Plus they are excited just to serve. I know they will be wonderful.
I am wondering if I will be able to fit into any clothes tomorrow.....
If it makes you feel any better, if something doesn't change soon I will be rolling into Denmark!! Plus you walk everywhere. That's gotta do something. :)
ReplyDeleteApparently I am not walking enough....I think 10 miles a day wouldn't begin to compensate for the bakery goodies and ice cream.
ReplyDeleteWe'll be happy to have you roll in any time.
Love the brick roads/walkways - but they are sometimes hard to walk on. Council Bluffs still had some of the old ones. Melissa's " rolling " was funny to me. I used to tell my school kids (because I taught a lot of nutrition) that I was such a fat baby - my mother would take a stick and roll me along the sidewalks to do her errands. (No cars for us back then.) This was during the time that the "experts" had us all believing that fat babies became fat adults and I was trying to convince the kids of the value of eating healthy.
ReplyDeleteAnyway - I am an ice cream lover & a bakery lover - and don't intend to change!!
L&P
Your story about being a fat baby is funny....but inspiring since you don't look like you have ever ha"fat" day in your life!
ReplyDeleteIce cream and bakery lover? Better come to Denmark. L&P