Monday, September 8, 2008

Vacation 2008 - Week 1

We're all excited to leave at 3 AM - hey kids, you are supposed to fall back asleep!

Finally three hours later, sleeping somewhere in Czech Republic.


A quick stop in Hamburg.


Selent, Germany - some of the ancestors from the Ploen side are from here.

The Baltic Sea in northern Germany.

Laboe, Germany - some of the Siebels ancestors are from here.

Laboe, Germany


Finally entering Denmark!

The Bed & Breakfast we stayed at on the Island of Als, Denmark.

Beach on the Island of Als, Denmark.

I don't want to touch that jellyfish!

Site of the war between Germany (Prussia) and the Danes on Jutland / Als, Denmark in the 1860s.

The church in Almsted, Denmark, where ancestors from the Ebert (Mikkelson) side were married.

The bridge between Jutland and Funen, Denmark.

In Copenhagen, at my host family where I lived when I studied there 10 years ago. This is Stella and their granddaughter, Emelie, in the backyard.

Inger, Ejner, Sebastian, Stella and myself.
On a boat cruise through the canals of Copenhagen.

Sebastian driving a car in Tivoli Gardens amusement park, Copenhagen.

Amager beach, Copenhagen

Yes, sometimes it rains in Denmark...

In the tunnel to the Storebelt bridge between Denmark and Sweden.


Sebastian on the ferry from Sweden to Bornholm.