Gjern is the name of a village; "banen" means "railroad". Google is not good at
Danish ;-) So basically, the name means "the Gjern railroad".
Cheers,
Nathan
On 19 Apr 2014, at 14:52, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Google translates "Gjernbanen" to "the course works". Can you provide a
> better translation or explain this one?
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 4/19/2014 1:59 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>> I am on my usual April visit to my hometown Aarhus in Jutland, where I keep
>> a bicycle so that I can do rides with my friend Lars. Yesterday, we did 116
>> km through eastern Jutland, including a place I had not seen before, a
>> railroad that was closed in 1971 and is now a 30 km long paved cycle track
>> through some beautiful landscapes:
>>
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/belgiangator/cykeldanmark/20140418-_1010645.jpg.html
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/belgiangator/cykeldanmark/20140418-_1010649.jpg.html
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/belgiangator/cykeldanmark/20140418-_1010647.jpg.html
>>
>> This was the most pleasant part of the ride. Since the path follows a
>> railroad track, there are no steep hills. And the weather was good at that
>> point. Before, we were in open landscape against the wind, and afterwards,
>> we rode in the rain the last 20 km. Most bracing.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
>>
>> Nathan Wajsman
>> Alicante, Spain
>> http://www.frozenlight.eu
>> http://www.greatpix.eu
>>
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>>
>>
>>
>>
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