October Arhus Denmark 2 of 2

So we left one museum and headed to another. Though this one was not traditional museum. It was a small town full of buildings from the 19th century called Gamle By. In Danish it sounds like Gam-La-Boo to me…More of these timber buildings that are so grand.

These buildings were moved from various locations around Denmark to this densely populated village. Nobody lives here, its just a museum, but there are several buildings that have people in traditional costumes to enhance the experience. You could buy candy from the candy shop. We all had lunch, than continued our walk around. I love these three pics of the lake on the back side of these structures. There was also a horse and carriage that went by…very cute place

Here Saviya heading inside. Most of the buildings had a room, or several rooms with historic items in them, such as furniture, kitchens with all the pots and pans and dishware etc from the period.

 

Loved this picture of these shoes hangin…

 

So in one of these buildings, this lady on the left was talking to these two kids in Danish. She showed them the traditional brooms used in the early 19th century common in northern Europe (and still in use by the city workers in Amsterdam daily). They are just a 2 inch branch with bristles made of  long twigs bound to it. So she takes these 2 kids outside and lets them use the brooms to move some leaves down this middle gutter…It was so cute watching them, so determined to do well at using these traditional tools.

Bjorn taking his duties as popa, hanging with Annika while we futz around the museum.

And our Danish hosts again, in the Gamble By. 

So we really enjoyed our time in Arhus. Like most of our travel, we wish we had twice as long in every city. We got to play some Wii, and hang with our lovely hosts a bit, but it was in and out like usual. Saundra and I hadn't seen each other in many years, so it was a nice reconnection, and especially nice that we met up with our only other European friends. So thanks again! We had a blast..hope to return someday! So we climb on board the uber expensive Danish train back to Copenhagen, saying Tot Ziens to our German American Danish friends…Bye Annika!