Denmark! Country # 2 If you include England – we do.

V was reading me a bit on their history, culture etc. Seems we will be fine as long as we don’t; tip the waiters (they earn too much), insult the monarchy or the flag. And we will need to be on time, walk fast and never.. ever.. order tea (they drink more coffee per capita than any other nation).

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We have blitzed through Denmark faster than the Germans. Esbjerg was not too intersting, but we did just stroll through it from the ferry to the train station.

The Danes, their trains and the weather have been great. ‘Rural’ Denmark seems to consist of flat green farmland, wind turbines, waterways, freakishly considerate people and manure (hopefully just the time of year).

I’ve been looking out of the train window in search of the famous Lurpak Cows. Don’t believe everything you see on TV – the cows here don’t seem to have their own fun-fares.

Tonight we are in Hirtshals (if you say it like it is written the ladies at the ticket office will have no idea where you want to go). Then tomorrow morning it’s off to Norway – that’s where the cool stuff starts.

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Hirtshals was as dead as Hamlet. We ate dinner in one of the 2 open resturants. Being the only patrons they closed up as soon as we left – the sun was still up!

In the morning we headed to the only tourist attraction, the largest aquarium in Europe. Impressive 8m high piece of glass, playful seals and huge sunfish, but no sharks. They are renovating the place so we scored ‘meal’ vouchers – if you can call coffee and cake a meal.

The ferry (Fjord Cat) to Norway was quick, and rough. It sounded like the bottles in the duty free shop were not going to make it. V and I avoided getting sea sick by keeping our eyes closed for most of the trip.

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