Lund Blog

Next stop was Strandby where we spend “many” days together with Pernille, Bjarne , their three children and Alice, visiting garden centres, farm food shops and the good shops in Frederikshavn, so thank you for as always a great time.

Then we went on to Norway to see our old friend Hans & Astrid near Porsegrund, We drove round in that part of Norway in beautiful spring weather to see lots of new places, and we look forward to see you in Windsor in 2013

.. Next stop was Oslo to stay with John & Lita and as always we were greeted with Champagne soon as we walk through the door. We love you for your hospitality and it was nice to see your new extended apartment, what a great time we had. No time to stop inSwedenthis year. Sorry we missed all our old friends this time but we drove directly toCopenhagenand stayed with Lone & Soeren in Holte. Next day we were invited to Mads’s confirmation in Ishoej, and it was a lovely family party with Henning, Hanne (our oldest friends) and all their family so a warm thank you to you all for a memorable day.

We managed a visit to “Arken” one of my favourite museums in Ishoej, before driving to

stay with Ruth & Jorgen in Alleroed for a couple of day’s, where John went with Jorgen to a Rotary meeting for the evening while we girls had a cosy evening alone. Our last days were spend together with Lone & Soeren and as always we took a trip to the beautiful museum “Louisiana”. Than you all for taking so good care of us.

FRIENDSHIP IS THE OIL THAT LUBRICATES THE ENGINE OF LIFE. RED WINE HELPS TOO.

Back Windsor to take care of my garden, house, dog and not least have time together with the grandchildren again,. I want to be home when they have their summer holidays from school, so we have time for going to Windsor Castle and play in the garden. After three month home we got itchy feet ,so off we went for the whole of September on a trip to South Africa Most of you have probably followed out trip on the blocker but for the rest of you here is a short recap of the trip.

It was an absolute fantastic holiday where we managed to see all kinds of animals apart from the leopards so no complains. I wanted to see all their special kinds of flowers and trees and we were their on the right time of year-namely springtime-where especially the FYNBOS (wild flowers) were fantastic beautiful this year. A day trip to their famous botanical garden KIRSTENBOSCH was another highlight of the trip.

We flew to Cape Town where the hired car awaited us; then drove to Franschoek where we saw our old friend Jens Boesen and his family, so nice to meet up again after 30 years.

Then came my favourite trip through the wine land with lots of wine & cheese tasting, (a place I would not mind to live).Then came the beautiful whale watching in De Kelders before driving to Knysna where we celebrated John’s 76 birthday eating their delicious oysters & fresh seafood ( best oysters in the world)

AGE IS STRICTLY A CASE OF MIND OVER MATTERS. IF YOU DO NOT MIND IT DOESN’T MATTER.

We drove over 5000km with John as driver and the Tom-Tom & I as navigators with a short flight from Port Elisabeth to Durban the middle, so we saw a lot of  S.A.The Garden Route was just as beautiful as I remembered it really fantastic scenery. We visited Monkey Land, Bird of Eden, Elephant Sanctuary, Crocodile farms and Lions sanctuary before going to Addo Elephant Park, where we were with our small children 47 years ago From Durban we drove to Royal Natal National Park with some spectacular days drive through & along Drakensberg mountains before reaching Kruger National Park, where we spend the next five days, first in the southern sector, then to the central sector and finally to Oliphant’s rest camp.. We drove round every day and saw all kinds of animals & birds on very close hold. It was an unforgettable experience and we have 2500 pictures as proof.

All the Guest Houses we stayed in were fantastic and all people so friendly towards us; we were greeted as royal or good old friends every where.  The Most luxuries stay was in Nkomazi Tented Lodge ,near Barbiton, where the Lodge manager, Ulrich Schyther was our guide. One evening her found a group of lions which we followed until dark-it was a thrilling experience

We had the same warm and welcoming feeling on the whole trip as we had on our first trip to Africa nearly 50 years ago. This trip was the perfect ending to my travelling life which started and ended in the beautiful Africa, but John hasn’t finished his travelling life yet.

It was nice to be back home to the family, house, garden and dog again and to all the beautiful autumn colours. Eight days later Pernille & Bjarne came to visit us. We had some wonderful days together with a visit toOxford, a day atWindsorCastle, a trip to the theatre, dining in a posh Indian restaurant and some shopping. The grandchildren were very pleased with Pernille as a new playmate. Next visit will be Lolita fromOdensein December and then it will be Christmas with all the Old Danish tradition.

We wish you all a Merry Christmas and all the best for a peaceful and Happy New Year

From John & Ulla.