Saturday, August 7, 2010

Birthday celebration

For a birthday celebration we were going to visit a castle.  The Ledreborg Palace doesn't quite qualify, but were able to walk the grounds of this palace/mansion.  There is a family living there (hard to imagine) so we couldn't take a tour inside.





Next we cycled to Old Lejre, which is a lot like Williamsburg, only dating back to before the Iron Age.  In addition to a great movie about archaeological experiments conducted there, we enjoyed paddling around in a dugout canoe and trying archery.




















The trip is a bit more than 30km round trip and there are great bike lanes, but many them are definitely not prepared with a quad in mind.  We end up walking the bike through gates and very tight turns.  Despite that, it is faster and more convenient than taking the train and bus.  It certainly more cost effective than owning or renting a car, although that would give us a chance to practice converting liters to gallons and krones to dollars.

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