August 13, 2007
Postcard of the six-mile long bridge Oresund
Bridge
Here we are in Lund. At Karen's old company, they
had an office in Lund. She was never sent there on a business trip,
but she finally arrived!
This is the cathedral, which dates from 1145. |
Lou tried three times to get a good shot of this lovely
window -- but failed. |
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The Astronomical Clock
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Close to the cathedral was a university which was
originally for educating priests. |
This fountain has frogs along the bottom, spouting water.
The guide told a long story about how one of the frogs disappeared for a few
years but was eventually returned. Hijinks! Now the frogs are all
secured in place.
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Oh yeah baby, love my post-chemo hairdo! |
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More about the Oresund Bridge:
Our Swedish guide said that there are rabid bats in
Denmark, and that there are none in Sweden. (Yeah, these two countries get
along just fine.)
Anyway, when the bridge first went up, the lights
along the bridge attracted bats. Bats were flying to around the
bridge. Well, the Swedes got very upset at the idea that infected bats
might actually cross the bridge into Sweden. So they had to swap out
all the light bulbs for something that would not attract the bats. |
So now we are headed back to Denmark over the bridge. You
can't stop on the bridge -- and there seemed to be no "overlook" type spots
as you approached it -- so I had to take a photo thru the windshield of the
bus as we drove.
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I especially like this one because you can see our driver
in the rear-view mirror.
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I think that the funny pointy roofline that appears
behind the water is the new opera house. |
Here we are at the Amalienborg Palace |
The royal family somehow lost its castle (in a fire?) a
hundred years ago, and some noble family said, "We have this small palace
over here that we aren't using. You are welcome to stay here for a
little while..." and the royal family never left.
Houseguests! They never leave quickly enough.
The flag on this building indicated that someone royal
(a son) was in residence.
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This guy smiled and moved around and posed with tourists.
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Karen ran off to the bathroom while Lou took photos of
the water. |
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Lots of wind mills.
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We
just heard on the Clark Howard radio show that for a little over $10,000 you
can have a private windmill installed at your house. That would have
worked in Woodinville -- we had quite a lovely breeze in the yard. |
Pretty lighthouses as well.
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Excursion : A Tour Of Two Kingdoms: Denmark &
Sweden
Visit the two kingdoms of Denmark and Sweden on a tour that
crosses the Oresund
Bridge - one of the engineering marvels of the world.
WHAT YOU VISIT
Oresund Bridge - Completed in 2000, the immense six-mile long bridge
features a
central span and two approach bridges, as well as a submerged approach
tunnel and
an artificial island. From Copenhagen, you will cross Oresund Sound into
Sweden.
Lund - Founded in 990 by Danish King Sven Forkbeard, Lund was the religious,
commercial and cultural center of Scandinavia during the Middle Ages. Your
visit
includes a tour of the cathedral, which dates from 1145, and features double
towers and
a unique astronomical clock.
PHOTO OPPORTUNITY
Amalienborg Palace - Lining the sides of Copenhagen’s most beautiful square,
the four
Rococo palace buildings are the winter residence of Denmark’s royal family.
WHAT YOU SEE ALONG THE WAY
From Copenhagen, you will drive to the Oresund Bridge and cross the sound
into
Sweden for your visit to Lund. Returning to Copenhagen, enjoy a narrated
city tour that
passes the Old Stock Exchange, which boasts a copper roof and a spire formed
by four
intertwined dragons' tails, the 16th-century Holmen’s Church, attended by
the Royal
Family, the Town Hall, Tivoli Gardens and the Nyhavn waterfront with its
restored
500-year-old gabled houses.
SPECIAL NOTES
Tour is offered from Helsingor in 2006. Please see tour HE1-F in Helsingor.
Your drive over Oresund Bridge is approximately 30-minutes each way.
On Sundays, or during other church services, the Cathedral of Lund cannot be
visited
and will be seen from the outside only. |
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