Esbjerg & Fanø
Well as my site indicates I have been rather lax in my updates. Sorry about that but so much happens everyday it has been hard for me to keep up with all my writing duties! I am currently visiting my friend Peter in a town on the western coast of Denmark. Esbjerg is very sweet and has a lot of charm. It has a large skating rink (pictured below) in the middle of the main walking street and everyday after school is out, the children flock to it. It’s a relatively young town compared to most of the cities in Denmark so the buildings generally look more modern. I have had a great time cruising around the walking streets looking for little treasures to take back to Copenhagen with me.
I have also visited a small island off of Esbjerg called Fanø. This little island is lined with cozy little thatch roofed homes. Peter’s mother lives there in one of the small homes. She treated us to a nice lunch which included my favorite Danish dish, frikadellers! Frikadeller are Danish meatballs. No matter what country you travel to you can always find a meatball. :>
To get to Fanø you have to take a ferry. Because it costs a lot to drive a car on the ferry, Fanø has very few cars. I liked Fanø, I thought it was very quaint and had a lot of hyggeligt (Danish for coziness, a term you hear all the time in Denmark). Fanø was good fun. Next time I visit I will have to spend a few more days checking it out. The island has many small forests and beautiful beaches and I can imagine would be quite lovely in the summer.
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