Mel in colourful Lier with matching colours to flowers
Overlooking harbour in Dordrecht
Colourful and busy Amsterdam (sorry for crap photo)
Our very pretty overnight spot in Naarden
View into Naarden showing some of moat, fortifications and the church
Just a pretty flower in a wild patch of wild flowers!
Map of week 1 journey
Dorsten market
Paderborn centre
Schloss Neuhaus in the evening
Mel in front of the Schloss (Neuhaus)
Ryan enjoying a beer (so was Mel!)
Rock philharmonic orchestra plays Pink Floyd in Schloss Neuhaus grounds
Minden (not Munden)
The town hall in Minden with the musical clock
Minden
Our rough route for week 2
Part of the Schloss in Bevern
Hämelschenburg Castle
The Pied Piper with hoards of following tourists, Hameln
Hameln main street
Hannover old towm (not much of it left!)
Hildesheim old market square (semi 1980s!)
Busy market in Celle
Horse statue with Celle Schloss in background
Celle quieter square
One of the detailed buildings in Celle
The french gardens in Celle
Mel with birthday beer
Mel with birthday food
One of the cargo ships coming out of the lock in Brunsbüttel (lock not even 1/4 full!)
Oops - caught in a flash flood in Heide
Mel in sunny/wet/sunny/wet Ribe
Ribe mish-mash church
Not me :(
Flat and windy Denmark from Oksby
Oksby lighthouse. The photo doesn't show how strong the wind is.
Mel being sand blasted at Oksby
A rather rough North sea...
The wind surfers loving Ringkøbing Fjord (from Borkhaven)
Borkhaven harbour
Boys having fun! (Borkhaven on Ringkøbing Fjord)
Tarm "market" (aka car boot sale)
Mel getting battered at Torsminde
Some of the weird art in Holstebro
Ryan in the sun (!) eating ice cream in Denmark
Viborg from our wild camping spot
Us tucked away in Viborg
Us before an early morning run in the sun in Viborg
Breakfast how it should be...
Aalborg - one of the few nice views
Aalborg slot
Aalborg
Musical fountails in Aalborg
Hirtshals mini harbour
The sunset at Hirtshals
Some seabirds on WW2 bunker "island" off Grenen
Mel at the "Tip of Denmark" at Grenen
TIp of Denmark looking back to the country, Skagerrak on right, Kattegat on left
The buried church. Yeah right!
Mel in Skagen Marina watching the folk band
The packed harbour at Skagen pre music gig
Our very quiet wild-camping spot in Skagen
The quiet part of Skagen with their unique & pretty cottages
Skagen Cottages
Don't ask.....
The Sun Fish at the aquarium in Hirtshals
Mel stroking a Ray in the aquarium at Hirtshals
Mel being a bit Slack in Hirtshals
VIking burial stones at Lindholm Høje
VIking burial stones at Lindholm Høje (Mel trying for size!)
Vikingecenter Fyrkat
Gammel Estrup manor house
The pretty village of Ebeltoft
An impressive old boat (museum) at Ebeltoft
Our pretty wild camping spot at Ebeltoft
VIew over Kalo Slot castle over the causeway
Us in front of Posekjaer Stenhus - the Danish Stone Henge
One of the many butterflies we saw in Mols Bjerge
As the sign says, TInghule, a natural hole
Mel in the Arhus Cathedral
Bike parking at Arhus Station
Some strange people in costumes at the Arhus Festival
Students, no idea doing what, but it was quite funny poor dancing and fresher-type activities...
Den Gamle By
Mel in Den Gamle By
Den Gamle By - Impressive....
Ahus Music Festival
Poor Mel pushing bike up hill on our trial ride! (It was *very* steep)
A fake smile :)
View from top of Himmelbjerget
Lego Airport
Lego Copenhagen (not been there yet...)
Lego Copenhagen (not been there yet...) invaded by monster duck!
Eileen Donan (sp?) castle in Scotland - been there :)
Ribe in Denmark, was there 2 weeks ago.
Den Tilsandede Kirke in Lego. Still doesn't impress!
Us on a canoe ride
Mel squirting over herself.
Nice, big, refrshing beers...
It really was a monster burger....
View from our wild-camping spot in Middelfart
Bogense Marnia
Really?!
Overlooking Æbe Island with walkway flooded
Mel with some weird status in Odense
View of beach over to the Storebaelt bridge from our bike ride
Pretty VIby
A viking longhouse in Vikingeborgen Telleborg
Old viking hoiuses outlined in Vikingeborgen Telleborg
House outlines inside fortifications at Vikingeborgen Telleborg
Pretty little beach & lake where we stayed near Soro
Evening view from our van at our wild spot near Hornbæk
Morning view from our van at our wild spot near Hornbæk
Kronborg Slot
Mel in dreamland in Kronborg Slot
The cellar gatekeeper in Kronborg Slot
Fredensborg
Some of the statues at Fredensborg (Dr Who - Don't Blink!!!!!!)
Frederiksborg Slot
Frederiksborg Slot Chappel. The coloring doesn't really show :(
Ryan - thats more like it!!!
Really very impressive ceiling with 3D figures
Oops - spotted!
Mel below the "virgin trumpets". And no they didn't. Copenhagen
Ryan in Copenhagen Kongens Nytorv
Nyhaven - Copenhagen
Fredriksstaden - Amailenborg plads
Changing of the guard at Fredriksstaden - Amailenborg plads
The Marble Church, Copenhagen
Inside the Marble church - much more impressive in the flesh
Mel outside the reasonably impressive fountain near the resistance museum
Mel with Hans Christian Anderson
Rosenburg Slot - Copenhagen
Impressive twisted spire with "bodies" holding it up, Slotsholmen, Copenhagen
Slotsholmen, copenhagen
Copenhagen from the "Our Saviour" spire
Mel on the way down - a little scared!
The spire - you walk on the outside of the swirl...... In the wind n rain....
Mel (Left) and me (Rgiht) - weird statues - Copenhagen
Little Mermaid replica, Carlsberg Visitors Centre
Elephant gates, Carlsberg visitors centre
Carlsberg
Tivoli, Copenhagen
Tivoli, Copenhagen - Mel said NO :(
Vallo slot
Vallo Slot, lake and pretty trees
Our hidy hole in Rodvig
Ouir smorrebrod in Rodvig
view from van where we stayed in Rodvig
Mons Klint - looking down....
Mons Klint - Impressive
Mel on beach under Mons Klint
Mons Klint
Tranekær Slot
Interesting organic tree at at Tranekær Slot
Danish weather - hot sun, then this....
Troense - lovely relaxing place
Fåborg
Mel acting as guard in Froslevlejren
Flensburg bar!
Flensburg
Flensburg with rowing regatta
Lubeck rathouse
The impressive Holstentor in Lubeck
Ryan The Lion
The impressive Burgtor in Lubeck
Ryan enjoying a beer in a chinese/italian/german restaurant in Bad Bodenteich
Non-chinese food - and huge/cheap in Bad Bodenteich
Church with impressive spire in Munster
Decent icecream at last in Munster
Munster
Dom with scafolding (as usual!) - Munster
