The day after I arrived, my family and I drove about 4 hours to the summer house in Southern Jutland (mainland Denmark) that they had rented for a week. Before arriving at the summer house, we drove into Germany to a border shop and stocked up on soda and candy since it's cheaper in Germany. The summer house was very hyggeligt (cozy), and it looked out onto a fjord. We walked down to the marina in the evening after dinner. It was a very enjoyable walk with my family especially with Thomas, my brother, and Julie, my sister, who are very funny. Just reference my facebook pictures.
The next day we drove to Grasten Slot (Castle) where the Danish royal family was vacationing. We hoped that we would get to see the royal family. Unfortunately we didn't, but we did get to see the changing of the guard on the castle grounds though. After lunch as the summer house, we drove to Sonderburg. The royal ship that had transported the royal family to their summer house was docked at Sonderberg. After touring the walking street, we strolled down to the Sonderborg Slot (castle) to watch the ring riding (bottom picture). I also ate a hamburger for the first time with a fork and knife at a cafe near the castle. Later that evening I experienced my first game of Pictionary in Danish. Basically, when it was my turn to draw a picture for my teammates to guess, my family just told me to draw whatever word I could understand on the card.
On the last day at the summer house, we drove to Flensborg, Germany. I had now spent the last three of my four days in Denmark in Germany. We walked down to the marina and the walking street for several hours looking in the shops. We had lunch at a cafe on the walking street. Ordering was now even more confusing, since it was in another language I didn't know. My family told me that I could just learn German along with my Danish.
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