Bar Harbor

Efter 3 dage med vandreture (de første dog ikke så avancerede som den sidste dags tur op på Cadillac mountain!) havde jeg virkelig brug for at komme ned i byen og bare gå rundt helt efter mit eget hovede. Jeg ville gerne gå ud til den lille ø, Bar Island, hvor jeg troede der var en bro ud. Det var der så ikke! Man kan gå derud på sand når det er lavvande, og det var netop hvad der var da jeg kom. Så der startede jeg. Det så sådan her ud - man kan ikke rigtig forestille sig at der IKKE er passage, vel?

After 3 days of hiking (though the first days were not that difficult as the last day on Mt. Cadillac!) I really needed to go into town and just walk around as I felt like. I would like to walk out to the little island, Bar Island, and I thought there would be a bridge going out there. There wasn't! You could walk out there on a passage of sand at low tide, which was exactly the case when I arrived. So that was my first activity. It looked like this - it's hard to imagine this NOT being a passage, right?

Ovre på den lille ø blev jeg mødt af dette skilt som det første. Hvis jeg ikke kom tilbage i tide, ville jeg være fanget derovre i 9 timer!

Heldigvis var der tid til at gå op og nyde udsigten og derefter gå tilbage igen uden problemer.

At the tiny island, I was met by this sign as the first thing. In case I didn't go back in time, I would get caught at the island for 9 hours!

Fortunately, there was time to walk to the top of the island to see the view and then go back without problems. 

Det næste jeg gjorde (efter at have kigget i nogle turistbutikker som der var MANGE af!), var at gå ind i denne fine og ret store boghandel. Det var hyggeligt at kigge på mange bøger og ting derinde og bare bruge tid! 

Bagefter spiste jeg en dejlig is på vej videre. 

The next thing I did (after looking around in some of the PLENTY tourist shops!), was visiting this really nice and quite big book shop. It was so nice looking at all the books and stuff in there, just taking my time!

Afterwards, I had a lovely ice cream while continuing. 

Mit næste stop havde jeg også fundet på et kort, nemlig det fineste bibliotek! Jeg hyggede mig med at lade min telefon op og kigge i en masse flotte strikkebøger som jeg ikke havde set før. Nogle af dem ville jeg faktisk gerne have haft med hjem, men sådan fungerer det jo ikke rigtig.....

Prøv lige at se hvor fint der var!

My next stop was also something I found on a map - it was such a pretty library! I had the best time charging my phone while looking through a lot of beautiful knitting books that I'd never seen before. Some of them would have fit well in my private library, but of course they had to stay......

Just look at how pretty it was!

Bagefter gik jeg over gaden og kiggede i den smukke episkopale kirke med fine glasmalerier. 

Afterwards, I crossed the street and took a look in the beautiful Episcopal church with beatiful glass paintings. 

Mit sidste planlagte stop i byen var i denne her butik hvor jeg troede der var garn. Det var der teknisk set også, men bestemt ikke noget jeg ville bruge penge på. Til gengæld var der det smukkeste STOF! Alt det blå stof ovenpå bordet var udelukkede med blåbærmønster. Jeg tror der var ihvertfald 10 forskellige print! Helt vildt!

Så jeg købte noget derinde, selv om det ikke var garn.......

The last, planned stop in the city was this shop where I thought there would be yarn. Technically, they had yarn, but nothing that I would ever spend money buying. But then they had the most awesome FABRIC! All the blue fabrics on top of the table were with blueberry-pattern. I do think they had around 10 different prints! So crazy!

So I bought something in there, although it wasn't yarn.......

Min frokost var MEGET sund! En virkelig velsmagende vegansk salat. 

Derefter var min tid i byen ved at være slut, men jeg havde set det jeg ville og var klar til at komme tilbage. 

My lunch was SO healthy! A really yummy, vegan sallad. 

After that, my time around the town was running out, but I'd seen all I wanted and was ready to go back. 

Før jeg mødte bilen nåede jeg dog lige tilbage til vandet og passagen over til øen. Man skulle ikke tro det var det samme sted, vel?

Det var en meget dejlig dag der i Bar Harbor - en by som jeg ikke anede eksisterede for nogle uger siden!

Before I met up with the car, I had time to go back to the water and the passage to the island. You wouldn't believe this was the same place, right?

It was such a lovely day in Bar Harbor - a town I had no idea existed just a few weeks back!

Den bedste slags ferie / The best kind of vacation

Den bedste slags ferie er i fuld gang. Meget langt fra arbejdet, sammen med nogle af mine yndlingsmennesker, og med tid til bare at slappe af. 

Jeg elsker det! Og ferie-projektet vokser godt. 

The best kind of vacation has started. Very far from work, with some of my favorite people, and with time for relaxation. 

I love it! And my vacation-project is growing really well. 

Besøg / Visit

I går var sidste dag med min nevø og svoger på besøg. Vi fik hygget os rigtig meget! Der var tid til at købe morgenbrød, drikke kaffe og derefter tage ind til byen til henholdsvis Faraos Cigarer og Royal Copenhagen (gæt selv hvem af de to som ville hvad!)

Vi købte bolsjer, mødte niecen og hendes veninde (på besøg fra USA) og så gik vi i Tivoli!

Yesterday was the last day with my nephew and brother-in-law visiting. We had a really nice time! Time for buying breakfast, drink coffee and then go into town to check out Faraos Cigarer and Royal Copenhagen, respectively. (Guess which each of them picked!

We bought hard candy, met up with my niece and her friend (visiting from the US) and went to Tivoli!

Min nevø har virkelig nydt at se sine søskende! Han har nået over til sin bror på Bornholm og har set sin søster nogle gange her i København. Det er virkelig hyggeligt at se de to sammen!!!!!

My nephew really enjoyed seeing his siblings! He got to visit his brother at Bornholm and has met his sister a few times here in Copenhagen. It is so nice seeing those two together!!!!

I Tivoli skulle de selvfølgelig prøve ting. Jeg følte mig derimod så gammel at jeg faktisk bare trængte til at sidde og drikke noget koldt og strikke. Det var virkelig skønt! Tivoli garden kom forbi et par gange og det var bare rigtig godt vejr og dejligt at sidde der. 

In Tivoli, they wanted to try some rides, of course! I, on the contrary, felt so old that I actually just needed to sit, drink something cold and knit. It was really so nice! The Tivoli boys marching band passed a few times, and the weather was just so nice. It was lovely sitting there. 

Niecen fik billeder af sin far og bror, og så tog vi tre hjem til Tårnby og brugte aftenen på deres pakning og bare at være sammen. 

My niece got photos of her dad and brother, and then we three went back to Tårnby and spent the evening on their packing stuff and just hanging out. 

I morges fik jeg så fornøjelsen af at se solopgang da de skulle til lufthavnen. 

Nu er de snart på vej til USA. Jeg er så glad for at de kunne bo her - det er jo en af fordelene med et hus! - og glæder mig til at se dem igen til sommer. 

So this morning I had the pleasure of watching the sun rise when they were leaving for the airport. 

Now they are on their way to the US. I am so happy they could stay here - it is one of the advantages with a house! - and I'm looking forward to seeing them again this summer.