July 18 Day 35 Copenhagen / Vordingborg

The agenda for the day was to visit a Danish Storyteller friend of Patti’s in a town about a two hours southwest of Copenhagen by train. We had now finally figured out how to buy a train ticket to go there which went easily. There was a detour on bus due to construction on the tracks.

Marianne met us at the train and we spent a nice time walking around the town. We also had a nice tour of her home and the extensive garden and yard.

We saw Granny’s Kids Place where a woman created her own children’s museum and play area. Patti enjoyed talking with the woman who was doing a story theatre show later in the afternoon. It is always fun to meet fellow performers.  Patti had to try on one of the costumes.

Vordingborg has recently held a big celebration about The old Danish flag that fell 800 years ago. The town had been a site of power during those days. 

We walked to the ruins of the Vordingborg Castle where we stopped at a restaurant and had a very nice lunch with fresh veggies and salmon. Delicious.  We then walked around the castle grounds.  Some of the walls are completely gone but others ranged to quite formidable.  Much of the moat around the castle had been restored as well as the castle's tower.  On the top of the tower was a golden goose, which was well known in Denmark.

We went the the bakery- and Marianne gave us a very thorough tour of all the authentic baked goods. We then picked some out and brought them back to her home for coffee, tea and treats.

We had such a nice visit and heard about her life as a storyteller and teacher in this small town. A great visit. And then a quick walk back to our train. Back to Copenhagen. We were getting pretty good at finding our way back “home”.