01 Day - Saturday, April 24, 2010 - Flight - Denver to Frankfurt, Germany Mother Nature has had us worried all week. Along with thousands of other travelers, we had been watching the news of the volcanic eruption in Iceland that grounded all European flights for 6 days. There really was no Plan B, but our trusty Travel Agent, Dan Kraft worked all week to keep us abreast of the ...
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Day 02 - Sunday, April 25, 2010 - Frankfurt, Germany to Billund, Denmark The arrival time for our Denver Frankfurt flight was 11:45 but we had to park on the outer tarmac, quite a distance from the terminal. The shuttle bus took us to the terminal and from there we went through the passport control entering the European Union. It looks like Frankfurt is back to its busy but ...
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Day 03 - Sunday, April 26, 2010 – Billund, Denmark Legoland - Frederikssund, Denmark We began our morning at 8:00 after a good night’s sleep. We had breakfast with the Poulsen Family at 9:00 and were ready to check out by 10. When I went out to test the weather it was raining, with a temperature of 53º and the humidity of 85%. The Poulsen girls, Cecilie and Maria were in a ...
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Day 04 - Tuesday, April 27, 2010 – Frederikssund, Denmark What a quiet night! Although you can see the fjord from the house you cannot hear the waves. We did hear the happy little birds just as the sun was coming up. Denmark is so far north, we had light at 5:36 am and it does not get dark until 8:30 pm. Although it was sunny when Jesper, Ulla, Gennie and I left the house at ...
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Day 05 - Wednesday, April 28, 2010 – Frederikssund, Denmark We woke up to a beautiful sunny day. The weather was a cool 54º, the humidity was 76% and there was a slight breeze of 6 mph. After eating our breakfast we made sure we had all of our equipment and materials ready for our presentation to Cecilie’s class. We left the house at 10:20 and drove into Frederikssund. At ...
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Day 06 – Thursday, April 29, 2010 – Frederikssund, Denmark The fjord was very foggy when we woke up but it was not long before the weather began to warm up and it was sunny. We had a special breakfast of Danish pastries, but here in Denmark I guess they are all Danish Pastries! The Poulsen girls stayed home from school today so they got to sleep in a little. Ulla was kind enough ...
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