The drive from Copenhagen to Maribo.
Still driving.
The town where we ate lunch on the way to Maribo - called Vordingborg.
The main street of Vordingborg.
Beautiful flowers everywhere.
Vordingborg main street.
The restaurant where we ate lunch.
The bridge across totghe island where Maribo is coming up.
Farm country.
An old fashioned windmill.
Main street in Maribo.
Our hotel room in Maribo (Hotel Maribo Soperk).
Steve meeting Nils.
Champagne before dinner.
The lake on which the hotel sits at the edge.
Reinhard (from Hamburg, old college school mate of Nils), Steve and Lis.
Dinner on Friday night at the hotel, 12 people in all.
Carol's quiche.
Nils, dessert for dinner (seems he ate too many hot dogs earlier).
Breakfast in the hotel Saturday morning. Lis and some grandchildren.
Nina (daughter), Lis, and gradndaughters Mari and Amanda.
Central plaza and tourist bureau in the background.
Carol by more of the beautiful lfowers all over Denmark.
No 11 on the main street in Maribo, where Hanne (Lis's cousin from Canada) was born and lived. Used to be a fish market then, now a yarn and material shop.
Side street in Maribo.
Flowers outside one of shops.
Typical old house in Maribo.
Front of the big church in Maribo, Domkirken.
Front side of the big church in Maribo, Domkirken.
A picture from the unbelievably nice cemetery associated with the church.
Unusual tree in the cemetery.
One of the headstones in the cemetery. Not like any we had seen before.
Flower garden near the churck.
Close up of the flower garden.
More distant view of the back side of the church, Domkirken.
Outside the church, don't know for sure what it says.
We think it is talking about some queen.
Carol and Steve with Domkirken in the background.
The path in the nature preserve in Maribo, circles essentially the entire lake.
Wild flowers along the path in the naure preserve.
Another unusual tree in the cemetery.
In the cemetery.
A very different fir tree in the cemetery.
In the cemetery. Common to see the headstones propped up like this. By one edge of the cemetery are stacks of these, ones from graves that were not kept up according to the rules.
Beautiful headstone, not sure what the rock is, looked like green marble.
A bird in the nature preserve. Looked like maybe a Danish version of a robin.
Really nice house next to the hotel.
Ducks swimming towards us on the dock by the hotel.
Carol and Steve enjoying a beverage outside at the hotel.
Steve and Lis getting ready to board the bus to the church for the wedding ceremony re-enactment. Steve and Carol were among a very, very few that knew about this.
Lis and Nils and special family members rode on the little bus. The rest of us on the large one.
Arrival at the church. Lis was extremely surprised to be there but the bigger surprise was to come - the ceremony.
A building on the church grounds.
The Danish flag flying outside the church (church was from around 1200) - Saedinge Church.
Another view of the church.
Lis and Nils outside before the ceremony.
Going inside the church.
A cross in the entry way.
The "bride and groom" before the ceremony.
Inside the sanctuary.
The pulpit.
Steve and Hanne watching the ceremony.
Another view inside the sanctuary, showing the candles and beautiful roses along the pews.
The "bride and groom" entering the sanctuary.
The "bride and groom" walking down the aisle. Not a dry eye in the house (well maybe the priest).
Lis and Nils sitting up front with the priest beginning the ceremony.
During the ceremony.
A shot inside the sanctuary.
Ceremony is finished, the "bride and groom" starting to walk back down the aisle.
Walking back down the aisle.
Unbelievable sunflowers in the entry.
The ceiling in the sanctuary was originally painted like this before it was whitewashed over.
The baptismal font.
The altar, from the Renaissance period.
The pipe organ.
The entry to the church.
The "receiving line" after the ceremony.
Nils and Larry (Hanne's husband).
Relatives.( Nil's sister in her regional dress.)
Steve, the "bride" Lis, the "groom"Nils and Carol.
This corner of this little grave area is where Lis's grandparents are buried, unmarked graves area.
The church grounds.
The church, not sure what the boards along the side are for.
Oivind, his daughter Mari and Nina (Lis and Nils daughter), and cousins of Lis.
Outside the church after the ceremony.
The beautiful "bride" and her bouquet of pink roses.
Back on the buses.
One last view of the church.
Wheat fields along the road back to Maribo.
At the restaurant for dinner.
Domkirken from across the lake at the restaurant.
Going into, well, onto the outside deck, of the restaurant.
Hanne and Larry.
One of the crown princesses of Denmark ate at this restaurant.
The entry to the restaurant.
Martinis (thanks to Marshall Hatfield for teaching Nils about these).
Martinis and snacks before dinner.
Our table in the restaurant, Bord 2.
Annette's daughter and son as "Lis and Nils". Malene is wearing Lis's actual wedding dress, accompanied by Eivind.
Honoring the "bride and groom".
On their way out.
Hanne and Steve reading material about the couple, actually each of three booklets had song lyrics inside. And yes, we did all sing them. A Danish tradition we found out.
Nils and Lis in the background at the head table (bord).
Annette (Lis and Nils daughter), Jetta (Lis sister), and Steve.
Annette, Jetta and Christine (Lis and Nils daughter).
Lis and Nils at the head table.
More guests. In purple is Birgitte, Lis and Nils daughter.
Table 2, Klaus, Larry, Charlottle (Klaus's wife), Roald (Annette's significant other), Hanne and Steve (counterclockwise).
Nina, Mari, and Nina and Oivind.
Klaus and Steve.
Hanne, Roald, Charlotte and Larry.
Good conversation and fun.
Lis and Hanne.
Dessert, the Danish verion of baked Alaska. So good, Steve had two.
Blowing up balloons and the bags they came in to pop during the third song, Pomp and Circumstance.
Getting ready...
Set...
Go!
And gone.
One of several toasts.
Another of the several toasts.
Hanne at the meal after meal. Dinner lasted from 6:00 to 11:30.
"Going Home" soup. aka midnight soup.
Approaching the ferry the next day - on to Germany.
Closer...
Driving on to the ferry at Rodby, Denmark.
Almost parked.
On the upper deck at the bow of the ferry. Unfortunately it was raining and hard to get pictures.
Starting to leave...
Going off the ferry at Puttfgarden, Germany.
Tree-lined road in Germany.
Old fashioned barn in Germany.
The lobby of the Central Gasthof, our hotel in Bad Segeberg, Germany.
Entrance to our room.
Ah...beds I think.
Desk, table and chairs.
Bathroom.
Our deck at the hotel (lanai to those from Hawaii).
Still beds.
The parking garage (our Ford Galaxy parked within).
The entrance to the hotel.
Gerhard showing us his boat at the rowing club.
A four person boat, 20,000 Euros or about $26,400.
The Restaurant am Ihlsee, where we at dinner Sunday night.
Gerhard and Steve, holding beers, what else?
Monika, Gerhard, Steve and Carol. Very nice dinner and conversation!
