Steen with his sister, Musse Second Christmas Day we spent with Steen's sister's family at her house. Musse has always been so hospitable and today was no different. We arrived midst the hubbub of her family there and those still coming in. I first met her when I lived her in 1970, when her husband …
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Jul
Christmas day! Actually, a very quiet, restful day. We slept in quite late and mosied around slowly making coffee and tea and a bit of breakfast. Afterwards Steen amused us by strumming some holiday tunes. He's always enjoyed musuc and has played a number of instruments so it was fun to see his latest one …
Jul Aften
Jul Aften, Christmas Eve, is the most important day during the season here. We began the day slowly, knowing it would be a long day filled with food and festivity. We arose late, had light meals, with Steen enjoying a Christmas beer with lunch. We wrapped up the last of the gifts and got ourselves …
A “hyggelig” day
This morning was the beginning of Christmas rushing, as Birgitte and her family were up and packing to head to Jutland (the main Danish peninsula). Life around a family of three teenage boys is certainly an eye opener for a woman who was raised with only sisters. Æbleskiver As they were finishing their trip preparations …
Heading to Copenhagen
A restless night where jet lag must have caught up with me, as I woke at 4 a.m. There was no going back to sleep. Ah, well, I finally gave up and went up to join Steen for breakfast. Afterwards we decided to head into town to walk along the city's "gå gade" - walking …
Heart to heart
While I still haven't got totally on this time zone, I'm somehow functioning without as much sleep as usual. Must be that I'm just happy to be back in the land of some of the reportedly happiest people on earth. Mid morning Birgitte drove me over to her mom, Inger's apartment and left for work …
Back in Denmark
Steen and me Another long day of flying awaited me as I woke to the news of a train derailment blocking I 5. Dreadful as that was to hear, selfish me worried if it would mean I couldn't reach the airport. Fortunately, it was between Tacoma and Olympia on the southbound lanes. So off I …
Christmas in Denmark
This story begins in 1968, so you'll need to be a bit patient while I give you the back story. That year I was in 8th grade at John Marshall Junior High School in Seattle and as luck and good fortune would have it I had a teacher from Denmark, Steen Jørgensen, as my geography …
Epilogue
It's now been a few days since I returned home from my rather epic journey to Africa. I've had a chance to regale my daughter and friends with additional stories and time to gather some thoughts about the trip. Doing an African safari has long been on my bucket list, so I was thrilled to …
Homeward bound
Our last day in Africa began with somewhat of a lie in, at least we didn't need to wake to an alarm or wake up call. We got ourselves together enough to be presentable for coffee and breakfast. Nice to be able to relax. Then the final pack up, cramming all our stuff back into …
Redpath At Ease 