marking the end of my europe journey with a trip back to Denmark after going to London, Paris and Berlin. this time in the smaller cities, i guess we could call it countryside?
stayed in Holbaek for four days hanging out with D's parents and my mom. one of those days, we headed off to Odense, Funen and visited the H.C Andersen museum! it's pretty great, to be able to see some of the amazing paper cuts he did. some said that he did it while telling his stories, cutting castles, pixies and fairies all at the same time. it's also a particular eye-opener for anyone who wants to know how people lived in the 19th century and their opinions of things. the 19th century was a particular period where many new inventions were created and also a period wrought with changes in the politics of denmark.
we then spotted a beautiful tea and coffee shop after our little trip to the museum, with the most interesting art works in the shop itself and the nicest shopkeeper i've seen in a while! that little area of Odense which we were blessed to venture into really has one of the most beautiful architecture with its cobblestone roads and tiny houses.
on the way there, we took a detour and ended up visiting a ginormous boulder in what looks like the middle of nowhere. it's called the dammestenen, meaning the Lady's Stone. legend has it that some lady giant threw it to hit a church in sweden from finland but missed. at least, i think it's finland.
some days later, we took mom out for a ride and visited church of our lady in kalunborg. i've been there once before. and it's a strange feeling to recognise all the little things that have changed, the flowers and overgrown vines over a house that was previously inhabited, etc. it's still beautiful and quiet and we still did not manage to get up to the church tower because it was closed.
denmark is gorgeous. during the drive home, mom shared with me a piece of her past while we looked at the constantly changing scenes of trees, windmills, birds and horses.
i spent most of my 3 nights there walking my favourite dog in the whole wide world, or rather, having her walk me with the most precious person right beside me.
and so, i'm back home now and i will leave this post with a memory of a poem that i found from the tea shop at Odense.
som gør det, at vi to
vi tale eller tie på færdeog i ro,
os føle vi et sammen
som kirken og dens amen
præst og menighed
what is that, my marie,
which does that, we two
we talk or quiet on the way,
and in peace, us feel as a whole,
as church and its amen,
priest and congregation
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