Copenhagen is nice, it is a beautiful city with lots of stuff going on, my
parents are buried there, I have friends there…but the best place in the world
is my hometown Aarhus, on the eastern coast of Jutland, about 3 hours west of
Copenhagen. It is not a big city—about 330,000 inhabitants—but it has a
cultural life and life in general to rival much bigger places. And once again,
it is my hometown where many places contain fond memories.
On my first full day in Aarhus, my friend Lars (with whom I am staying, as
usual) and I prepared for the following days cycling event, a 200 km brevet in
central Jutland. The preparations consisted of getting our gear together,
eating well (no alcohol!), taking a little 50 km ride just to warm up the legs,
and otherwise just resting.
Our ride took us west of Aarhus, to a suburb called Brabrand, where Lars grew
up and where we have spent many happy times. But also the place where his
father, who died almost 20 years ago, is buried. We stopped at the small
cemetery adjacent to Brabrand church:
https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-WKCdXn3/A
The grave of Lars’s father. I was one of the pall-bearers at his funeral, the
only non-family member, because I am, almost, part of the Mogensen family:
https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-3mKfMgX/A
The cemetary kitty came over to say hello to us:
https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-jmrCdvs/A
We then continued on into the nice landscape of eastern Jutland. This is what
the Spanish call “mi tierra”, my country:
https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-sKRxX8H/A
In the evening, Lars made us a nice, healthy dinner, and then we just spent the
time engaging in what Danes call “hygge”:
https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-q4xNSqs/A
We were getting up at 4:30 the following morning to be at the starting point of
the bike event at 7:00, in a town 90 km from Aarhus.
Cheers,
Nathan
Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/>
http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu
PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
<http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/
<http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/>
Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator
<http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator>
YNWA
--
_________________________________________________________________
Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus
Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/
Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/
|