Bangsbo - not related to banging boobies (day 3)

day 3

The last stop on our trip was Frederikshavn which is actually where the ferry docks. We only had a very short day here so we decided to walk to Bangsbo which is a massive park.

It is absolutely beautiful, its mid being changed into some sort of exotic gardens but currenly its open spaces and big ponds... just my style. But my coolest finds of the day were:

The fish that were so eager to eat bread (that was meant to be for the ducks) that caused big big splashes and then to make matters worse a massive seagull joined in causing me to squeal like a little girl.

The flying pig toy Josh bought me that actually flaps its wings when its in the air, which I cannot throw further than about 2 steps without it crash and burning but Josh meanwhile can throw it a looooooong way.

 

The above yodelling flamingo that we found in a shop (sorry about the quality of this film!)

The fact we saw deers in the wild and then when I got closer to take photos Josh got all freaked out they were going to charge at us. 

The daisy chain headband I wore and people commented on. Hooray for daisy chains.

Finding an old man bar with very cheap wine... although people find it wierd if you order anything other than Tuborg.

Having proper Denmark hot dogs.

Seeing the biggest bunny on the walk home that was happily munching on somebodies flowers

The ferry on the way home with a monkey that greeted us and a drunken Swedish guy giving us free beer - probably the happiest man I have met - and playing drinking games aaall the waaayy home. I think I then also sang and danced all the way back to our flat.

Yay for the end of that little adventure.

i want to ride my bicycle (day 2 cont)

still day 2

Bikes are apparently my new favourite thing.

And my basket made a fabby alcohol transporter. We got a litre of wine (so sweet) and 5 cans of cider and beer for about 5 pounds. WAHEEEY. Also we bought a beer called "bad craziness beer" and elephant carlsberg ha! 

Hi mum.

In Skagen there are lots of little trails you can follow to see all the best bits. We went to the old church, Grenen including the lighthouse and Old Skagen which is ADORABLE. In old Skagen there is a beach, a weird compass overlooking thing (which I'm sitting on in the above photo), a few houses with bright red roofs and that's kinda it! Also everything over in Skagen works on almost an honour system... to go up the lighthouse it is just assumed you will pay about £1.. which we did :)

Afterwards your bottoms hurt

And don't attempt to do your hair and cycle... I thought I could and I nearly ended up skidding into a tree.

In the evening was where things really picked up. After going to the Irish bar the night before me and josh decided to explore a few more locations. Then we stumbled across this little bar Havnekroen which had some deal being advertised... we popped inside to find the most bizarre pub I think I have ever been to. 

Firstly, people in Denmark can drink. There was a man strumming out songs on his guitar whilst everybody sang along drunkenly (me and josh had NO IDEA what these songs were) then Lady Ga Ga some on and some drunken women starts literally table dancing right before our eyes... at 8pm. There is some poor guy at the bar who is still ordering tuborg whilst his mate is just laughing and then the air is thick with smoke (I forgot some countries still allow smoking in public places). So in this situation... what do you recon makes it really exciting??

Lets give these drunks a hammer and some long nails.

I'm not kidding.

There is a game which consists of everyone getting a long nail and then taking it in turns to hammer it into a massive chunk of wood. The loser is the person who's nail is still standing. Then we had to have a go. A few tuborgs later we joined in with some Danish people who spoke perfect English and told us all about how this game is actually Austrian. I was absolutely USELESS. I even at one point had 5 guys on my team who each took it in turns to hammer in my nail... and I still LOST. One guy (no idea on names) told me he thought my nail was obviously stuck and therefore it wasn't my fault at all... bless. In fact I was just a weak little girl. The only time I did win was against Josh who got molested at the bar by a drunk and therefore I had sneaky goes behind his back...

Ok, I lied, the man next to me took sneaky goes for me. 

Basically... I am not going to be a builder anytime soon.

one foot, two seas (day 2)

day 2

Day 2 started magically. It was so sunny that the sky was amazingly blue. We hired bikes which are only £10 for the whole day... and literally became my new favourite thing. I even had a basket which for some reason was a highlight. Then the countryside is like a giant playground. We cycled for miles and got very sunburnt. First stop Grenen. 
 

Skagen is most famous for Grenen which is the tip of the country. When you dip your toe in the water you can actually see the two seas meeting and crashing together (although the water is so so cold but even trying to be macho is thankfully stopped as swimming is forbidden because of the strong opposing currents). What surprised us was how empty the beach was. We saw all the cars and bus load of people arriving and were a little worried, we are the kind of couple that enjoy rural and non-touristy, but after the tractor that takes a load of people to the tip left... we were alone and felt miles away from the mainland.

one foot, two seas

 

There is so much to see on skagen so I'm afraid I may have to split this day into a few... in case I bombard you with lots of pictures and ramblings.

 Apparently some days you can see seals off the coastline if its pretty empty, apparently sunshine scares them away.

the trip with the whale ship (day 1)

 day 1

This Easter me and Josh had a little trip across the pond to Denmark

You can take the Stena Line Ferry which takes about 2/3 hours for about £12 each way!

So off we pop bright and early on Friday on a Ferry the size of a WHALE. On board we had a cheeky little breakfast of a muffin (seriously muffins in Sweden are GRIM... I have not had a single one out here that did not taste stale. what a let down) and beer, or in my case the most bright orange cider I have ever seen! It was chili and mandarin flavoured!? Surely that is not right?? I had one sip and it was sweet but not too shabby... but I probably won't ever be ordering it again

I think because alcohol in Sweden is so expensive, people use the ferry as a booze cruise. Not only were we met with loads of free testers of spirits (I tried this horrific whiskey... at 9am it was NOT the right thing to drink!) and also an older gentleman was passed out when we were leaving the ferry from drinking too much!

We then took a train to Skagen which is at the very tip of Denmark which happens to be the sweetest and quietest little place we have ever been. We had fish and chips (or in my case CHICKEN NUGGETS) with our feet hanging over the edge of the docks, the water was so still and it was so sunny. The entire 3 days we were there we never saw one cloud, even our hotel owner said that was rare!

We then wandered down to the beach, which was deserted, and skimmed rocks. I have never done this before as I just assumed I would be useless... but actually my first try was a success. This was followed by about 50 pictures trying to capture our skimming rocks and then after realising in fact I was useless at skimming rocks we gave in. The town here is full of markets and lots of people with dogs. I dislike small dogs, horrible yapping things. I found a poodle and duck costume you can wear around you (see pictures above) and nearly bought it, maybe it was a good thing Josh distracted me at this moment. We ended up in an Irish pub just because Josh wanted to try Green beer, which somehow turned into a live band performance. Ate some more pizza, back to the pub, back to the hotel room whilst singing my new drunken obsession of wuthering heights. I have no idea how this started other than I showed Josh the song to show him how mental Kate Bush looks then ever since it has been stuck in my head... including the RIDICULOUS dance moves! If you replace the words "its me oh kathy" with "its me oh hanny" you might understand how mental I looked! Poor Boyfriend.

And that was the end of day 1 :)