Legoland was three-dimensional fantasy. I loved all the details – guard boxes for the Lego soldiers marching in front of the palace, delicate stairs and banisters, figures in native costume, a stave church, water locks that really worked, trains, and windmills – all made of Lego plastic building blocks. Photos only give you an idea of what the scenes look like.
[Getting a Lego driver’s license was a high point for Lisa. Kate, three years younger, did not grasp the knack of turning corners. One of these girls has spent the last 40 years laughing about it.]
The ferry from Esbjerg to Harwich is the nearest to a cruise ship I’ve ever sailed on. There was a tiny playground for children, several restaurants and spacious cabins.
Our impressions of Norway were mountains, hills water, colourful wooden houses with bright tile roofs and lovely costumes for special occaions.
Sweden has larger shopping centers and easier parking than Norway and England. We loved the word “parkering”.
Denmark is full of brick houses and old brick churches with hardly any wooden buildings. Many small houses have red tiled roofs, are almost square, and have receding foreheads for roofs. Ends that normally peak have sloping triangular ends. Transformers for electricity seemed to be housed in obelisk towers – lots of wires running to and from them. They were often metal, though sometimes of brick with a tile roof. I particularly liked a double-lane bike path.
Flowers were everywhere in Scandinavia. It gradually dawned on us that we are used to gardens in England, and that is why we didn’t at first think they had an exceptional amount. Scandinavians are more likely to have flowers in boxes and on windowsills than around the yard.
As you may have guessed by now, we had a wonderful trip. So many of the things we did, we couldn’t have done at all had John $ been with us. At the end of the trip we could look forward to seeing our little fellow with John’s sister and her family.
These photos show our two families eating breakfast, playing with trains, and getting ready to leave.
You deserve an endurance medal if you are still with me!
Mehrling Muse 
What beautiful pictures
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Thanks. We saw lots of lovely places.
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Hello dia friend
How is you, good morning,
Greetings from Uganda
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This is a great morning in North Carolina. I hope you are having a wonderful day.
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Yes I’m glad to hear from you
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We take care of orphans
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Greetings from Uganda Eastern part of Africa.
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I’m still with you. I’ve never been to the Scandinavian countries so these posts were a treat.
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A bonus was having family and friends in Norway. Now we have Lise in Denmark, and we know several of her friends.
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These posts were wonderful. Thanks for sharing them.
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I must have taken notes and am thankful they were dated. A huge letter went to our families after we returned to England from Denmark.
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Everyone is so dressed up for travel 🙂
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I suspect that was a safety feature. If one of the children had wandered off, he would have been noticed.
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I love the last photo of the kids eating breakfast. It’s timeless.
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I hadn’t thought about how children’s eating breakfast would be common and timeless.
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So much fun, and what great memories!
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One of the little boys we stayed with read the posts about our stay in Norway and commented on it. I was thrilled to hear from him.
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That was a fun visit, too. Your comment reminded me of learning to pronounce parkering in Afrikaans. 🙂
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We don’t need an endurance medal – it was an enjoyable journey. I wonder why we never had a stop at Legoland? Good thing you gave us such a thorough tour – Kate and Lisa looked like they had a ball.
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We were all impressed at the amazing structures made with plastic blocks.
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