10. August 2011 12:25
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Split - Croatia

10. August 2011 12:25 by Rene Pallesen | 0 Comments

After Denmark we went to Croatia. Our first stop was Split arriving late at night into Split Airport, picking up the rental car and baby seat and then navigating our way to the apartment we had rented for a few days.

The apartment was very nice (Kim is good at finding accomodation) and they had provided a baby cot for Aiden to sleep in (all the places we stayed provided a cot for us), next to the best beach in town and it was about a kilometers walk from the central part of the city.

Split is famous because of the Diocletians Palace, which is an enormous and fairly well preserved palace in the middle of the city. The Palace was built for the retirement of the Roman emperor Diocletian at around 300AD. There are still a lot of well preserved buildings and cellars within the palace walls, but there is also a lot of more 'modern' houses, shops, restaurants etc.

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Walking around and getting lost in the small alleys was really pleasant.

Just outside the Gold gate there is an enormous status, and it is said that if you touch the toe of the statue then it brings you luck and guarantees your return to Split (We did drive past Split a week later....maybe that counts).

In the evenings it was pleasant walking along the shore and take in the views of the city.

And all the locals were out stretching their legs too...

And we really enjoyed the fresh seafood.

Aiden loved the food and the decor of some of the restaurants.

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9. August 2011 04:56
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Rostock and Warnemunde

9. August 2011 04:56 by Rene Pallesen | 0 Comments

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On one of the other days we did a trip to Germany to a town called Rostock (former East Germany). This is a two hour ferry ride from where my dad lives.

Rostock is one of the old Hansestads and the inner city has a lot of old houses and beautiful water fountains.

It started raining so we decided to drive up to one of the other coastal towns called Warnemunde. This is a little very charming place with old houses, fishing boats and along the coast there are very nice groovy cafes.

In the later afternoon we took the ferry back to Denmark. Aff the Danish coastline they have constructed a massive windmill park with hundreds of windmills generating Electricity.

8. August 2011 04:38
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Hans Christian Andersens House

8. August 2011 04:38 by Rene Pallesen | 0 Comments

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We went to HC Andersens house in Odense in Denmark. This is the house that he was living in and behind the house they have now build a museum and a park with a castle theatre for the kids.

We started out in the park as there was a play about to start in the theatre.

The play was a 15 minute recap of all the most famous stories and it was very well done and very funny (especially the Emperors new Clothing).

Both Aiden and Bedstefar really enjoyed the play together.

Afterwards we went to see the actual house HC andersen was living in.

HC Andersen is one of Kims favourite writers.

And we also visited the museum.

7. August 2011 07:40
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Egeskov Castle

7. August 2011 07:40 by Rene Pallesen | 0 Comments

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After visiting HC Andersens house we went to Egeskov Castle.

This is a castle that has now been converted into a museum and the surrounding area has been converted into very nice gardens, playgrounds, ponds etc.

The museum hosts old armory, paintings and the owners dad used to go big game hunting in Africa and a lot of the trophies are on display.

Inside the castle they have one of the most amazing doll houses. It is very detailed and some of the pieces have been donated by the royal families of europe.

In one of the adjacent building have now have a museum for old cars and motorcycles.

This was one of Kims favourites.

They also had a museum for old fire engines.

While I was busy with the fire engines my Dad and Kim did the tree-top walk nearby.

After this we took the ferry back home to complete the tour. By the end of the day we had driven across 9 different islands (Falster -> Masnedø -> Sjælland -> Sprogø -> Fyn -> Tåsinge -> Siø -> Langeland -> Lolland). A long day but well worth it.

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