Tivoli at Halloween

This past weekend, Dave and I headed downtown to Tivoli to see their halloween decorations. It was so pretty! Last week was "Efterår's Ferie" (fall break) for students, so Tivoli was packed! It was the last day, (they only have the decorations for fall break) so whenever people left, they could take a pumpkin. So we've got two huge pumpkins that we're gonna cook with soon *yum*



You can see how pretty the colours are right now with the leaves changing. This is a pretty picture of a restaurant in Tivoli. And us, with a dragon. They have a huge section designed from Asian influence.


















They had soooo many pumpkins everywhere in Tivoli. Here are just some of the cool decorations they had:) I apologize for the poor stuffed deer. Danes are very much against our seal hunting (for good reason) but they've got real fur stores everywhere! This was a booth with beautiful wool sweaters and hats, and fur throws for couches or floors (sheep, rabbit, cow, etc). I realized that if I had this deer on my wall, I'd be petting it and apologizing to it for years to come.











There is a pirate ship that is a restaurant. I saw it and said, "That's the coolest thing EVER so we gotta eat there." And we did. Great story eh? Dave's a pirate and I'm the ghost of the ship. OH, and here's a picture of the captain. (Needless to say, this is a family friendly restaurant. They have a box of pirate clothes for kids to wear. A little 2yr old kid dumped it all over the floor. THAT was pretty funny!)
















Next time, I'll post a little more about how we're actually doing. With so many pictures, it makes it look like all is dandy...but not so. More to come...

Kirkegården

This past weekend, Dave and I headed down to Morfar's again to visit. He lives on a very large island called Lolland. The town he lives in, Kragenæs, is located at the north end of the island. There are farm fields all around, right down to the water, where the ferry runs back and forth between Kragenæs, Femø, and Fejø. The harbour also has many private sailing boats. It's one of David's favourite places in the world.

Not long ago, we went to the kirkegård nearby. I took some pictures (I know it seems strange, but you'll see how beautiful it is). If I end up working in the vuggestue (daycare) nearby, I'll be walking through the cemetery every day.

As for the statues, well, I wanted to show them because these two women bore a presence about them that I didn't notice in the rest of the cemetery. I thought that they were not only artistic, but appropriately beautiful expressions of the longing or grief that we all bear at one time or another. I'm sure that if I looked at them for too long, I would have ended up trying to comfort them. That's how strong their image was!