Thanks. Given the context I thought banen might mean "railroad" but
didn't know how to put it together.
Chuck Norcutt
On 4/19/2014 12:59 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> 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
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> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
> http://www.frozenlight.eu
> http://www.greatpix.eu
>
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>
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