After three flights, going from Seattle to Los Angeles to Auckland to Queenstown, with crowds and interminable queues and extended waits we finally arrived at the start of our New Zealand adventure. Actually, we encountered some interesting new technology along the way.... at LAX to board the aircraft we walked up to a screen where …
Author: redpathatease
The Next Adventure
I've been noticeably absent from my blog this past year as I only tell the stories of my overseas travels. 2018 found me making only US trips...3 times to Boston to visit grandchildren and to take my daughter and her boyfriend to Mount Katahdin, Maine for their southbound hike of the AT, then visiting old …
The last day
Up early this morning as one of the fellows that Mandy and I met on the Camino, Hans, is a Dane who lives not far from Steen's. We arranged to get together to reminisce about the hike. Hans was kind enough to drive from his house in Middlefart to Vejle to pick me up and …
Anden Jul Dag
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 …
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 …
Redpath At Ease 