We
awoke this morning around 8.30am just on predawn to snow still falling and a
winter wonderland… Looking out of our
window we could see everything covered in snow, the gardens, the cars and the
roofs of the house and barns. It was
really quite magical, and we couldn’t get dressed quick enough and get outside
into it…
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| What a special morning to wake and see the snow falling |
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| To say we were excited was an understatement... |
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| We couldn't get out into the snow fast enough |
Maria’s
mum was already up and our taking the dog for a bit of a walk, but I am sure
that she enjoyed our enthusiasm as she had a big smile on her face and she
joined us out there for a while also enjoying it and getting into a bit of a
snowball fight with Steve. The others
were still all asleep in the house.
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| Ready for a bit of a snowball fight.. |
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| Just a wonderful day in a Winter Wonderland.... so excited to see snow |
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| Steve and Elsie Maria pick up snowballs... |
It
wasn’t long after this that Pete came down, and you could tell he was excited
for us. He has loved sharing Denmark and
all things dear to him now with us. The
food, the weather, the scenery, the culture, and we have enjoyed every aspect
of our stay here so far.
We
all enjoyed a nice hot cuppa in the kitchen after our escapades outdoors and it
was really nice to warm up before everyone else reappeared and we all shared
breakfast together in the large dining room at Maria’s parents place. The table is huge and comfortably sits
around 16 people, which makes it a lot of fun at meal times, especially when
extras are home….
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| Big dining room table |
We
had a leisurely breakfast, mostly toast, buns, avocado, cheeses and jam with
tea and coffee, and then Pete, Steve and I, Dudi and Hanna set off to Hjorring
to do the Christmas food shopping and finish our Christmas shopping…
The
drive to Hjorring was quite picturesque with snow everywhere and although it
was cold, it was no where near as cold as I thought it would be. Maria stayed home with her Mum, to give
Theodore a rest from his big day the previous day. I am sure Elsie Marie enjoyed the time with
them both, as they live so far away and don’t get to see each other too much.
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| Christmas shopping in Hjorring |
We
still had to get Christmas gifts for Pete and Maria so it was good to be
shopping with Dudi and Hanna who had the family shopping list. They were also able to show me the sorts of
things that Maria in particular would like.
We ran into Maria’s Uncle and Aunty and cousin and had a good chat to
them. Maria’s cousin Mikkel (who had
generously given us tickets to Tivoli) was in hysterics when he heard how I had
dislocated my shoulder. Then the poor
guy felt so bad that he had laughed so much about my misfortune… Mind you it is
rather humorous once retold after the event…
Steve
managed to find a good coat to buy, one that was water and wind proof and would
be good to travel to Iceland with and the bonus was that it was on sale with
50% off. There was one he liked better,
but with a price tag over $400 we could not justify spending that sort of money
when the one he got was under $200.
After
completing out shopping we headed off to Fotex to do the grocery shopping. We had a long list of things to get. The Fotex shop here was huge and sold pretty
much everything from clothes, to cosmetics, to kitchenware and of course
food. We looked a couple of grocery
trollies with all the food we needed and then headed home…
In
the afternoon, we had a visit from Maria’s Uncle and Aunty and cousin Mikkel
again as they came to deliver Christmas presents. Dudi had been busy making traditional Danish
Aebleskiver and we enjoyed these with them with some glogg, a traditional
Danish mulled wine with raisins and almonds….
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| Danish
Aebleskiver |
Pete
and Steve were on dinner duty tonight, Pete doing the cooking and Steve his
side kick, cutting up all the vegetables etc.
Pete made a huge pot of bolognaise.
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| Chopping up the vegetables for dinner... |
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| Pete and Steve were on cooking duties tonight |
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| Super delicious dinner |
Whilst
the boys were cooking dinner, the girls all decorated the Christmas Tree. One of the things I love about a Danish
Christmas Tree is that instead of hanging tinsel on it, they decorate it with
strings of Danish flags. I also love the
way that they hang real candles in the tree…. It was kind of fun watching the
girls work together to decorate the tree and reminisce about some of the
decorations from Christmases past. There
is something quite special about a winter Christmas.
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| Whilst the guys cooked dinner the girls set about decorating the Christmas Tree |
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| I love the fact that they decorate the tree with their national flag garlands rather than tinsel... |
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| Hanna decorating the tree |
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| Dudi stringing up more flag garland |
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| Love that they use their national flag to decorate the Christmas Tree |
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| Their beautiful Christmas decorations. |
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| The Scandinavian countries have lots of elves for Christmas |
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| Putting the candle holders on the tree |
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| Reminiscing whilst checking out lots of their childhood Christmas decoations |
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| Putting the candles on the Chriustnas Tree |
By
evening the snow had stopped falling and the forecast for the following day was
for clear skies and sunshine, although the temperature was about to drop…
Dinner
was another family affair, with a few glasses of wine, great food and much chatting and laughing and we felt very
much at home with our Danish family.
One
more sleep until we celebrate Christmas Danish style….
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