Monday, May 9, 2011

May 8th Egeskov Castle and Dinner by the Sea

Today our Danish friends took us to Egeskov Castle and then to Carsten's summer house on the south coast of Denmark for dinner,
Egeskov Castle is over 450 years old and still owned by a Duke and Duchess.  Several years ago they decided to open it to the public,  The castle is actually two huge, long houses built adjacent to one another with a several meter thick wall between the two.  So, if enemies attacked and occupants started losing, they could just move over to the other side through hidden or secured doors.  Today the Duke and Duchess live in one of the houses with their family and have the other one open for tourists.  They also have numerous museums on the estate, and there are other interesting activities and sites including hedge mazes and a walk among the tree-tops. (see below for pictures)
One of our friendly Danish principals has a summer house on the island of Helnaes off the south coast of Funen Denmark.  He invited all of us there for supper - he's a good cook and quite talented with Weber Kettles.  The meal was superb.  We also visited a lighthouse and dairy farm on Helnaes.  The students took advantage of this time to ask the principals what they look for when they hire new teachers and got some insightful tips on interviewing for teaching positions.
It was a very nice day provided by our Danish hosts.
(I'll add the captions later.)

Egeskov Castle

Chains along the road through the mote.

Sculptured hedges and bushes, and an egg-shoed design created by Piet Hein, a famous Danish inventor.

Ivory tusks and a leopard skin from long ago.

Donna taking a picture of her Flat Stanleys with the lion skin for the background.
Another view of the castle's trophy room.
Poisoned Arrows
A view of the well-groomed grounds from the third floor of the castle.

Up at the start of the "Walk in the Tree Tops."

Johnny waving at left, then Megan, Kirsten, Alli, Karissa, Donna, Hope, Amy, & Britta.

A small portion of one of the hedge mazes.
Donna
Britta, Amy, Hope, & Kirsten at a cafe on the castle grounds.
Karissa, Megan, Donna, & Alli.

The Duke enjoys cars and has many of them on display in the auto museum.  There were about 50 or so cars, quite a few old motorcycles, and even bicycles.

There were several caged birds on the grounds.
Birgitte and Karla
Sculptured Bushes
The gang next to that egg shape.
Garsten serving our students some appetizers at his summer house.  The sea (where the Baltic and North Seas meet) is in the background.
Cool Lighthouse
Students waving from the top.

Karissa, Britta, Alli, Megan, Amy, Johnny (waving), Carsten, Donna, & Kirsten.

Britta, Karissa, Donna, Alli, Kirsten, Amy, Carsten, & Hope
Looking north from the lighthouse.
Contented cows at the Danish dairy farm.
Johnny and the others advising our Cobber students about job interviews.
Our host Carsten grilling some brats and wieners for appetizers - he also barbecued a beef roast for the main course.
The view from inside.

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