Esbjerg and Ringkøbing

[mothwing]

I've been to Esbjerg before with angie_21_237 and her family when I was a teenager, and the most vivid memory I have of the place is eating my first hot dog, pretty buildings, after, if memory serves, a visit to the Artillery Museum in Varde (which these days is advertised as "a great day for father and son", so I suppose I don't have to feel bad about giving it a miss, being neither). In short, I don't really remember the city. Crocky really wanted to go, though, because she's liked the city for a long time. 

So along we went. I'm glad we did, too, the weather was lovely, we had a picnick in the park, and we found the most flattering bathing suit that I have ever owned. Since I am self-conscious about my size there isn't a lot of swimwear that will make me get excited to get in the water, but I feel rather good about my newest aquisition of a swimming-dressy-kind of garment. 









They had a woodcarving exhibition in Ringkøbing. 


This tentacly lady, crafted by a Norwegian artist, was my favourite by far. 


Though this portrait was clearly also quite lovely. 


Ringkøbing harbour. 


What both of us should have been doing all the time. 


Landscape around the Ringkøbing fjord. 


Cygnets!!! 

Comments

[therealsnape.livejournal.com]

I hate to point this out while you're in the middle of your well-deserved Mojito, but not all of the pics show up in my LJ. I don't see the second pic, the tentacled lady or the other portrait.

But what I do see is marvellous. Looks like you've had a great holiday.

[mothwing.livejournal.com]

Oh, thanks for pointing that out, I hope it's fixed now.

We did - all the sights that we saw were great, but the weather did leave a lot to be desired, which didn't make the camping part turn out that great. I would have preferred staying over in the Viking longhouses, but they wouldn't let us, sadly.