Denmark Trip - Day 6 - Tved, DK

Summer House, Tved -- Woke at 7 AM (10 PM PT), showered. Lotte came and picked us up and we went to a local bakery named King Carrot where she bought some sourdough and rye bread (best bread ever!).

Lotte then took us for a quick tour of the area. Lotte had been telling us how narrow and winding the roads are in Denmark and I was beginning to see what she meant. The roads were paved barely wide enough for two small cars to pass without driving off the pavement. Which meant, one or both cars usually end up driving off the pavement when passing. We drove through several small, quaint villages that seemed like they belonged in a story book.

When we returned to Lotte’s house, Lotte’s neighbor, Andres, came over to check on setting up the stage for the Waterfahl concert on Monday. Lotte said the stage would be setup in one of the big barns basically like it was setup for the concert she had a couple years ago. Lotte thought maybe 40-50 people would show up for the concert! A little later, Lotte left to go to a local community meeting about a proposal to build more summer houses down the road from where she lives. Most of the local community was against the proposal because of the amount of traffic it would bring and other issues it would cause.

After the meeting, Lotte went to a friend’s 80th birthday celebration. So, Carol and I were on our own for a while. We drove to the local fish store (Fisk Mols Rogeri) and bought some smoked salmon and fishcakes (fiskefrickadeller). We then drove to Ronde and stopped at a grocery store (Netto) and got some crem fraiche (sour cream), potato chips, apples, coffee, coke, tomatoes, and milk.

The sour cream would be used to make onion dip for the Waterfahl concert. We then drove back to the summer house where we took a little snooze.
The weather has been somewhat humid and warm (63-79 deg F) and rained a little in the morning. Lotte got back from the birthday party at around 6:30 PM. 

She said the party went very well and people gave speeches and sang songs they wrote that went with known tunes. We then enjoyed a nice meal outside on Lotte's patio of salmon, fishcakes, rolls, salad and drinks.

Things I Learned On This Day (#TILOTD) –

• King Carrot is a person who thinks they’re better than everyone else
• Denmark's roads are freaking narrow
• Most cars in Europe and Denmark have manual transmissions rather than automatic
• Crem fraiche is Danish for sour cream