We took a large and comfortable ferry (we were actually in the "Comfort Section") from the port of Kristiansand in Norway to Denmark across the Skagerrak waterway to Denmark. I snapped this picture of a Danish town from the coach taking us across Denmark to Askov, where we boarded at the Askov Hojskole (folk high school).
These are the classrooms at the folk school - our lodgings were on the other side of the green and back - about a 10 minute walk back and forth. 
Our first excursion was to Ribe, the oldest town in Denmark. These are a few views of houses and streets there. 
The interior of the Ribe Cathedral, and a tiny picture of the exterior (taken from the internet). 
The lovely old house below is where four of us had dinner with the owner, a woman named Tonsie, who was a splendid hostess and cook for an evening. She took us for an auto tour of the countryside, answering all our many questions. She had lovely gardens and a sloping backyard, and she told us that territory line of Germany in the 1800s was actually on the opposite hill. And she showed us the absolutely gorgeous Christening gown she had sewn for her grand-child. (Unfortunately, these photos were lost.) 
There were lilacs in full bloom everywhere in Denmark, lining the country roads, in people's yards, in parks - just beautiful.
These are the classrooms at the folk school - our lodgings were on the other side of the green and back - about a 10 minute walk back and forth. Our first excursion was to Ribe, the oldest town in Denmark. These are a few views of houses and streets there. The interior of the Ribe Cathedral, and a tiny picture of the exterior (taken from the internet). The lovely old house below is where four of us had dinner with the owner, a woman named Tonsie, who was a splendid hostess and cook for an evening. She took us for an auto tour of the countryside, answering all our many questions. She had lovely gardens and a sloping backyard, and she told us that territory line of Germany in the 1800s was actually on the opposite hill. And she showed us the absolutely gorgeous Christening gown she had sewn for her grand-child. (Unfortunately, these photos were lost.) There were lilacs in full bloom everywhere in Denmark, lining the country roads, in people's yards, in parks - just beautiful.
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It all looks so neat and tidy. It must have been fun to have dinner with a local.
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